Thai Chicken Meatball Curry Recipes

THAI CURRY CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Make the meatballs: In bowl, mix ground chicken, garlic, ginger, green onion, salt and pepper until evenly combined. Form into balls about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Oil your hands as you roll to keep chicken from sticking to your hands.
• In a large oven-proof skillet, add oil on medium high heat. Place meatballs in skillet and brown each side, turning often about 2-3 minutes per side until a crust forms. Remove meatballs from pan and set aside.
• Make the curry sauce: In the same skillet over medium heat add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the bay leaf (or lime leaf), curry powder, cayenne pepper. Add the coconut milk, chicken broth, fish sauce, and lime zest. Then stir until combined. Bring liquid to a low simmer.
• Place meatballs back into the skillet and simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes, or until the meatballs are fully cooked (timing will depend on meatball size and how much you seared the meatballs).
• If desired, squeeze in some lime juice and top with minced cilantro. Serve over rice, with slices of crusty bread, with flatbreads, or however you prefer to enjoy your curry.

THAI RED CURRY CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet with oil. In a large bowl add all of the meatball ingredients. Mix to combine. Make sure not to over mix.
• Portion out 12 large meatballs. (Working with slightly wet hands helps the meatballs from sticking to your hands.)
• Place meatballs on the oiled baking sheet and cook for 15-20 minutes or until caramelized on the outside and cooked through. Make sure to flip half way through cooking.
• Take out of the oven and toss the cooked meatballs in the Thai Red Curry Sauce. Garnish with extra cilantro if desired. Serve immediately.
• Heat oil in small saucepan. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute.
• Add in curry paste and cook for an additional minute.
• Whisk in coconut milk and continue whisking until thick. Take off the heat. Stir in Sriracha, pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, cilantro, and lime juice. Set aside until ready to toss with meatballs.

THAI CHICKEN MEATBALL CURRY (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Mix chicken or turkey, breadcrumbs, half of the cilantro, lemongrass and chile peppers in a large bowl, combining thoroughly.
• If not frying, drop walnut-sized meatballs into a 4 qt slow cooker (I coat with a little oil to make cleanup easier). Cover and cook on High for about 1 hour to set the meatballs. (For all I know you don't need to do this - it might work just as well with the sauce added immediately - but this is how I did it).
• Combine the remaining ingredients except the cilantro in a small bowl; pour over the meatballs, reduce to Low and cook for 4 hours, or cook on High for 2 hours.
• If frying, form the meat into walnut-sized meatballs. Heat oil in a large skillet and quickly fry the meatballs until browned. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Make the sauce as in Step 3 and pour into the frying pan, stirring to scrape up the fond; pour over the meatballs and cook on Low for 6 hours or on High for 3 hours.
• Serve immediately with steamed rice, garnished with the remaining cilantro.