Creative Culinary Solutions
General Tao’s Chicken Meatballs
A new twist on General Tao’s Chicken! Serve them as a complete meal, loaded with tender broccoli over a bed of rice or make these as appetizers!
| Difficulty: | 10/20 |
| Yield serving: | 18-22 meatballs (6-7 servings) |
| Preparation time: | minutes |
| Cooking time: | minutes |
Preparation
- In a medium bowl, mix together all the ingredients except the ground chicken, the sauce mix and the broccoli.
- Add the ground chicken and mix until combined. Be sure you don’t overwork the meat. Roll into 18-22 meatballs.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drizzle in a little oil. Add the meatballs to the skillet and sear for 6-7 minutes, flipping to brown all sides evenly. Remove meatballs to a plate.
- Steam the broccoli in the microwave in a deep bowl and 1 tablespoon of water for 1 – 1.5 minutes or until they turn bright green.
- Prepare the General Tao sauce by following the instructions on the packaging.
- Add the meatballs into the sauce and let cook for 3-4 minutes on low heat. Stir in the steamed broccoli florets.
- Serve warm over jasmine rice, quinoa, or egg noodles.
Related Products
LUDA Inspiration
Instant General Tao Sauce Mix
4 X 1120 G Bag
334076
- Instant - just add water
- International flavour
- No Added MSG
- No artificial colours or flavours
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Steam Table Stable
- Freeze Thaw Stable
Ingredients
- 500 mL (2 cups) or prepared Instant General Tao Sauce Mix
- 1-1/4 lbs of ground chicken (or turkey)
- 5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 mL (1/2 tsp) of Chinese five spice powder
- 15 mL (1 tbsp) of low sodium soy sauce
- 15 mL (1 tbsp) of sesame oil
- 15 mL (1 tbsp) of sesame seeds
- 1 egg
- 185 mL (3/4 cup) of Panko breadcrumbs
- 4 mL (3/4 tsp) of salt
- 3 mL (1/2 tsp) of pepper
- 500 mL (2 cups) of steamed broccoli florets
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