Roasted Chicken Meatballs

By mrshermes2002

Beautiful and tasty dish by Rachel Ray. Even though the meatballs take 17-18 minutes to cook, you could easily make the meatballs smaller than the recipe calls for and cook them for 12-15 minutes making this a true 30 minute meal.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds ground chicken
• Salt/pepper
• 3 sprigs rosemary, finely chopped
• 2 tsp fennel seeds
• 3 cloves garlic, grated
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp EVOO

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet by covering with foil and spraying generously with cooking spray.

In a large mixing bowl combine the chicken, salt and pepper, rosemary, fennel seeds, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, ricotta cheese, Parmigiano-Reggiano, egg and bread crumbs. If the mixture seems too wet, add a handful of bread crumbs and mix together.

Form 8 large round balls, about 3-4 inches. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet and coat in a couple of tablespoons of EVOO. Roast 17 to 18 minutes until juices run clear.