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mediterranean chicken meatballs with tzatziki

  • Author: cassidyeats

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
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Combine all meatball ingredients in a bowl and mix with your hand. Do this gently! You don’t want to overmix the meat!
  3. 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.
  4. Bake for 25 minutes, flipping half way, until crispy.
  5. Sprinkle with fresh mint as a garnish and dunk in tzatziki!

 

to make the tzatziki:

  1. using a box grater, grate cucumber. squeeze the grated cucumber into a ball, squeezing out as much water as you can.
  2. 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