Chicken Apple Meatballs
These chicken apple meatballs are a healthy and delicious dish made with less than 10 ingredients!
Servings 20 meatballs
Calories 296kcal
Ingredients
- 1 medium apple, peeled
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ medium onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup seasoned breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Set aside a baking sheet.
- Add chunks of the peeled apple to the small bowl of a food processor and pulse several times to grate (or alternatively, grate by hand). Set aside for now.
- In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and reduce heat to low. Cook over low heat until they are tender and lightly golden, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add garlic to the pan with the onions and cook for another minute. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, combine the onion/garlic mixture, grated apple, ground chicken, egg, and breadcrumbs. Shape into 20 meatballs and place on the baking sheet.
- Cook at 375 degrees F for about 25 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 F.
Notes
This recipe makes approximately 20 meatballs, and a serving would be considered 4-5 meatballs. For the purposes of the nutrition analysis below, we've assumed 5 meatballs.
Nutrition Analysis (approximate per 5 meatballs): 296 calories, 15 g fat, 4 g sat fat, 300 mg sodium, 17.5 g carbohydrate, 1.5 g fiber, 5.5 g sugar, 24 g protein, Vitamin D: 1%, Calcium: 4%, Iron: 11%, Potassium: 15%
Nutrition
Calories: 296kcal