Easy Baked Chicken Meatballs are a total family favorite! You’ll love how easy they come together. They can be eaten plain, or served up in classics like spaghetti and meatballs and meatball subs.
Ground chicken meatballs are a guaranteed win at dinner. If your kid likes chicken nuggets, they will like these meatballs too. We’ve made sure to design a recipe that grow ups will love too. They are full of flavor! And we’ve added healthy fats in to make sure that your meatballs stay nice and moist.
PRO TIP: Olive oil is often added to ground poultry to add moisture and flavor. Because olive oil is a healthy fat, this keeps ground poultry a healthier option than ground beef without sacrificing that perfect juicy meatball.
Can I use ground turkey instead?
Yes, you can use ground turkey instead of ground chicken in this recipe to make turkey meatballs. The cooking time will remain the same. Ground turkey comes in various fat options. We recommend using a lean ground turkey.
How should I serve chicken meatballs?
You can serve meatballs plain, as a main dish (these chicken meatballs are definitely good enough!), or you can serve it up with spaghetti sauce for spaghetti and meatballs. Another classic option is to serve them up in meatball subs.
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SERVING SIZE: This recipe makes 18 meatballs which will serve 4 to 5 people.
FREEZER INSTRUCTIONS: These meatballs can be frozen. Place on a baking sheet after forming into meatballs and place in the freezer to freeze. Once frozen, remove from baking sheet and transfer to a resealable plastic bag for longer term storage. They will stay good in the freezer for 1 to 3 months.
LEFTOVER AND REHEATING INSTRUCTIONS: Store in an airtight container or plastic bag in the refrigerator. Will stay good for 5 days, and up to 7 if your ground chicken was fresh and recently purchased.
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Love it!!
Didn’t have basil so use fresh parsley and it was so good!!!!
We eat it with peanut sauce, delicious:)
saved it and going to make it often.
Made 20 balls and 25 minutes was perfect
Thank you:):)
They were delicious, my family and I ate them with ztaziki and cucumbers. It was amazing!
These were delicious and I’m not a big fan of meatballs in general but they were so good. I made it will pasta. I froze half the batch for later use and I didn’t even make them into balls until after they defrosted and then baked them. I will say all of her recipes I love I made her brownies and ribs. You can’t go wrong with her recipes.
Excellent recipe……..delicious! Made exactly as written. They were delicious plain and with a variety of dips we tried.
I substituted the bread crumbs with under 1/2 cup of flour, and they were undercooked in the middle after 30 minutes :0 they smelled great though lol
This an outstanding recipe and easy to prepare. I served it with zucchini noodles and Rao’s marinara sauce. Yum!
Double recipe. No oil. No red pepper. No salt. 2oz each.
Yum! I ended up making two different sized meatball, putting pieces of cut string cheese in the middle of the larger meatballs.
Served these over some buttered spaghetti noodles topped with a little extra cheese!
Made these tonight for supper, they were delicious… Used a combination of ground turkey and ground pork… Hubby loved them… 🙂
These are good. I will add oil next time.