Coconut Gochujang Chicken Meatballs
This 30-minute dish is an easy to make yet most flavorful weeknight dinner. Tender meatballs and spicy gochujang paste combined with coconut milk, which mellows the spicy paste into a spicy-sweet cream sauce. Serve over rice to complete the meal.
Ingredients
Chicken Meatballs
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
Coconut Gochujang Sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ tbsp unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves grated
- 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp gochujang paste less or more to taste
- 1 can (400ml/14 oz) unsweetened coconut milk full fat
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 broccoli cut into small pieces
- cilantro leaves for serving
Instructions
- Get all the prep done before you start cooking: cut the broccoli into florets, then into small pieces. Grate ginger and garlic cloves.
- Add the ingredients for the meatballs to a large bowl. Mix until just combined, using your hands. Roll the meat into 2-tablespoon sized balls. Will make about 20 meatballs.
- Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium. Add meatballs and brown on all sides, about 8 minutes, turning them frequently. Remove from skillet.
- Reduce the heat, add garlic and ginger, sweat for 1 minute. Add salt, pepper, cumin and turmeric. Stir to combine, about 1 minute. Turn the heat to medium and pour in broth, simmer for 2 minutes. Stir with a wooden spoon while scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of the skillet. Add soy sauce, fish sauce, honey and gochujang paste, stir until combined. Next pour in coconut milk and add lime juice. Bring to a simmer.
- Add broccoli and meatballs. Simmer over medium heat until the meatballs are cooked through, about 10 minutes.
- Finish off with cilantro and serve over rice. Add a cucumber salad, enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 330kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 27gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 150mgSodium: 1635mgPotassium: 1205mgFiber: 5gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1069IUVitamin C: 139mgCalcium: 115mgIron: 3mg
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