Slow Cooker Spiced Chicken Meatballs In Tomato Sauce
Recipe: #24751
August 25, 2016
Categories: Chicken, Eggs, Sunday Dinner, Slow Cooker, Low Fat, Spices, Ground Chicken, Chicken Dinner, Slow Cooker Chicken, more
"From Super Food Ideas (JULY 2016)"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (315.2 g)
- Calories 200.6
- Total Fat - 3.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.8 g
- Cholesterol - 200.6 mg
- Sodium - 760.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.1 g
- Sugars - 14.2 g
- Protein - 19.2 g
- Calcium - 66.5 mg
- Iron - 4.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 23.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place bread and milk in a large bowl and stand for 10 minutes.
Step 2
Add mince, egg white, breadcrumbs, ground coriander, sweet paprika, cumin, ground ginger, 1/2 the onion and 1/2 the garlic to the bread mixture and then season with salt and pepper and mix well to combine.
Step 3
Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls.
Step 4
Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook meatballs in 2 batches turning for 2 to 3 minutes or until just browned and place into the slow cooker.
Step 5
Add remaining onion and garlic to the pan and cook, stirring for 5 minutes or until onion softens and then stir in tomato paste, passata, honey and 1/2 cup water.
Step 6
Transfer mixture to slow cooked and then add zucchini and cook on LOW for 4 hours until meatballs are tender and cooked through.
Step 7
Stir in the peas and cook for further 10 minutes and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 8
Serve meatballs with couscous, Greek yoghurt and fresh coriander sprigs.
Tips
No special items needed.