mediterranean chicken meatballs with tzatziki
This is a new favorite weekly meal prep recipe that I double and have an easy protein all week long! Pairs great with quinoa, fresh greens, cucumber, feta, red onion, and more dill. I could eat mediterranean food every day of the week!!!!
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mediterranean chicken meatballs with tzatziki
Description
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup feta
- 1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
tzatziki sauce
- 2 cups plain greek yogurt
- 2 small cucumbers (or one large), grated
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, grated
- fresh dill
- fresh parsley
- fresh mint
- 1 tsp salt
Ingredients
Scale
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine all meatball ingredients in a bowl and mix with your hand. Do this gently! You don’t want to overmix the meat!
- Cover your hands with olive oil to roll out the meatballs so they don’t get sticky. Roll meatballs into small golfball sized balls and lay out on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 25 minutes, flipping half way, until crispy.
- Sprinkle with fresh mint as a garnish and dunk in tzatziki!
to make the tzatziki:
- using a box grater, grate cucumber. squeeze the grated cucumber into a ball, squeezing out as much water as you can.
- add yogurt, fresh herbs, grated garlic, squeezed cucumber, and salt to a bowl and mix. if you like garlic, add more, but 2-3 cloves is pretty zesty!!!
Notes
- double this recipe for meal prep