Pad Thai Chicken Meatballs
Chicken meatballs baked to juicy perfection and drenched in a creamy, peanutty red curry sauce, all served over fluffy white rice.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white rice (uncooked)
Meatballs
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 4 green onions (chopped)
- 1/4 cup cilantro (chopped)
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp red curry paste
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Peanut sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 13 oz coconut milk
- 1 tbsp red curry paste
- 2 tbsp peanut butter (creamy)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp chili pepper flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cook rice according to package directions.
- In a medium bowl mix all the ingredients for the meatballs together.
- Mix well and form 1 inch meatballs.
- Place the meatballs on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan.
- Add the red curry paste and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the remaining ingredients, stir and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add meatballs to the sauce and toss so that the meatballs are fully coated.
- Serve over the white rice.
- Garnish with chopped parsley and red pepper flakes.