How to Cook Eggless Italian Chicken Meatballs

I am a chef on a luxury world cruise liner. I love to cook and write recipes that are inspired by foods from all over the world.

Meatballs are typically made with ground meat mixed with other ingredients like vegetables, seasonings, and binders. As a health-conscious meat lover, I enjoy making meatballs with ground chicken because the meat tends to be leaner.

Binders, which help bind the ingredients together, could be eggs, breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour. In my recipe, I replaced the eggs with milk. The resulting meatballs were delicious!

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Ingredients

• 250 grams chicken, minced
• 2 tablespoons onion, minced
• 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Utensils

For Preparation:

• 1 medium bowl
• 4 small bowls
• 1 small plate
• measuring spoons

For Cooking:

• frying pan
• spatula

Instructions

1. In a bowl, add milk, basil, black pepper, oregano, and salt. Stir.
2. Mix in oatmeal. Allow it to absorb all the liquid.
3. Add onion, all-purpose flour, and ground chicken. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
4. Cover the bowl. Let the mixture rest inside the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
5. Remove the chicken mixture from the refrigerator.
6. One tablespoon at a time, roll the chicken mixture into balls. Arrange each rolled meatball on a plate.
7. Pan-fry the meatballs. Turn meatballs from time to time to evenly cook.
8. Remove the meatballs from the pan once all sides have become golden brown.
9. Serve with rice or pasta . . . or on their own!

Step-by-Step Procedure: Eggless Italian Chicken Meatballs

Tips and Techniques

• Serve the meatballs with your favorite dip, such as aioli sauce.
• Let the chicken mixture rest to absorb all the flavors.
• Replace oatmeal with breadcrumbs.
• Use the meatballs as toppings for your favorite pasta dish.
• These meatballs also taste great in a sub sandwich.

Another Healthy Chicken Recipe

• How to Make Homemade Chicken Tocino: A Filipino-Inspired Dish
  Tocino is a popular Filipino breakfast dish. You can vary the meat used in this dish according to your preference. This is my recipe for homemade chicken tocino.

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Comments

Travel Chef (author) from Manila on August 12, 2019:

Hi Liz,

Aside form the texture, egg serves as a binding agent for meatball mixture. And one of the closes ingredients that I can use is milk since it's the only liquid in our recipe.

Travel Chef (author) from Manila on August 12, 2019:

Hello Larry,

This recipe of eggless Italian chicken meatballs is something you can easily cook at home too.

Liz Westwood from UK on August 07, 2019:

This is a helpful and well-described recipe. I had never thought of using milk instead of egg before.

Larry Slawson from North Carolina on August 07, 2019:

Looks delicious!