These chicken apple meatballs are a healthy and delicious dish made with less than 10 ingredients!
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken apple meatballs
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 20meatballs
Calories 296kcal
Author Snacking in Sneakers
Ingredients
1medium apple, peeled
1tbspolive oil
½medium onion, diced
2clovesgarlic, minced
1lbground chicken
1large egg
½cupseasoned 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%