Recipe: Perfect Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs. Try them with our Marinara Sauce. We make our sauces slowly so you can make delicious meals fast. Grab a recipe and try now!

In a large bowl, combine ground chicken, bread crumbs, Parmesan, parsley, half the garlic, and egg and season with salt and pepper. Place, cut sides down, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. We adore chicken Parm, and this looks perfect. You can cook Chicken Parmesan Meatballs using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

You need 1 lb. of ground chicken.
Prepare 1 of egg.
You need 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Panko breadcrumbs (and about 3/4 cup more breadcrumbs for rolling later).
You need 1 teaspoon of garlic powder.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of Italian seasonings.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper.
Prepare 1/4 cup of olive oil, divided.
You need 1 (26 ounce) of jar marinara sauce.
You need 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella.
You need 2 tablespoons of basil, torn (optional).

I plan to put a little mozzarella over the top and run under the broiler long enough to get melty -then stand back and watch them disappear. Chicken Parmesan Meatballs are your favorite chicken Parmesan transformed into these tender and flavorful, saucy baked chicken meatballs. Topped with the perfect blend of ooey gooey cheese. I love chicken Parmesan, but come party time serving a plated meal is too much work.

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs instructions

In a large bowl, mix together the chicken, egg, Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic powder, Italian seasonings, salt, pepper and red pepper. Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls..
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Roll half of the meatballs in Panko breadcrumbs and brown them on each side in the oil. Add more oil if needed as you go. Remove from the pan and set aside. Wipe out any Panko breadcrumbs and heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Roll the remaining meatballs in Panko breadcrumbs and brown on each side. Remove from pan..
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour the marinara sauce in the oven-safe skillet(or any baking dish wii do) and place the meatballs on top of the sauce. Bake meatballs for 20 minutes sprinkling the mozzarella on top for the last 5 minutes of baking. Garnish with basil and serve over pasta..

For a delicious new take on Chicken Parmesan, try these giant meatballs. Ground chicken stands in for the usual cutlet and the cheese is on the inside, mozzarella oozes out when you cut into a meatball. To keep things a bit traditional, they are served atop spaghetti with marinara sauce. Recipe lightly adapted from and with thanks to Dinner: A Love Story. Save to Favorites Pin Print Review.