What’s versatile, and high protein, and easy to make, and strangely good to eat, bite by bite, as a little snack?
BAKED CHICKEN MEATBALLS!
Bonus points when they are Freezer Meal Baked Chicken Meatballs… which just means that you are a boss and you’ve mastered the art of being prepared for those crazy weeknight dinners.
These Freezer Meal Baked Chicken Meatballs are salty, one-bowl, no-cutting-board, just the right amount of crispy, and very, very low maintenance.
How To Make Freezer Meal Chicken Meatballs
So step one is obviously just mix everything up and roll it into balls. This will be the most time-intensive part of the process (and even then, it probably won’t take you more than 15 minutes).
At this point, you can decide: do I want to bake them first? Or freeze them and bake them later?
Personally, I like to bake them first. I just pop em in the oven, get em all nice and browned, and then I have a bag of ready-to-go meatballs sitting in the freezer, ready to make dinner in a flash.
Final step is the best one: figuring out how to serve them!
Ideas: meatball sandwiches, baked cheesy pastas with meatballs, barbecue meatballs, buffalo meatballs, spaghetti and meatballs, meatballs and mashed potatoes, or mashed cauliflower… you get the idea.
Freezer Meal Chicken Meatballs
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
These Freezer Meal Chicken Meatballs are the BEST! The perfect addition to any meal or to eat right on their own. Bonus: they’re meal-prep friendly to stock up in the freezer throughout the week!
Ingredients
Scale
MIX AND ROLL:
- 1 pound ground chicken or turkey
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
BAKE: From frozen and raw, bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes. From frozen and cooked, bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
You can also bake them first (400 degrees, 20 minutes) so that you can keep them in the freezer fully cooked and ready to go.
FINAL STEP: Serve with literally anything – personal fave includes some kind of pasta, red sauce, and a salad.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: freezer meal chicken meatballs, freezer meal meatballs, chicken meatballs
View original recipe here.
You might also like our freezer meals post.
