Recipe: Perfect Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs.

You can cook Chicken Parmesan Meatballs using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

1. You need 1 lb. of ground chicken.
2. Prepare 1 of egg.
3. It's 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
4. You need 1/2 cup of Panko breadcrumbs (and about 3/4 cup more breadcrumbs for rolling later).
5. It's 1 teaspoon of garlic powder.
6. It's 1 teaspoon of Italian seasonings.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
9. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of olive oil, divided.
11. Prepare 1 (26 ounce) of jar marinara sauce.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella.
13. It's 2 tablespoons of basil, torn (optional).

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix together the chicken, egg, Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic powder, Italian seasonings, salt, pepper and red pepper. Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls..
2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Roll half of the meatballs in Panko breadcrumbs and brown them on each side in the oil. Add more oil if needed as you go. Remove from the pan and set aside. Wipe out any Panko breadcrumbs and heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Roll the remaining meatballs in Panko breadcrumbs and brown on each side. Remove from pan..
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour the marinara sauce in the oven-safe skillet(or any baking dish wii do) and place the meatballs on top of the sauce. Bake meatballs for 20 minutes sprinkling the mozzarella on top for the last 5 minutes of baking. Garnish with basil and serve over pasta..