Skinny Thai Chicken Meatballs with Peanut Sauce (2024)

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Skinny Thai Chicken Meatballs with Peanut Sauce – healthy baked chicken meatballs with Thai flavors. All smothered in a sweet and slightly spicy peanut sauce.

Meatballs! I love meatballs, especially Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs or my Romanian Meatballs (Chiftele). So here’s why I think these meatballs deserve the word skinny in the title. Two things; lean ground chicken and they are baked. Yum!

Such simple ways to cut back on both fat and calories. You’ll also avoid a heavy sauce bogged down by cream because our spicy peanut sauce uses coconut milk. This dish will taste like it’s full of guilty pleasures but it’s really just a healthy, comforting dinner, with a little bit of spice and lots of oomf!

Skinny Thai Chicken Meatballs Recipe

This sauce is so easy but so veryveryscrumptious. This skinny little dish is a great introduction into the world of Thai flavors as it uses coconut milk, peanut butter, and red Thai curry paste. It may not be exactly authentic to say, but everybody’s got to start somewhere!

Meatballs

• Chicken –Ground chicken is needed for this recipe to form our little meatballs.
• Herbs –Cilantro and green onion chopped up nice and finely.
• Fish sauce –A must in a lot of Thai dishes. Don’t be afraid of the name! This sauce adds so much flavor to the dish.
• Red curry paste –Look for Thai red curry paste, this combined with coconut milk is absolute perfection.
• Breadcrumbs – This will be an important binder in our meatballs.
• Egg –A binder with the bread crumbs that will form our balls.
• Salt & pepper –To taste.

Peanut sauce

• Wet ingredients –Coconut milk and sesame oil.
• Red curry paste –Look for Thai red curry paste, this combined with coconut milk is absolute perfection.
• Peanut butter –The savory flavor key to our sauce and dish.
• Brown sugar –We need a little sweetness in this dish and brown sugar will help develop a more complex flavor.
• Red pepper flakes –Adds some nice heat to our sauce.
• Salt and pepper – To taste.

How To Make Skinny Thai Chicken Meatballs With Peanut Sauce

1. Prepare your oven:Preheat oven to 375 F degrees. Place parchment paper over a baking sheet.
2. Make the meatballs:In a medium bowl mix all the ingredients for the meatballs together well. Form the meatballs into small 1 inch balls. Place meatballs on prepared baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes or until done.
3. Make the sauce:In the meantime you can make the sauce. Heat the oil in a medium sauce pan or skillet. Add the red curry paste and cook for a couple minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, stir and cook for about 5 minutes.
4. Finish the meatballs: Add meatballs to sauce and toss so that the meatballs are fully coated. Garnish with parsley or cilantro. Serve with a side ofmashed potatoes or rice because we need something to soak up all this sauce.

What Else Can I Use In Thai Meatballs?

You don’t have to use just chicken! Other lean meats like pork, beef, or turkey work just as well. You can even combine these ground meats to make a more complex and interesting flavor in your skinny meatballs.

Storing Leftover Meatballs

This dish can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 – 4 days. The meatballs can be frozen cooked for up to 3 months, just freeze them spaced evenly on a cookie sheet so we can avoid them sticking together before transferring to a freezer bag and storing.

The sauce can also be frozen in an airtight container for the same amount of time. To reheat just microwave them little meatballs for2 – 3 minutes in the microwave while heating up the sauce over the stove.

Craving More Thai Dishes? Try These Recipes:

• Air Fryer Thai Chicken Wings
• Thai Red Curry Turkey Meatballs
• Thai Meatball Lettuce Wraps
• Crockpot Thai Chicken
• Thai Chicken Ramen