Butter Chicken Meatballs
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- CALORIES
- 47g
- PROTEIN
- 26g
- CARBS
- 39g
- FAT
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Ingredients
- 800g (1.75 lb) chicken thigh, minced
- 60g (2/3 cup) breadcrumbs
- 1 egg (50g)
- 400g (1.5 cups) passata
- 50g (3 tbsp) tomato paste
- 120ml (1/2 cup) heavy cream
- 30g (2 tbsp) butter
- 150g (1 medium) onion, diced
- 15g (5 cloves) garlic, minced
- 15g (1 tbsp) fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tbsp garam masala, 2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp paprika
- 1.5 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar; coriander to finish
Method
- Mix the minced thigh with the breadcrumbs, egg, a third of the garlic and ginger, 1 tbsp of the garam masala and half the salt. Mix with a fork, not your fist - overworked mince makes bouncy meatballs.
- Roll into 16 balls with wet hands and chill them 10 min. Cold meatballs hold their shape when they hit the pan.
- Brown them in a wide skillet over medium-high, 5 min, turning to get colour on three sides. They will not be cooked through yet.
- Set them aside. Melt the butter in the same pan and cook the onion 6 min.
- Add the remaining garlic, ginger and all the dry spices and cook 90 seconds.
- Stir in the tomato paste and fry 2 min until brick coloured, then the passata, sugar, remaining salt and 120ml / 1/2 cup water.
- Simmer 10 min, then return the meatballs and any juices and simmer 10 min more, spooning sauce over them.
- Off the heat, stir in the cream and finish with coriander.
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Start 7 days freeTip: chill the rolled meatballs for ten minutes. It is the whole difference between meatballs and a pan of crumbled mince.
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KeepsFridge 4 days, freezer 3 months. The sauce tightens overnight - loosen with a splash of water.
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Macros are computed from the raw ingredient weights above using USDA FoodData Central reference values. Brands vary, so treat them as close estimates rather than lab figures. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.