One Pot Chicken Meatballs Recipe With Jasmine Rice is a ground chicken recipe with pineapple rice in a flavorful coconut sauce. An easy skillet dinner sure to be a family favorite.
Chicken Meatballs Recipe
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Ground chicken combines with panko breadcrumbs, scallions and ginger adding fresh flavors to these mini meatballs.
Bell peppers and onions flavor this recipe along with a coconut sauce seasoned with fresh ginger and garlic. Pineapple bits create a flavorful jasmine rice along with the ground chicken meatballs.
Round out this skillet dinner with a cucumber salad and you’ll be all set for dinner tonight.
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Step by Step Directions
- Combine the ground chicken, egg, panko, scallions, 1 Tablespoon ginger and kosher salt and form into 16 meatballs.
- Brown meatballs in skillet with oil and reserve.
- Cook bell peppers, onion, garlic and remaining 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger until tender crisp.
- Stir in coconut milk and chicken broth and bring to a boil.
- Return meatballs to the skillet, reduce heat and simmer until cooked through.
- Stir in uncooked rice and pineapple. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand until rice is tender, 5 minutes.
- Top with cilantro.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Substitute ground turkey for the ground chicken
- Add broccoli in place of the bell peppers
- Make with vegetable broth
- Serve with lime wedges
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- ground chicken – low fat ground meat
- egg – a binder for the meatballs
- plain panko breadcrumbs – gives texture to the meatballs
- scallions – mild onion flavor
- fresh ginger – a hint of sweetness and pepper notes
- kosher salt – brings out all the flavors
- olive oil – helps to brown the chicken meatballs
- red and/or orange bell peppers – add color and crunch
- onion – for savory notes
- garlic – adds depth of flavor
- coconut milk – the base for the sauce
- chicken broth – adds chicken notes to the sauce
- uncooked instant jasmine rice – fragrant and fluffy
- crushed pineapple - adds a hint of sweet flavor
- cilantro - for fresh herb flavor
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- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup plain panko breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup chopped scallions
- 2 Tbs. minced fresh ginger , divided
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- 2 Tbs. olive oil
- 2 red and/or orange bell peppers , seeded and thinly sliced, about 2 cups
- 1 onion sliced, 1 cup
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 can (14 ounces) coconut milk
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup uncooked instant jasmine rice
- 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple
- ¼ cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves
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Combine ground chicken, egg, panko, scallions, 1 Tablespoon ginger and kosher salt. Shape into 16 meatballs. If chicken mixture is sticky just shape using wet hands.
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Heat oil in large deep sided skillet over medium-high heat.
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Brown meatballs, turning occasionally; reserve.
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In same skillet cook bell peppers, onion, garlic and remaining 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger until vegetables are tender crisp, about 5 minutes.
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Stir in coconut milk and chicken broth and bring to a boil.
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Add reserved meatballs and reduce heat and simmer until meatballs are cooked through, about 15 minutes.
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Stir in uncooked rice and pineapple. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand until rice is tender, 5 minutes.
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Top with cilantro.
Makes 4 servings
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Substitute ground turkey for the ground chicken
- Serve with lime wedges
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