Chicken Piccata Meatballs Recipe
Chicken Piccata Meatballs is a delicious and aromatic dish that is made by cooking chicken meatballs in a lemon and butter sauce.
Ingredients
- Ground chicken = 1 lb
- Grated parmesan cheese = 1/4 cup
- Panko breadcrumbs = 2/3 cup
- Salt = 1/2 tsp
- Garlic minced = 7 cloves
- Lemon zest = 1 tbsp
- Olive oil = 2 tbsp
- Butter = 1/2 stick
- Flour = 1 tbsp
- Chicken broth = 1 cup
- Capers = 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp caper brine
- Lemon juice = 1/4 cup
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix chicken, parmesan, panko, salt, garlic, and lemon zest.
- Roll mixture into meatballs, using 2 tbsp for each.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Add meatballs to the pan. Cook for 6 minutes.
- Remove meatballs and set them aside.
- In the same pan, melt butter and add garlic.
- Whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly add chicken broth, capers, brine, and lemon juice.
- Simmer the sauce for 6-7 minutes, until it thickens.
- Add meatballs back to the pan. Cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Spoon sauce over meatballs and serve.
- Serve with pasta, rice, or enjoy as is.