Health Holiday Recipes: Chicken Parm Meatballs

Sponsored by Cooper University Health

Makes about 20 meatballs

Ingredients:

• 1 lb ground chicken
• ¼ cup bread crumbs
• ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• ½ tablespoon salt
• ½ tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 cup marinara sauce
• ½ pound part skim mozzarella cheese sliced thin

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• In large bowl thoroughly mix together ground chicken, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, egg, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dried basil.
• Form into 1-1.5 oz meat balls with either an ice cream scoop or hands.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until meatballs reach 165 degrees with thermometer inserted in the center of meatball.
• Remove from oven and ladle about an ounce of marinara sauce atop of each meatball.
• Place slice of cheese over each meat ball and place back in the oven until the cheese melts.
• Remove from oven and serve warm.

Per Parmesan Meatball

95 calories

11 gm protein

7 gm carbohydrate

3 gm fat