Easy Skinny Thai Peanut Chicken Meatballs recipe served over rice with an abundance of sweet, and a bit spicy, coconut peanut butter sauce that you will want to just eat with a spoon! This is a meal I make regularly and you'll see why.
Author: Ashley
Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Thai
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
1 lb ground chicken
4 green onions, chopped small
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp red curry paste
1 cup breadcrumbs (white or whole wheat)
1 egg
Salt and pepper, to taste
For the Peanut Sauce
1 tbsp peanut oil
1 tbsp red curry paste
1 can coconut milk (size: 398 ml)
3 tbsp creamy peanut butter
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 tbsp brown sugar
pinch of crushed red pepper (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 F degrees. Place parchment paper over a baking sheet.
Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs together well in a mixing bowl.
Form the meatballs into 1-2 inch balls. Place meatballs on prepared baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes OR until done.
While meatballs are baking, make the sauce. Heat the oil in a medium sauce pan or skillet.
Add the red curry paste and cook for a couple minutes. Put in the remaining ingredients to same pan, stirring occasionally, and cook for about 5 minutes.
Place meatballs back to sauce and toss to coat them with sauce. Garnish with fresh cilantro for color.
Serve over a bed of jasmine rice (or other long grain rice). I sometimes double the sauce and mix it with the rice before plating. You don't need to do this, I just like a lot of sauce.
Recipe by Wishes and Dishes at https://wishesndishes.com/skinny-thai-peanut-chicken-meatballs/