Air Fryer Chicken Meatballs
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Recipe by Sugar Free Londoner.
The meatballs, lightened
- nutritional yeastinstead ofcheese
Ingredients
Scaled from 3. Cooking times barely change.
- ⅜ lb chicken thighs (skinless + boneless, chopped into 2 inch cubes)294 cal
- ⅓ tbsp olive oil (+ more to air fry)44 cal
- ⅓ small onion (finely diced)15 cal
- 1 clove of garlic (minced)4 cal
- ⅓ egg (medium)24 cal
- ⅛ cup parsley (finely chopped)0 cal
- ⅔ tbsp nutritional yeast39 cal
- ⅓ tbsp tomato puree (tomato paste)4 cal
- ⅔ tsp Italian seasoning5 cal
- 3 pinches of paprika1 cal
- ¼ tsp salt0 cal
- 3 pinches of cracked black pepper0 cal
Contains eggs
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Method
- 01
Remove the basket from the air fryer and put it on a plate. Spray the bottom of the basket with oil.
- 02
Add the chicken thighs to a food processor and pulse using the s blade until roughly minced.
- 03
Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a skillet or frying pan and sauté the onions for 3 - 4 minutes until soft. Add the garlic for 1 minute until fragrant.
- 04
Add the onion mix to the roughly ground chicken in the food processor as well as all other ingredients (choose between nutritional yeast or parmesan). Gently pulse to combine.
- 05
Rub your hands with olive oil. You need to do this to stop the meatball mixture from sticking to your hands. Roll the mixture into 12 meatballs and place them into the air fryer basket, leaving space around each meatball so the air can circulate. Once all meatballs are in the basket, mist them with olive oil.
- 06
Preheat the air fryer to 190C / 370F.
- 07
Once it is hot, add the basket into the air fryer. Air-fry the meatballs for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown on the outside and cooked through on the inside. Option to turn them halfway through. Air fryers differ and some can take longer to cook than others. The meatballs are done when the centre reaches a temperature of 74C or 165F.