Chicken balls in creamy sauce

Cooking tips

To make the balls you will need minced chicken. Of course, you can buy this product in a store, but only if you know a trusted manufacturer. But it is best to make the minced meat yourself, especially if the dish is intended for children or for people who want to lose weight.

To prepare dietary minced meat, you need to use chicken breast. If the calorie content of the dish is unimportant, then you can use chicken flesh from the thighs.

As a rule, spices are added to the minced meat, as well as semolina or white bread. It's better not to put eggs. And if you can’t do without an egg, then only the yolk should be added. Protein will give the products unnecessary hardness.

The minced meat needs to be mixed well and beaten out. After which you can make balls. The size of the balls is at your discretion.

To prepare the sauce, you can use cream of different fat contents. If you want to make a dish less calorie, then you should choose cream containing 10% fat.

Interesting Facts! Cream is essentially milk fat. It is lighter than the other ingredients, so it floats to the top. Previously, the settled cream was simply drained, hence the name. But after the invention of the separator, a real revolution took place in the production of cream.

How to cook meatballs?

Onions and garlic are peeled and finely chopped. Boil the rice until tender and let cool. Combine the cereal, onion and garlic, minced chicken and stir. Add spices to taste and breadcrumbs. Form balls from the resulting minced meat.

Heat oil in a frying pan. Fry the meatballs over high heat until lightly browned. Mushrooms are washed and peeled, cut into slices.

The fried meatballs are transferred to a baking dish. covered with mushrooms. Pour in cream until everything is covered.

Heat the oven to 200 degrees and leave for twenty minutes. The cream should thicken and turn into a sauce. These meatballs in a delicate sauce with mushrooms become a festive dish. When serving, they can be sprinkled with finely chopped herbs. Mashed potatoes would be an excellent side dish.

Delicious chicken dishes are easy and quick to prepare. But just boiled breast is not interesting. Therefore, tender meatballs can be made from fillet. They are prepared in different ways. Some people prefer to bake, while others prefer to fry. All kinds of sauces are also prepared for them. For example, creamy. It is also obtained directly from cream, milk or sour cream.

Also, fresh champignons, cereals, such as rice or buckwheat, and many spices can be an excellent addition to chicken fillet meatballs. And the delicious finished dish can be sprinkled with herbs, decorating it. Pasta, cereal dishes or mashed potatoes are also an excellent side dish. They can be topped with a delicious sauce.

Chicken balls in cream sauce in the oven

The most popular recipe is chicken balls in cream sauce in the oven.

500 gr. chicken fillet;
200 ml cream;
1 egg (yolk);
3 cloves of garlic;
1-2 tablespoons semolina;
1 tablespoon flour;
1 onion;
salt, pepper to taste.

Beat the chicken fillet a little and then finely chop it with a knife. Place the fillet in a deep bowl, add the yolk, salt, black pepper and finely chopped onion.

Advice! If desired, the onion can be pre-fried in vegetable oil.

Add semolina, mix the minced meat well. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Grease the baking dish with oil. We form balls from the minced meat and place them at a short distance from each other. Place the pan in the oven for 15 minutes (180 degrees).

While the balls are baking, prepare the sauce. To do this, mix the cream with chopped garlic and flour. Season the sauce with spices and salt. Take out the mold and pour the sauce into the mold. Place back in the oven and bake for another 15 minutes.

Product proportions

To prepare the balls we will need the following ingredients:

chicken meat - 0.5 kg;
bulbs - 1-2 pcs.;
raw egg - 1 pc.;
breadcrumbs or semolina - 1-1.5 tbsp. l.;
cream - 0.2 l;
salt, spices - to taste;
oil for greasing the mold.

If desired, the chicken ball recipe can be supplemented with garlic and grated cheese. If only the sirloin part is used, the minced meat can be softened with milk (1-2 tablespoons). A little chopped greens added to the minced meat will give it a beautiful color and diversify the taste. You can also experiment with paprika. This spice has a rather delicate taste and aroma, and its expressive color can make the gravy bright and unusual. Turmeric has a more pronounced sweetish odor. And its coloring power is very high. Therefore, you need to add very little of this seasoning.

Chicken balls cooked in a slow cooker

It is very convenient to cook chicken balls in a slow cooker.

500 gr. chicken fillet;
1 onion (small);
50 gr. cheese;
2 cloves of garlic;
1 egg (yolk only);
2 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
1 glass of cream;
salt pepper.

Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes. To make cutting easier, you can freeze the fillet a little in the freezer. Peel and chop the onion as finely as possible. Mix the fillet with onion and raw yolk. Salt and pepper the minced meat.

Pour a little oil into the bowl and turn the device on to the “frying” mode. We form balls from the minced meat and place them in the oil heated in a bowl. Fry for 10 minutes, then carefully turn over and fry for another 10 minutes.

Mix a glass of cream with mayonnaise and finely grated cheese. Add chopped garlic, mix. Use the resulting filling to fill the balls in the bowl. Switch the device to the “quenching” mode and cook for 20 minutes. The dish is ready, serve it with any side dish.

Simple recipe in the oven

You can prepare chicken meatballs in different ways. This recipe produces tender balls of chopped fillet. The sauce becomes thick, somewhat similar to a delicate soufflé. Therefore, it can be served at the holiday table, decorated, for example, with fresh herbs.

To prepare the meatballs yourself, you need to take:

700 grams of chicken fillet;
one large onion;
one egg;
a pinch of curry;
the same amount of nutmeg;
two cloves of garlic;
two tablespoons of starch, preferably heaped;
salt and pepper.

To make a thick and tender sauce, take:

cream with 20% fat content - 300 ml;
one hundred grams of grated cheese of any kind;
a small bunch of fresh dill.

Chicken meatballs in a creamy sauce in the oven are very easy to prepare. It doesn't take much time. If you want to make the fillet softer, then you need to take another tablespoon of mayonnaise.

Cooking in the microwave

The dish can also be prepared in the microwave; the chicken balls will turn out very tender.

400 gr. chicken fillet;
100 gr. white bread;
100 ml milk;
1 yolk;
50 gr. butter;
0.5 cups cream;
1 teaspoon flour;
salt, black pepper to taste.

Pour the milk into a glass bowl and bring to a boil in the microwave. Place white bread without crusts into hot milk. Leave for 5 minutes.

Wash the chicken fillet, cut into pieces, and place in a blender bowl. There we also put the raw yolk, bread squeezed out of the milk, as well as salt and pepper. Turn on the blender and turn our products into homogeneous minced meat.

Form balls from the resulting mass and place them in one layer on the bottom of a glass pan. Pour boiling water over the balls and add a little salt. Cook at full microwave power for 4 minutes.

Then remove the cooked balls with a spoon and place them in a clean mold. Mix the cream with a teaspoon of flour and a little salt, pour the sauce into the balls. Cook at full power for 3 minutes.

Delicious meatballs with buckwheat

To prepare chicken meatballs with buckwheat in cream sauce, you need to take the following ingredients:

500 grams of chicken fillet;
60 grams of cereal;
onion head;
three cloves of garlic;
sour cream – 120 grams;
water for sauce – 120 grams;
water for buckwheat – 60 grams;
salt and pepper;
greens optional.

This dish is perfect for a full lunch. In fact, there is protein in the form of chicken fillet, carbohydrates in the form of cereals, and fats in the form of a sour cream-based sauce.

Chicken balls with vegetables, recipe for children

If we are preparing chicken balls for children, then it is worth adding vegetables to the minced meat.

500 gr. chicken fillet;
1 medium sized carrot;
1 small onion;
2 tablespoons semolina;
25 gr. butter;
1 tablespoon flour;
1 cup cream (10%);
1 yolk;
salt to taste.

We pass the chicken fillet, carrots and onions through a meat grinder twice, the last time we put a fine grate. Combine the minced meat with raw yolk and eggs. Make small balls from the resulting mass.

Some useful tips:

Chicken balls can be cooked with the addition of rice cereal. Just follow the proportions indicated in the recipe; there should not be a lot of rice.
To diversify the taste of the dish, add any other meat to the minced chicken.
If you mix rice with chicken, let the minced meat sit for a while before cooking.
Low-calorie balls are stewed in a slow cooker without frying. Choose the “Stew” or “Multi-cook” option.
Instead of hard cheese, you can add processed cheese to the sauce, and then the balls will be juicier with a pronounced delicate aftertaste.
You can also add a little bread, previously soaked in milk, to the minced meat for the balls.

Chicken balls in cream cheese sauce

To prepare chicken balls in cream cheese sauce, we will use two types of cheese - hard and smoked sausage. This combination will give the sauce a spicy taste. However, you can use other types of cheese to suit your taste, as long as they melt well.

500 gr. chicken fillet;
1 onion;
1 yolk;
1 tablespoon sour cream;
3 cloves of garlic;
2 tablespoons semolina;
200 ml cream;
100 gr. hard cheese;
50 gr. smoked sausage cheese;
a little butter for the mold.

Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces. Finely chop the onion. Place the onion in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and rub with your hands until the juice appears. Add chopped chicken fillet, raw yolk, sour cream and semolina to the onion. Season with salt and spices. Stir and let the minced meat stand for 15 minutes.

We form balls from the minced meat, place them in a greased pan and put the pan in the oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, grate both types of cheese and mix them with cream. Remove the pan from the oven and pour in the sauce. Place the pan back in the oven and continue baking for another 15-20 minutes.

In creamy tomato sauce (cook in a double boiler)

Steamed chicken balls are an excellent diet option. To add flavor to the dish, prepare a creamy tomato sauce. Due to the fact that rice is added to the minced meat, the balls turn out juicy, despite the fact that the minced meat is made from lean chicken breast.

500 gr. chicken fillet;
1 yolk;
2 tablespoons rice;
½ part of an onion;
2 slices of white loaf;
milk for soaking the loaf;
¾ cup cream;
1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
salt and spices to taste.

Wash the rice well and soak for 2 hours in cold water. Pre-soaking the rice will reduce the cooking time of the chicken balls.

Advice! Rice can be taken with both round and long grains, but it is not recommended to use steamed cereals for this dish.

Wash the chicken breast, dry it and cut into pieces. Grind the fillet in a meat grinder or blender. Cut off the peels from the slices of white loaf and pour milk over them. After a couple of minutes, squeeze out the pieces of bread and add them to the minced meat. Add raw yolk there. Salt the water from the rice, rinse the cereal again and add it to the minced meat.

Making meatballs from fillet and grains

First, boil the cereal. To do this, put buckwheat in a saucepan, add water and cook until the liquid evaporates. Cool the ingredient.

Onions and chicken meat are cut coarsely, then everything is combined in a blender and ground. Add garlic, passed through a press. And spices to taste. Add buckwheat to the minced meat, mix and form into balls.

Place the meatballs in a baking dish. Make a simple sauce. To do this, simply dilute sour cream with water, add finely chopped herbs, salt and spices to taste. Pour the sauce over the meatballs. Cook them in the oven at 180 degrees for thirty minutes.

Spicy dish with garlic

Fans of savory dishes can cook chicken balls in a creamy sauce with garlic and spices.

500 gr. chicken fillet;
2 slices of white loaf (without crusts);
water or milk for soaking the loaf;
1 yolk;
2 tablespoons sour cream;
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs;
1 onion;
2 tablespoons vegetable oil;
300 ml cream (10%);
3 cloves of garlic;
dry aromatic herbs to taste;
salt, ground black pepper to taste.

Cut the chicken fillet into large pieces and place in a blender bowl. We also send there a white loaf soaked in water or milk, which needs to be squeezed out well. Add sour cream and raw yolk. Immediately add salt and pepper. Turn on the blender and grind the products until you get a homogeneous minced meat.

Transfer the minced meat into a bowl, add breadcrumbs and mix. Leave for 15 minutes, covering the bowl with a lid.

Chop the onion and chop it into thin pieces. Fry the onion in vegetable oil. Then place the balls made from minced chicken into a frying pan with oil.

Prepare the cream, chop the garlic, grind it with a pinch of salt. Add cream and stir. Add aromatic dry herbs to taste. Pour the sauce into the pan with the chicken balls and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat.

How to cook tender meatballs?

To make the meat more tender, it is washed, coated with mayonnaise and left in the refrigerator overnight. However, if you don't have time, you can skip this step. Then the marinated fillet is washed and dried with napkins. Cut the fillet in half, cover with cling film and beat with a hammer. Then finely chop. The onions are peeled and finely chopped, the pieces should not be felt. You can grate it.

Break an egg into a separate bowl and add spices. Using a whisk or fork, beat the egg mixture. Add it to the minced meat with onions and mix thoroughly. Add starch and mix again. Garlic passed through a press is also sent here.

To form chicken meatballs in cream sauce, you need to immediately take a bowl of cold water. By periodically dipping your fingers there, you can avoid the minced meat sticking to your hands.

Form small balls. To prepare chicken meatballs in creamy sauce, you need to take a baking dish. It is lightly greased with vegetable oil. Place the resulting balls and put them in the oven. Warm it up to 190 degrees. Keep the meatballs for about twenty minutes, then take them out to pour the sauce over them.

The delicate creamy sauce is also easy to prepare. Cheese is mixed with cream. Dill is finely chopped and added to these ingredients. Spoon cheese and dill onto each meatball. The remaining liquid is poured between the balls. Bake for another twenty-five minutes until a crust appears.

Chicken balls in creamy sauce with mushrooms

Creamy sauce for chicken balls can be made with mushrooms. It is best to use champignons; they have a delicate aroma and taste that does not overwhelm the taste of the main dish.

200 gr. champignons;
400 gr. minced chicken;
1 yolk;
1 glass of cream;
170 gr. cheese;
1.5 cups ground crackers;
30 ml vegetable oil;
salt, ground black pepper to taste;
fresh herbs to taste.

Approximately 50 gr. Cut the cheese into small cubes, grate the rest of the cheese. Pass the chicken fillet through a meat grinder, mix with raw yolk and ground breadcrumbs. Salt and pepper to taste, add grated cheese to the minced meat.

Divide the minced meat into small balls and place a cube of cheese in the center of each ball. Fry the prepared balls in vegetable oil on both sides.

Separately, fry the champignons, cut into small slices. Pour the cream into the mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste. Place the fried chicken balls in the creamy mushroom sauce and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes.