Thai Chicken Meatballs
Created by ImPat on May 3, 2017
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #26024
Ingredients
- 500 grams ground chicken (mince)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- Fresh gingerroot (2cm piece, peeled and finely grated)
- 3 kaffir lime leaves (fresh, finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon mint leaves, chopped (plus extra sprigs to serve)
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 chilli pepper (small chilli pepper, seeded and finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon oil (peanut oil)
- Lime wedges, to serve
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine mince, garlic, ginger, kaffir lime leaves, mint and coriander in a bowl and using clean hands, roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on a large plate and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Step 2: Meanwhile, place fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and chilli in a small bowl and stir until sugar dissolves.
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Step 3: Heat oil in a large, on-stick frying pan over medium heat and cook meatballs, in 2 batches, turning, for 10 minutes or until light golden and cooked through.
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Step 4: Serve with dipping sauce and lime wedges, sprinkled with extra mint sprigs.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (37.3 g)
- Calories 33.6
- Total Fat - 1.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.2 g
- Cholesterol - 50.5 mg
- Sodium - 138.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 0.9 g
- Protein - 3.9 g
- Calcium - 7.4 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg