Name: Playbook - Brittany Lupton - Orange Chicken Meatballs
Uploaded: 2023-12-14T01:33:10.567Z
Duration: 30 min
Description: Orange Chicken Meatballs

A "healthier" version of your favorite take-out orange chicken, in meatball form! Use ground turkey or chicken, these are a hit for the whole fam (definitely recommend making enough for leftovers!)

INGREDIENTS:

MEATBALLS
- 1 lb. ground chicken or ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 1/2 C almond flour (or another flour, this acts as a binder)
- 1 TSP onion powder
- 1/2 TSP garlic powder
- 1 TSP ground salt & 1/2 TSP pepper
- Zest of 1 orange (minced)
- olive oil (to coat the pan)

SAUCE
- 1 1/5 C orange juice
- 1/2 C orange juice concentrate
- 2 TBS fresh minced orange zest
- 2 TBS minced garlic
- 1 TSP sesame oil
- 1 TSP tapioca starch (to thicken sauce, after)

OTHER
- 2 florets fresh broccoli
- Bags of steamed rice (or can make fresh)
- sesame seeds
- green onions
- any other additions you prefer to enjoy with your meatballs

Servings: Yields 20(ish) meatballs!

A "healthier" version of your favorite take-out orange chicken, in meatball form! Use ground turkey or chicken, these are a hit for the whole fam (definitely recommend making enough for leftovers!)

INGREDIENTS:

MEATBALLS
- 1 lb. ground chicken or ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 1/2 C almond flour (or another flour, this acts as a binder)
- 1 TSP onion powder
- 1/2 TSP garlic powder
- 1 TSP ground salt & 1/2 TSP pepper
- Zest of 1 orange (minced)
- olive oil (to coat the pan)

SAUCE
- 1 1/5 C orange juice
- 1/2 C orange juice concentrate
- 2 TBS fresh minced orange zest
- 2 TBS minced garlic
- 1 TSP sesame oil
- 1 TSP tapioca starch (to thicken sauce, after)

OTHER
- 2 florets fresh broccoli
- Bags of steamed rice (or can make fresh)
- sesame seeds
- green onions
- any other additions you prefer to enjoy with your meatballs

INGREDIENTS

1. Combine Sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Let simmer while making the meatballs.
2. Combine Meatball ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.
3. Use a spoon or scooper to scoop out 1 1/2 tablespoons of meatball mixture, forming a ball, and place on a large plate.  Continue until all of the meatball mixture is used (*if sticky, put olive oil on fingers)
4.Bring skillet to medium-high heat. Coat pan with oilve oil, add chicken meatballs and sear on all sides, about 3 minutes.
Turn to medium and cover.  Let cook 10-15 minutes, moving around frequently, until fully cooked (165 degrees internal temperature)
Remove the meatballs and set aside.
In the same skillet you cooked the meatballs, pour in the sauce that has been simmering. Add in the tapioca starch and whisk continually, bringing the sauce to simmer, until it starts to thicken.  
Add the meatballs back in and toss to fully coat. Remember the sauce will thicken even more as it cools a little.

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

Steam your broccoli, your cooked rice & prep any toppings you'd like to add to your meatballs (we like green onions, sesame seeds, etc!)

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