Chicken Spinach Meatballs recipe

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Ingredients

cooking spray
¼ large onion
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded
1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled
2 garlic cloves, peeled
1 pound ground chicken
⅓ (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed, not drained
½ cup grated Asiago cheese
¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon ground turmeric

Nutrition Info

215.3 calories
carbohydrate: 3.6 g
cholesterol: 86.2 mg
fat: 7.5 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 32.1 g
saturatedFat: 4.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 651.5 mg
sugar: 1.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.

  2. Combine onion, jalapeno peppers, ginger, and garlic in a food processor, pulse until coarsely chopped.

  3. Place onion mixture, chicken, spinach, Asiago cheese, feta cheese, salt, basil, and turmeric in a large bowl. Mix together gently. Form mixture into balls. Arrange balls about 1/2 inch apart on the baking sheets.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes.

Recipe Yield

25 meatballs

Recipe Note

These chicken spinach meatballs are to die for. I make these for my kids' lunch boxes and everyone at their school wants them. They freeze great.

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