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Greek Chicken Meatballs

greek chicken meatballs on a plate with rice, hummus, and cucumber tomato salad
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These meatballs are delicious. They're so moist and flavorful; perfect paired with hummus, fresh cucumber tomato salad and feta.

  • Author: Becky Schmieg
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: Mediterranean

Ingredients

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Meatballs

  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 2 tbsp minced roasted red pepper
  • 2 tbsp minced red onion ( )
  • 2 tbsp minced green olives
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Cucumber Tomato Salad with Feta

  • 1/4 red onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1 cup chopped tomato
  • 2 cups chopped cucmber
  • 1 1/2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • pinch of pepper
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 3 oz feta crumbles

Also serve with

  • Microwave rice
  • Store-bought hummus

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. In a bowl, combine meatball ingredients using your hands to mix until all the add-ins are incorporated into the meat.
  3. Use a cookie scoop to scoop 1.5 tbsp of the mixture onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Scrape the cookie scoop along the edge of the bowl as you scoop out the meat to press meat into the scoop and level it off.
  4. Bake for about 15 minutes, until an internal temperature of 165F is reached.

Cucumber Tomato Salad

  1. Combine salad ingredients in a small bowl and set aside while you prepare the rice.

Serve

  1. Serve meatballs and salad with rice and hummus.

Find it online: https://www.figjar.com/greek-inspired-chicken-meatballs/