Coconut Curry Chicken Meatballs - Whole30

Source: www.thebewitchinkitchen.com/coconut-curry-chicken-meatballs/

These were good! My tweaked version below.  They do have a little kick to them and they do take awhile, but we did enjoy them. I want to make the sauce a little sweeter next time so I may add some stevia. Fresh basil on top would have been nice too.

INGREDIENTS:

MEATBALLS

• 1/2 cup roughly chopped carrots
• 1/4 red onion, chopped
• 3 tbsps fresh cilantro (More for topping if you want)
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 tbsps dried basil
• 1 tbsp coconut aminos (or soy sauce if not Whole30)
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp red chili flakes
• 1/4 tsp each sea salt (will try less next time)
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 lb ground chicken

SAUCE

• 1/2 can coconut milk (May do a 1/3 next time)
• 6oz unsweetened vanilla almond mole (May do more next time and less coconut milk)
• 1 tbsp red curry paste
• 1 tbsp almond butter
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 2 stevia packs (or 1-2 tsp sugar)

Cauliflower rice

• 2 bags frozen cauliflower rice
• salt
• pepper
• olive oil
• garlic powder

DIRECTIONS:

Pre-Heat Oven to 400F

MEATBALLS

1. Place all the ingredients (but the chicken) into a high-powered blender or food processor and pulse until chopped.
2. Add the chicken and mix well.
3. Roll into 1 1/2 – 2″ balls and place them on a lined or greased pan.
4. Bake for 20 minutes, roll the meatballs over and bake them for an additional 15. (Until 165 degrees).

SAUCE

1. In a large skillet, over medium heat, heat the coconut milk.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.

Cauliflower rice

1. In a pan heat olive oil on medium heat. Once hot, add about 2 bags of frozen riced cauliflower to pan. Add salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. Cook until tender and try to get a few pieces a little brown (I feel this makes it as close to rice as possible).

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

1. Add the meatballs to the sauce, stir them around and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
2. Serve over cauliflower rice or mix it all together. 

Attention Weight Watcher Freestylers, I had this converted into points and here you go:

The meatballs are 0 points. The sauce is 7 points for the whole thing, and it makes 20 meatballs so less than 1 point each.

NUTRITION INFORMATION Original recipe 

Yield: 20 meatballs, Serving Size: 3 meatballs with sauce

• Amount Per Serving:
• Calories: 280 Calories
• Total Fat: 22.9g
• Saturated Fat: 15.3g
• Cholesterol: 65.3mg
• Sodium: 122.6mg
• Carbohydrates: 6.2g
• Fiber: 1g
• Sugar: 1.5g
• Protein: 15.7g

All images and text ©Randa Derkson for The Bewitchin' Kitchen.