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Slow Cooker Spiced Chicken Meatballs In Tomato Sauce

Here's how you make Slow Cooker Spiced Chicken Meatballs In Tomato Sauce
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 4.5h
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 slice (20 grams) whole grain bread (wholemeal bread, 1 slice crusts removed and torn into little pieces)
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 500 grams ground chicken (mince)
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/3 cup breadcrumbs (dried)
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 jar (700 grams) tomato sauce (passata sauce)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 zucchini, halved and thickly sliced
  • 85 grams frozen peas (2/3 cup)
  • Couscous, to serve
  • Greek yoghurt, to serve
  • Fresh coriander sprigs, to serve
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • 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.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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