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Chicken Meatballs In Sauce

These came out better than I imagined they would!

Super simple dinner that was delicious, kid friendly, husband friendly and makes great for meal prep and lunches for the week ahead!

Recipe makes 20 pretty decent size meatballs. Each serving is 4 meatballs for 2 WW and 232 calories. 

Here is what you will need:

• Dutch oven or casserole dish
• Aldi Marinara or sauce of choice
• Ground chicken 98% fat free
• Wasa crackers
• Italian seasoning
• Eggs
• Unsweetened almond milk
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Grated parmesan cheese
• Dried oregano
• Kraft fat free mozzarella cheese
• Mini food processor or blender
• Cookie scoop (optional)

Here is how to make it:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
2. Pour the entire contents of the marinara into the bottom of the dutch oven and set aside
3. Take the Wasa crackers and place into the blender and blend until fine breadcrumb consistency
4. In a mixing bowl, combine all of the chicken meatball ingredients DO NOT OVER MIX
5. Take a small cookie scoop or 2 tablespoons worth of meatball mix and make 20 small meatballs
6. Place the meatballs right into the sauce in the dutch oven
7. Put into the over for 30 minutes or until internal temperature is 165
8. Take the mozzarella cheese and sprinkle over the top of the meatballs
9. Broil on low or place back into the oven until golden brown on top
10. Garnish with some fresh basil or parsley and some grated parmesan
11. Enjoy!

Print Recipe

Chicken Meatballs with Sauce

The easiest and healthier version of meatballs and sauce

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Course: Dinner, lunch

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: calorie command, calorie counting, chicken recipes, easy, healthy dinner, healthy meal prep, healthy recipe, healthy recipes, meatballs, weight loss recipes, weight watchers

Servings: 5

Author: Chef Allie’s Kitchen

Equipment

• 1 Dutch oven or oven safe casserole dish
• 1 Mixing bowl
• 1 #40 cookie scoop HERE is the one I use,

Ingredients

• 24 oz Aldi Simply Nature Marinara sauce or sauce of choice

CHICKEN MEATBALLS

• 1 Pound Ground 98% chicken breast
• 6 each Wasa Light Rye crackers ground
• 2 TBSP Italian seasoning
• 1 Egg whisked
• 1/4 Cup Unsweetened almond milk
• 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp Onion powder
• 1 tsp Oregano
• 2 TBSP Parmesan cheese Grated
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Black pepper

GARNISH

• 1/2 Cup fat free mozzarella
• Basil or parsley
• Grated parmesan optional

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Pour the entire jar of marinara onto the bottom of your casserole dish or dutch oven, set aside.
• In a small blender or food processor take the Wasa crackers and grind until fine
• Take all of the chicken meatball ingredients and place into a large mixing bowl
• Mix together with hands, DO NOT OVER MIX

  *OVER MIXING WILL CREATE TOUGH MEATBALLS*
• Take the small cookie scoop (1 1/2 TBSP scoop) and or 1 1/2 tablespoons worth of meatballs and form into 20 small meatballs
• Place the meatballs right into the sauce
• Once all meatballs are into the pan or casserole dish, place the dish into the oven for 400 degrees or until meatballs reach 165 degrees internally, about 30 minutes.
• Once internal temperature is reached, take them out of the oven and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top of the meatballs
• Place back into the oven on low broil and broil until lightly golden brown
• Garnish with fresh parsley or basil and enjoy over pasta or as it.

Notes

Serves 5 for 4 meatballs per person

232 Calories

2 WW points

WW Recipe Points

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