Meatballs Recipe ⋇ Chicken Spinach Meatballs

These chicken spinach meatballs are to die for. I make these for my kids' lunch boxes and everyone at their school wants them. They freeze great.

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• ¼ large onion
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded
• 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 pound ground chicken
• ⅓ (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed, not drained
• ½ cup grated Asiago cheese
• ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
2. Combine onion, jalapeno peppers, ginger, and garlic in a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped.
3. Place onion mixture, chicken, spinach, Asiago cheese, feta cheese, salt, basil, and turmeric in a large bowl. Mix together gently. Form mixture into balls. Arrange balls about 1/2 inch apart on the baking sheets.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories215.3
• carbohydrateContent3.6 g
• cholesterolContent86.2 mg
• fatContent7.5 g
• fiberContent1.2 g
• proteinContent32.1 g
• saturatedFatContent4.2 g
• sodiumContent651.5 mg
• sugarContent1.2 g