chicken balls | Imamother

dolphin

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:48 am

[color=red]Hi! Does anyone have a good recipe for chicken meat balls or rather chicken balls? Something kid friendle. Thanks![/color]

Love My Babes

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:53 am

use ground chicken and add some bread crumbs, 2 eggs, spices and roll into balls. for kid friendly u can use tomato sauce as the sauce. just boil the balls in tomato sauce. I made it last week and my daughter ate them very nicely.

greeneyes

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:56 am

I use any meatball recipe & just substitute ground chicken. If you have the KBD Kids in the Kitchen cookbook, the meatball recipe with cranberry sauce & marinara sauce is simple & delicious, & it works out great with ground chicken.

Mrs Bissli

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 12:29 pm

If you prefer not to use tomato-based sauce, you can boil them in chicken soup (either the real McCoy or from powder/cube). Delish with egg noodles and chicken soup. I also like to add grated carrots for colour.

elmos

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:28 pm

I cook my chicken balls in a broth with veg. than add noodles and its a yummy soup and supper in ne bowl.

Boys"R"Us

Mon, Jan 04 2010, 11:42 pm

When you do this (above post)... Do you remove the fat the next day (like for chicken soup)? Or is this just a very fatty soup? I like this idea, cause I think my younger kids would really enjoy it - thanks!

Debbie

ra_mom

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 12:13 am

Mrs. Bissli and elmos, how long do you cook the ground chicken balls in the broth for?
And elmos, what is your method of cooking the meal? Do you make a separate soup, cook the balls in the ready soup, and cook the noodles separately as well? What vegetables do you use?

gold21

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 12:35 am

I second the KBD Kids in the Kitchen meatball recipe with the marinara/cranberry sauce, for use with ground chicken. Its a great recipe.

ra_mom

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 12:45 am

gold21 wrote:

I second the KBD Kids in the Kitchen meatball recipe with the marinara/cranberry sauce, for use with ground chicken. Its a great recipe.

Would you be able to type up the recipe?

gold21

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 12:57 am

for you, ra mom, no problem! here goes: its called Meatballs 2 Ways. I am typing one of the ways. Meat recipe: 1 lb ground beef, 1/4 cup flavored dry breadcrumbs, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 large egg. Sauce recipe: 1 16 oz can of whole berry cranberry sauce, 1 26 oz jar marinara sauce. Instructions: Cook sauce 5 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Form meatballs. Put into sauce. Lower heat. Cook 40 minutes. (less for chicken balls I believe). Dont forget to stir the sauce occasionally while its cooking.

ra_mom

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 1:05 am

gold21 wrote:

Thank you so much gold21!!

Mrs Bissli

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 8:47 am

I make the chicken meatballs on a smaller side (about 1 tbsp) and somewhat flatter so it cooks quickly. Probably about 4-5min in total, if in doubt scoop one up and cut in half to make sure it's not pink inside. I don't skim off fat as chicken mince I get is quite lean. And as for serving with the noodles, I cook noodles in a separate pot before and drain, so the soup doesn't get cloudy.

ra_mom

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 11:02 am

Mrs Bissli wrote:

Thanks!

gold21

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 11:16 am

just wanted to add that I realized I wrote for the meatball sauce recipe "1 jar whole berry cranberry sauce", but I actually use the jellied cranberry sauce. I have not tried the whole berry version. I assume theyre equally good though for this purpose.

ra_mom

Tue, Jan 05 2010, 11:37 am

gold21 wrote:

TThanks again gold!

ra_mom

Fri, Jan 08 2010, 1:07 am

elmos wrote:

I cook my chicken balls in a broth with veg. than add noodles and its a yummy soup and supper in ne bowl.

Elmos, can you tell me how you make this?

Love My Babes

Fri, Jan 08 2010, 1:05 pm

would kids really eat whole berry cranberry sauce? somehow I find that one thing I can see being a picky type of item.