Thai Red Curry Meatballs
These creamy and spiced-filled Red Curry Thai Meatballs are so saucy and amazing. The oven baked chicken meatballs are packed with ginger, chilies and spices and served in the most delicious creamy red thai sauce that you will want to drink with a spoon! These flavor packed Thai Red Curry Meatballs are an easy to make meal that's ready in under 30 minutes. Leftover meatballs will last for up to 4 days in the fridge or 6 months in the freezer.
Servings: 20 meatballs
Calories: 116kcal
Ingredients
Thai Chicken Meatballs
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 tbsp chopped ginger
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp lemongrass paste
- ⅓ cup chopped scallions
- ⅓ cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresno pepper (or red thai chili)
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 egg
- ½ cup almond flour
Red Curry Sauce
- 1 tbsp avocado oil or other oil of choice
- 1 yellow onion halved and thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp finely chopped ginger
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ⅓ cup thai red curry paste
- 1 can coconut milk
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 tsp fish sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a bowl combine all of the ingredients for the meatballs and use your hands to incorporate it all together. Roll the mixture into 16-20 meatballs, if the mixture is really sticky, wet your hands regularly. Place the rolled meatballs onto the baking sheet and transfer to the oven to bake for 20-22 minutes until cooked through.
- While the meatballs are cooking, make the sauce. In a large skillet on medium high heat add the oil and once hot add in the onion and saute for 3 minutes before adding the ginger, garlic and thai red curry paste. Cook for an additional 2 minutes, stirring as it cooks to ensure it doesnt burn.
- Add the coconut milk, chicken stock, honey and fish sauce to the sauce, stir and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.
- Once the meatballs are done cooking, at them to the pan with the sauce, spoon some of the sauce over the meatballs and cook for an additional 3-4 minutes before serving garnished with chopped cilantro
Nutrition
Calories: 116kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 128mg | Potassium: 203mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 668IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg