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Garlic Chicken Balls

It has been a while since I have shared a recipe, but this new one was created out of a bit of desperation caused by my pregnancy craving of chicken kiev. Garlic is a flavour I love and mixed with chicken, you cannot really go too wrong, so with a bit of an experiment, these Garlic Chicken Balls were formed.

A much more simple and cheap recipe that still incorporates all the goodness of a traditional chicken kiev.

These would even make great lunch box items served cold, a simple afternoon snack or with a side dish such as veggies or salad for dinner. These chicken garlic balls also freeze pretty well so they are a great option for freezer cooking too. As an added bonus, my 2 year old thinks they are delicious! I guess she inherited her mother’s love of garlic in food.

garlic chicken balls - Easy Chicken Kiev Balls recipe

GARLIC CHICKEN BALLS

Ingredients

  • 500g chicken mince
  • 2 cups breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons garlic
  • 1.5 tablespoons parsley
  • Cooking oil

Method

1. Melt butter in small bowl. Mix in garlic and parsley. Allow to set in fridge or freezer until hard.

2. When set, cut garlic butter into cubes.

3. Roll mince into balls, inserting one cube of garlic butter into each and smoothing over to prevent leaking.

4. Whisk eggs in bowl. Dip chicken balls in egg, then coat generously in breadcrumbs.

5. Repeat with all chicken balls.

6. Shallow fry garlic chicken balls until golden brown. Serve.

The best thing about these garlic chicken balls is you can make them ahead of time if you are entertaining, and reheat. Simply serve them up with a dipping sauce on a platter as a simple party appetiser. You can’t go wrong!

They also work really well in school lunches if you kids don’t mind eating them cold. Mine will eat them cold so sometimes I will pop a couple in their lunch box in the place of a sandwich or wrap for something different.

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Comments

  1. Little chicken kiev balls!!! I love it! Gosh these would be so good. I can see why these would have been a craving for you! Have a great Christmas lovely lady! Thank you so much for supporting our FFF parties this year! xxx

    • Thanks Lucy and yep, cannot get enough of these & anything garlic related right now with this bub. Is that a boy thing, maybe? lol Well done on how successful your link ups have been & for giving me yummy recipes to try each week x

    • I am surprised by some of my daughters tastes. Like tonight’s butter chicken… But then again, I did eat it in excess while pregnant with her lol hopefully yours will one day see how amazing garlic is 🙂

  3. Oh my goodness…this sounds AMAZING. Ha. I was drooling as I was reading the recipe. I love garlic,too, and butter and parsley. 🙂
    I think I might have to try this recipe out in the near future! Thanks for sharing.

    • It’s a winning combo, isn’t it? Thanks for visiting Jennifer 🙂 I have enjoyed watching you on all of April’s Creative Live segments. You are a bit famous now lol

  5. My son will LOVE this recipe and it looks nice and easy, meaning I will love it on those days where I am strapped for time. THANK YOU! The photo looks great too.

  6. Oh, I’ve just found lunch for the kids tomorrow! Chicken is always a hit in this house & Kiev’s are a special treat dinner, so I’m sure they will think Christmas has come early when this is plated up for them 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

  7. Yum! Not pregnant and i would demolish those! Great Ideas! thanks for sharing with us for Sunday Brunch and happy holidays xx