Chicken Meatballs With Zucchini Noodles is a simple and healthy dinner that is easy to make for busy weeknights.
Chicken Meatballs With Zucchini Noodles
Serve these Chicken Meatballs With Zucchini Noodles to make pasta night a little more healthy.
Variations And Substitutions
- For even more flavor add a jar of your favorite marinara sauce and top with Parmesan and fresh chopped Parsley.
- Serve over cauliflower rice instead of Zucchini Noodles.
- To spice it up add a dash of cayenne pepper.
- Mix a spoonful or two of Pesto into the Zucchini Noodles.
Ingredients
1 pound ground chicken
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 medium zucchini, spiralized
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoon butter
How To Make Chicken Meatballs
Combine the ground chicken, egg, pepper, salt, Italian seasoning, minced garlic and Parmesan cheese.
Heat the olive oil to a large pan. Form small 2-3" meatballs from the chicken mixture and place in heated pan.
Cook meatballs about 15 to 20 minutes until golden on all sides and cooked through.
Once the meatballs are cooked through, remove from the pan and transfer to a plate. Cover to keep warm.
How To Make Zucchini Noodles
Slice the ends off the zucchini and place on your spiralizer.
Turn the spiralizer to create your noodles.
Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the pan you used for the meatballs and add the Zucchini noodles.
Cook 5 to 10 minutes until tender. (Cook time varies depending on size of zucchini used.)
Remove and serve with the chicken meatballs.
Making your own Zucchini Noodles or “Zoodles” is easy but to save time you can also use frozen zucchini noodles or prepackaged Zucchini spirals. To cook them just follow the package directions.
Chicken Meatballs With Zucchini Noodles
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 4 medium zucchini, spiralized
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Combine the ground chicken, egg, pepper, salt, Italian seasoning, minced garlic and Parmesan cheese.
- Heat the olive oil to a large pan. Form small 2-3″ meatballs from the chicken mixture and place in heated pan.
- Cook meatballs about 15 to 20 minutes until golden on all sides and cooked through.
- Once the meatballs are cooked through, remove from the pan and transfer to a plate. Cover to keep warm.
Zucchini Noodles
- Slice the ends off the zucchini and place on your spiralizer.
- Turn the spiralizer to create your noodles.
- Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the pan you used for the meatballs and add the Zucchini noodles.
- Cook 5 to 10 minutes until tender. (Cook time varies depending on size of zucchini used.)
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