Baked Spicy Chicken Meatballs
Gluten-free, air fryer Baked Chicken Meatballs smothered in a spicy teriyaki sauce is an ultimate game day appetizer. So easy-to-make and an absolute crowd pleaser recipe!
Servings: 24 MEATBALLS
Calories: 47kcal
Ingredients
FOR CHICKEN MEATBALLS
- 1 lb Ground/minced Chicken
- 1/2 cup Gluten-free Oats flour
- 1 small onion chopped (or 1/2 cup)
- 3/4 teaspoon Garlic powder or 3 fresh cloves
- 3/4 teaspoon Crushed chili flakes or chili powder (adjust according to taste)
- 1 teaspoon Dried cilantro leaves or use 1 tablespoon fresh
- Salt to taste
FOR SPICY TERIYAKI SAUCE
- 1/4 cup Sweet and sour sauce
- 2 tablespoon Rice Vinegar
- 2 tablespoon Soy sauce (light)
- 2 tablespoon Honey
- 1/2 teaspoon Hot sauce (optional)
- 1 teaspoon Crushed chili flakes
- 3/4 teaspoon Garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon Ginger powder
Instructions
- Assemble: ingredients for meatballs.
- Ground chicken.
- Transfer everything to a bowl.
- Add oats flour.
- Knead until the mixture forms a dough.
- Form balls out of the dough.
- Arrange meatballs in air fryer basket.
- Bake @350 degree F for 8-10 minutes. Remove from air fryer and let's prepare the sauce.
- Assemble: ingredients for the sauce.
- Combine all the ingredients for teriyaki bowl in a pan. Whisk it well. On a medium-low heat, simmer sauce until it thickens.
- Add baked meatballs.
- Lightly mix until thoroughly coated with sauce.
- Garnish with sesame seeds
- Chopped scallions and serve hot.
Notes
There are a couple of ways to make these meatballs.
You can choose to fry them, pan-cook, deep-fry or oven-bake them — no set rules.
Either way, they taste amazing.
Nutrition
Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 126mg | Potassium: 113mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.3mg