Addictively delicious chicken meatballs glazed with sweet, tangy and spicy orange sauce, served with quick and easy garlic noodles. These meatballs are great as dinner or an appetizer.
Prep Time15mins
Cook Time20mins
Total Time35mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 4people
Calories: 1200kcal
Author: Hirra Pervaiz
Ingredients
For Chicken Meatballs
1lbGround Chicken
1Egglightly beaten
1tbspSoy Sauce
1tspGarlicminced
1tspGingergrated
1tspOnion Saltoptional
1/2tspSalt
1/2tspBlack Peppercrushed
1tspSambal Olek Sauce
1/2cupBreadcrumbs
1/2cupButter
2-3tbspOilfor frying
For Orange Sauce
1/2cupOrange Juice
1/3cupApricot Jam
2tspSambal Olek Sauce
1/2tspGarlicminced
1/2tspGingergrated
For Garlic Noodles
1lbNoodles
5tbspButter
1tbspOlive Oil
2tbspGarlicminced
1tspSalt
1tspBlack Pepper
2TbspParmesan Cheesegrated
1Stalk Spring Onionthinly sliced
Instructions
To make the meatballs
In a large bowl mix together all the ingredients for chicken meatballs. Be careful while adding the egg, add little by little as you don't want the mixture to be too soft. Refrigerate the mixture for about 15 minutes
Lightly cover hands with oil or warm water and shape mixture into golf size ( about 1 1/2) meatballs. For uniform size, you can use a cookie scoop.
Now heat oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat and fry meatballs about 3-4 minutes each side, until browned and cooked. Don't over crowd the pan. Try to cook in batches
To make the sauce
In the meantime prepare the sauce by adding all the ingredients in a small sauce pan. Bring to a simmer. Don't forget to reserve sauce for serving
Toss the prepared chicken meatballs in the Orange sauce and glaze completely
To Prepare Garlic Noodles
Prepare the noodles according to package instructions
In a pan melt butter over medium heat. Add olive oil and minced garlic. Saute for about 5 minutes or until garlic is fragrant (don't brown the garlic). Add salt and pepper and remove from heat
Pour the garlic-butter sauce over the prepared pasta. Toss well and let stand for 2-3 minutes
To Serve
Garnish noodles with grated Parmesan and spring onion green. Add glazed Chicken Meatballs on the top and serve with remaining orange sauce