Creamy Lemon Chicken Piccata Meatballs

Creamy Lemon Chicken Piccata Meatballs

This recipe comes from a friend, and it is delicious. If making the sauce only to use with another meatball recipe, start at Step 4. I made the sauce for chicken meatballs that were baked but I still browned them up a bit before making the sauce. Links to the Shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

For the Meatballs

  • 500 grams ground chicken, (1 lb)
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup bread crumbs, (Shortcut)
  • 2 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
  • salt and pepper, as desired

For the Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, (to brown the meatballs only)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 1 cup chicken broth, (Shortcut)
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4-1/3 cup lemon or lime juice, adjust to taste
  • 1/4 cup capers, drained
  • salt and pepper, as desired, to taste

For Serving

  • cooked pasta, of your choice
  • Parmesan cheese, as desired

Instructions
 

  • Place all the Meatball ingredients in a mixing bowl and get int there with your hands and mix everything together. If the mixture is too wet to form into a meatball, add some bread crumbs a little at a time.
  • With wet hands, roll a heaping tablespoon of meat mixture into a meatball, place on a plate or sheet of foil, continue until all the meatballs are rolled.
  • Now let's get the pasta going, I used spaghetti for this dish. Heat a pot of salted water to a boil, when boiling, add the spaghetti and cook until tender. Drain. While the water is heating you can proceed on with the rest of the steps.
  • Heat the 1 tablespoon of oil in a large non stick pan on medium high heat, when hot, add some meatballs but don't overcrowd the pan, you will need to work in batches, brown on all sides, intention is to brown, not cooked through, we'll take care of that later. As the meatballs are browned, remove them to a plate.
  • Reduce the heat to medium and wipe out the pan, add the butter. If just making the sauce for your own meatball recipe, add the butter to a non stick pan and place on medium heat.
  • When the butter is melted, add the flour and mix into the butter, whisk constantly and cook for about 1 minute, now add the broth, lemon or lime juice, and the whipping cream, and whisk together.
  • When the sauce is at a simmer, add the meatballs. Simmer for 5-8 minutes or until the sauce is starting to thicken, and check a meatball and make sure it is cooked through. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper as desired.
  • When the sauce is thickened as desired, stir in the drained capers, let cook 1 more minute, remove from heat.
  • Serve over cooked pasta of your choice and garnish with Parmesan cheese. Enjoy.
  • I used a different meatball recipe and the meatballs were baked but I did brown them before making the sauce.

Notes

The cheese used and capers are the costly items for this, when I work out the cheese and capers, I will state a price per serving, for now I will say Fair cost per serving.
Shortcuts: Bread Crumbs, Chicken Broth (Pressure Cooker).
Variants: 1. To use milk in place of whipping cream, add an extra tablespoon of flour into the butter, and add 2 tablespoons of Parmesan, grated, into the sauce and it will thicken and taste very good as well, and it is healthier. 2. Add fresh mushrooms to the sauce.
Inspired by Spend With Pennies and the link to this recipe is here.
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