Description
The vegetables add color and texture while the chopped peanuts add and irresistable crunch. A sprinkle of chopped parsley for a dose of refreshment. Then get ready for your tastebuds to dance.
Ingredients
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For the chicken meatballs
- 500 grams boneless chicken breasts
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cm peice of ginger peeled and grated
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs ( see notes)
The vegetables
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 yellow pepper sliced
- 2 carrots, sliced thinly
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
For the sauce:
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 7 Tablespoon water (that is 1/2 a cup minus one tablespoon)
To serve
- Chinese noodles
- chopped peanuts
- chopped parsley
Instructions
Chicken meatballs
- Preheat the oven to 220 C.
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment. Set aside.
- In the food processor add all the ingredients for the meatballs an dprocess until you get a smooth paste.
- Roll into tablespoon-sized balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
- You can brown the meatballs first in a non-stick pan to give them color but this is optional
- Bake meatballs for 10-12 minutes, or until no longer pink. (If you did not brown the meatballs they may take up to 20- 25 minutes in the oven)
The veggies
- While the meatballs are baking, heat a pan with 2 tablespoons oil.
- Cook veggies (onions first then carrots and finally add the peppers as they take the least time to cook) until tender-crisp, about 5-7 minutes.
Sweet Peanut Butter Sauce
- To make the sauce mix together the peanut butter, soy sauce, sugar, and water.
- When the meatballs have finished baking, toss them with the veggies in half of the sauce and sprinkle with peanuts.
- Cook the noodles according to package instructions (mine only required placing in boiling water for 5 minutes), drain
- Serve the noodles with the meatball and vegetable mix garnished with some peanuts and chopped parsley
- In the food processor add all the ingredients for the meatballs and process until you get a smoot paste
- Roll into walnut sized rounds
- Bake on a sheet you lined with parchment or foil for 25 minutes at
- Lightly saute the bell pepper
- and carrots in a large skillet until they are tender but still crisp. Combine
- the ingredients for the sauce and add to the vegetables. Add the meatballs and
- coat with the sauce. Let simmer 10-15 min. until everything is heated through.
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Category: Main