Spicy Daddies

These can be whipped up so quickly! Oven on. Mix ingredients. Roll out. By then the oven should be preheated and ready to rock. While mine cooked I grabbed some green beans, threw them in a HOT pan with avocado oil, allowed them to blister a bit, then added red chili pepper flakes, sliced garlic and salt and cooked for another minute or two. Threw some frozen rice in the microwave because I couldn’t be bothered to get the rice cooker out. Prepared the dressing. Meatballs were done at that point, so plated and served! All in, took under 30 minutes, especially if you have the cookie scoop to make things super quick.

I’ve read that a good substitute for breadcrumbs may be almond flour/almond meal, however I haven’t experimented with it myself so I can’t say with full certainty whether that will be a positive experience or not, lol. If you try it, please let me know!

For the sriracha yogurt, obviously these won’t be spicy if you go easy on the sriracha. Play around with it! Golden rule of cooking: you can always add more, but you can’t take away.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 lb ground chicken

• 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs

• 1 egg

• 4 green onions, finely chopped

• 1 tsp ginger, minced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 tsp sesame oil

• 2 tbsp hoisin

• 1 tsp kosher salt

• 1/4 tsp black pepper

FOR THE DRESSING:

• 1 cup greek yogurt

• 1-3 tbsp sriracha

• 1-2 tbsp lime juice

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 425F

2. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients, excluding the ingredients for the dressing.

3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop (to make life easy — you can eyeball it as well) scoop up the meatball mixture, roll it into a ball and place it on the baking sheet. Place in the oven and bake 15-20 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the meatballs reaches 165F.

4. While meatballs are cooking, mix up your dressing. Start light on the sriracha and lime and adjust according to your preferred tastes. You can add some water to give it more of a drizzling consistency if needed.

Macros per serving (4 servings):
Protein - 24g
Carbs - 8g
Fat - 11g

Created by: Emi Mraule, Nutrition Coach