Chicken Meatballs are a child-friendly dinner that’s healthy and super easy to make. I’ve been serving these gluten-free chicken meatballs to the boys since they were in elementary school and this is one of their favorite high-protein dinners. I love serving these paleo meatballs over homemade zoodles.
If you aren’t familiar with zoodles, you’ll definitely want to check out my fabulous tutorial called How to Make Zucchini Noodles. I top these Chicken Meatballs and Zucchini Noodles with the homemade Tomato Sauce from my first book, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
- 1 cup zucchini, chopped (about 1 zucchini)
- 1 cup carrots, chopped (about 2 carrots)
- ½ cup parsley, coarsely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- 1 large eggs
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- In a food processor, pulse together zucchini, carrots, parsley, and garlic
- Add almond flour, egg, and chicken
- Add salt, pepper, and chili powder and process until thoroughly combined
- Drop tablespoon sized balls onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake meatballs at 350°F for 20 to 25 minutes
- Serve
This recipe is based on a gluten-free chicken meatball recipe from Kelly Broznya at the Spunky Coconut
Here are some of my other easy paleo dinner recipes for you!
Laurie says
I bought ground chicken, can that be used?
Elana says
Laurie, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Lauren says
I followed the recipe exactly, but mine turned out too moist and mushy; and they were rather pale-looking. Any ideas? Did I maybe process the ingredients too long? Or maybe my zucchini was too large and I should go smaller the next time?
Elana says
Lauren, thanks for your comment! This happens when too much zucchini is used. If you use 1 cup as specified in the recipe they will be perfect :-)
Jeannette says
Hi Elena,
Are the chicken breasts cooked or raw when you place them in the food processor?
Thanks
Jeannette
Elana says
Jeanette, thanks for your comment! The chicken breasts are uncooked when they go in the food processor :-)
al says
is there a way to sub the egg and almond flour with? kids are allergic to eggs and nut based products.
Elana says
Hi Al, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here are a couple of links you might like:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/egg-free/
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/nut-free/
I hope you find some recipes in those that work for your kidos.
Elana