- 1 lb Ground chicken
- 5 cloves Garlicminced and divided
- 1 Eggsbeaten
- ½ cup Parmesan cheesegrated, plus more for garnish
- 2 tbsp Parsleyfreshly chopped
- ¼ tsp Red pepper
- Kosher Saltto taste
- Black pepperto taste
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 4 tbsp Butter
- juice of ½ Lemon
- 1 lb Zoodles
Garlic Butter Meatballs with Zoodles
These Garlic Butter Meatballs with Zoodles are a delicious way to serve ground chicken. I like to make this meatball dish with zoodles rather than spaghetti. What are zoodles you ask? Well, zoodles are noodles made from zucchini! They are a fresh and low carb alternative to pasta. I buy my zoodles in my local grocery store, but you can make your own if you buy a handy little gadget called a spiralizer.
This dish is really easy to make too which makes it a perfect midweek meal choice. Start by mixing the chicken, 2 garlic cloves, egg, parmesan, parsley, and red pepper flakes together in a large bowl. Form the mixture into tablespoon sized meatballs. To cook the zoodles, melt butter in a large pan and add the remaining garlic. Toss the zoodles and add the meatballs back in. Serve garnish with extra parmesan. Delicious!
To make the Garlic Butter Meatballs with Zoodles, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Garlic Butter Meatballs with Zoodles
1 | Make the meatball mixture | 3 |
Place the 1 lb of ground chicken in a large bowl and mix in 2 of the garlic cloves, 1 beaten egg, ½ cup of parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons of parsley, and ¼ teaspoon of red pepper. Mix the ingredients together well using your hands. | ||
2 | Shape the meatballs | 10 |
Season the meatball mixture with salt and pepper to taste. Using your hands, form tablespoon sized meatballs. | ||
3 | Cook the meatballs | 10 |
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large pan and cook the meatballs in the pan for about 10 minutes until they are golden brown all over and cooked through. | ||
4 | Transfer meatballs to a plate | 1 |
Place the meatballs on a plate and set to one side. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel. | ||
5 | Melt butter with garlic | 1 |
Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in the same pan and then add the three remaining garlic cloves. Cook for about 1 minute until the garlic is fragrant. | ||
6 | Cook zoodles | 1 |
Add the zoodles to the pan. Toss the zoodles well until they are coated with garlic butter. Squeeze in the lemon juice. | ||
7 | Add the meatballs | 3 |
Add the meatballs to the pan and cook until they are warmed through. | ||
8 | Serve | |
Serve garnished with grated parmesan. | ||
Recipe Reviews
I enjoyed making these, very simple if you just follow the steps one by one and they turn out great.
It's very tasty but certainly needs more to it since it's not very filling on it's own.
Instead of ground chicken I used beef since i like beef a lot more, it was great.
Great recipe thanks so much for sharing, will be making these meatballs again some time soon.
Had this for lunch with some lemon iced tea and it was amazing, very pleased and intend on making this again.
The absolute BOMB! Brought the leftovers to work and everyone ran over to see what the smell was since it smelt so delicous :)
Bookmarking thiss!!~ Can't way to try it out when I get home but everything looks so yummy already!
Skipped out on the whole zoodle thing since I hate zucchini and just made it with some penne pasta and red sauce, delicious.
Does anyone know where I can get the zoodles ? I had to use normal pasta instead.
When I made these I figured for sure it wouldn't be enough to fill me and my whole family up so I decided to make some brown rice too and the two really go well together so wanted to recommend it for any of you heavy eaters like me!
My meatballs fell apart almost instantly after they were done but it was so good I don't even care.
Me and my hubby are both huge meatlovers so these are brilliant and the flavors are so unique compared to normal meatballs.
Very zesty flavour since it has a bunch of lemon juice but i like it a lot.
Husband and I both licked the plate clean! Fantastic meal for two or more.
I added a lot more parmesan cheese to mine cause cheese is just so good on this.
The butter meatballs and keto chicken with parmesan are my two favorites, honestly can't get enough of either of them
Didn't add the lemon juice cause I don't like sour things but the meal was good.
I tried to shape the balls into hearts instead the second time around just to let the recipe know how much I love it,LOL!
I'd say it takes a while to make these since it didn't take 25 minutes for me but actually 40, it was good though.
Had these butter meatballs with some garlic bread on the side and I have to say I quite enjoy it, very tasty.
Yummy! Healthy & delicious dish!
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