Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Chinese Chicken Meatballs and Quinoa Fried Rice


Prepare to be blown away.  Craving something packed with flavor, not calories?  This is the meal for you. Last year, I found this recipe for Quinoa Fried Rice.  I made it several times last spring and summer.  This weekend, while it was warm, I decided to bust it out again.  It is very simple to make, delicious to eat, and tastes just as good leftover.  I decided to take my favorite Chinese Chicken Burger Recipe and adapt it for meatballs to put on top of this awesome rice.  Here is what I did:

Ingredients:
1 lb of ground chicken
3 gloves of garlic (minced)
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of soy sauce (low sodium)
1/2 tablespoon of sesame oil
1/2 tablespoon of lemongrass (paste or minced fresh)
2 scallions diced on the bias
1/2 cup of panko breadcrumbs

Making it happen:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl.  Roll out into golf ball size meatballs.  Place on lined cookie sheet.  (I used aluminum foil sprayed with cooking spray).  Cook for 20-25 minutes until just cooked through.  Top each meatball with Hoisin Sauce and let bake for another 3 minutes. Pull out of oven and let stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.  This will allow all the juices to settle.  Place two meatballs on top of fried rice.