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Chicken Meatballs in Barbeque Sauce Recipe

April 2, 2013 by Jeanette 15 Comments

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Barbecue Meatballs Platter © Jeanette's Healthy Living
Here is an easy dinner idea – Chicken Meatballs in Barbeque Sauce, ready in roughly 30 minutes. Lately, I’ve been so busy that getting dinner on the table has been a bit of a challenge. So, anything I can make in less than 45 minutes sounds good to me. I came across this recipe in the latest Cooking Light issue and made a few minor tweaks.

For fun, I had my son help me with a mini photo collage – it’s so much easier using my phone to take pictures than my big camera, so forgive me, but I’d rather get this recipe posted than take step-by-step photos with my “real” camera, hook my camera up to my computer, process the photos, etc, etc. If I did that, you might never see this recipe.

This Barbeque Chicken Meatball recipe is very simple: (1) make the sauce using pantry ingredients; (2) mix, form, and brown the meatballs; (3) combine the sauce and meatballs together and simmer for about minutes.

Barbeque meatballs step by step

While the meatballs are cooking, you can toss a salad together or steam some vegetables (try Broccoli with Toasted Garlic Olive Oil). Dinner can be ready in 30 minutes!

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Barbeque Chicken Meatballs

If you use Italian seasoned bread crumbs in the meatballs, leave out the dried herbs. You can also substitute your favorite vinegar in the Barbeque sauce.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

Barbeque Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons honey or dark brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
  • dash of cayenne pepper

Chicken Meatballs

  • 1 1/4 pound ground chicken
  • 3 tablespoons gluten-free breadcrumbs
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
  • Cooking spray

Instructions

Barbeque Sauce

  1. Place Barbeque Sauce ingredients in a food processor or blender; process until smooth. Place in a saucepan.

Chicken Meatballs

  1. Combine chicken, breadcrumbs, water, oregano, basil, thyme, chili powder, salt and pepper. Mix well and shape into 16 meatballs (use disposable food safe gloves if you like).
  2. Heat large skillet and lightly coat large skillet with cooking spray. Place meatballs in skillet in a single layer; cook 2-3 minutes per side, until brown. Meatballs do not have to be cooked through at this point.
  3. Place meatballs in saucepan with Barbeque Sauce. Cover and simmer over medium low heat for 10-12 minutes until meatballs are done.

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Comments

  1. Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies says

    April 2, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    Always looking for new recipes using ground chicken…and I LOVE that you made your own BBQ sauce!!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      April 3, 2013 at 10:08 am

      Asiya – I use ground turkey and chicken a lot – it’s really inexpensive and so versatile. The sauce is very good!

      Reply
  2. Alyssa (Everyday Maven) says

    April 2, 2013 at 11:53 pm

    We are in a meatball phase right now so this is another great option! Love it 🙂

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      April 3, 2013 at 10:10 am

      Alyssa, kids love meatballs don’t they! They’re fun to eat and there are so many ways to prepare them.

      Reply
  3. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says

    April 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Yum-O!! Love the use of bbq sauce here!!

    Reply
  4. Kelley says

    April 5, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    Trying these tonight and cannot wait! Such an easy and healthy recipe!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      April 7, 2013 at 10:42 pm

      Hope you enjoy Kelley!

      Reply
      • Kelley Curtis says

        April 10, 2013 at 12:13 pm

        We did enjoy, they were a huge hit and so easy! Will be making them again for sure!

        Reply
        • Jeanette says

          April 10, 2013 at 8:25 pm

          Great to hear Kelley – a friend of mine made these this past week and her family loved them too.

          Reply
  5. Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts says

    April 6, 2013 at 11:10 am

    I had to click over and check out this recipe, Jeanette, because we have a favorite sweet and spicy meatball recipe that I plan on sharing soon. Ours are fairly different, yet similar in taste I’m sure. Meatballs are such a fun and tasty meal! Will share these on my gfe Facebook page later–thanks!

    Shirley

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      April 7, 2013 at 10:46 pm

      Shirley – will have to check out your sweet and spicy meatballs – my kids love meatballs – they are fun food! Thanks for the share.

      Reply
  6. Lena says

    April 16, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    My family loved these, a 4, 6 and 9 yr old are fans. These will be a regular on our menu!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      April 18, 2013 at 3:26 pm

      Thanks so much for letting me know that you tried this recipe and that your family liked it. Several of my friends have made this and they all enjoy it too.

      Reply
  7. Niki says

    May 15, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    This recipe is awesome.My boys LOVED it.
    We love healthy food from scratch 🙂
    Thanks for sharing it…

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      May 31, 2014 at 9:21 am

      Niki, so glad you enjoyed this easy recipe!

      Reply

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