Chicken meatballs with mozzarella cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make chicken meatballs with cheese in tomato sauce? First of all, you need to take the necessary products

2. STEP 2

   

   Cut chicken fillet into arbitrary pieces

3. STEP 3

   

   Grind the meat with 1-2 cloves of garlic in a meat grinder

4. STEP 4

   

   I process the minced meat myself and almost never buy it, because it’s only a matter of a couple of minutes and we always know what it’s from.

5. STEP 5

   

   Salt minced chicken to taste.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pepper it.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add basil.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add breadcrumbs to the minced meat.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add sour cream.

10. STEP 10

    

    Beat in the egg.

11. STEP 11

    

    Now mix the minced meat well with your hands, you can even beat it lightly on the table so that it sticks better later, then let the minced meat rest in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.

12. STEP 12

    

    Remove the minced meat from the refrigerator and take a little more than half a tablespoon.

13. STEP 13

    

    Make a hole in the minced meat.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place a ball of mozzarella in it.

15. STEP 15

    

    Gather the minced meat into a ball, sealing the edges.

16. STEP 16

    

    This is how the future meatball turned out.

17. STEP 17

    

    From these ingredients I got 21 balls.

18. STEP 18

    

    Prepare the ingredients for the sauce immediately. Finely chop the onion.

19. STEP 19

    

    Crush the garlic with the flat side of a knife and chop

20. STEP 20

    

    Now fry the meatballs in heated vegetable oil over medium heat. They fry quite quickly, about 4-5 minutes on each side.

21. STEP 21

    

    Turn the meatballs over and fry on the other side, shake the pan periodically so that the meatballs fry better.

22. STEP 22

    

    Place the fried meatballs on a plate.

23. STEP 23

    

    In the oil left over from the meatballs, fry the onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes until soft.

24. STEP 24

    

    Add some Provençal herbs or other spices to taste.

25. STEP 25

    

    You can add tomatoes in your own juice at this stage; I add homemade tomato juice from tomatoes grown in my garden.

26. STEP 26

    

    Simmer the sauce for about 5 minutes over medium heat to evaporate excess liquid.

27. STEP 27

    

    Return the meatballs to the pan.

28. STEP 28

    

    Warm the meatballs for 4-5 minutes, covered.

29. STEP 29

    

    Pour the flavorful sauce over the meatballs.

30. STEP 30

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

18.12.2023

4.5

I noticed the recipe for chicken meatballs with cheese in tomato sauce a long time ago; I really liked the idea. For cooking, I took more meat - 900 g of chicken breasts. I twisted it myself in a meat grinder along with a couple of cloves of garlic. For this amount of minced meat I used one large egg. Adding sour cream made the minced meat more juicy and elastic. It took me five spoons of fresh wheat crackers, after which the minced meat began to easily come together into a ball. In addition, she also hit him on the cutting board. For the filling I took Russian cheese and first checked that it melted well. I fried the finished buns on both sides and then simmered them in tomato sauce with garlic for about 15 minutes. I didn’t use basil or onions, the kids don’t like them. Meatballs are gone with a bang! The name alone has already intrigued the kids. And the stringy cheese inside the cutlet was the second surprise. Meatballs are very tasty and tender. I definitely recommend making them!

taksibluz

18.12.2023

4.6

oooooh! essssssssss! Thank you! I’ll replace the spices and the type of cheese inside, but thank you sooooooo much for the idea!