Garlic Chicken Cheese Balls
Ingredients
For chicken
- 900 grams Chicken mince
- 2 tablespoons Bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon Onion powder
- 1/2 tablespoon White pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon Red chili flakes
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 9 Garlic cloves
- Salt as per taste
For Filling
- Mozzarella cheese, grated, as required.
For Coating
- 1/2 cup All purpose flour
- 1-2 Eggs for coating
- 3/4 teaspoon White pepper powder
- 3/4 3/4 Salt (or as per taste)
- Bread crumbs as required
- Oil for frying
Instructions
To make Meatballs
- In a bowl, combine together chicken mince, breadcrumbs, onion powder, white pepper powder, chili flakes and salt.
- Mix and keep aside.
- Heat the butter in small pan. Reduce the heat and add crushed garlic. Let it cook for a minute until the raw smell of the garlic goes off. Do not let the garlic turn brown otherwise the taste of the garlic will change, affecting the taste of the cheese balls. Take it off the heat and allow it to cool.
- Add the prepared garlic butter to the chicken mince. Mix well.
- Divide the chicken mixture into small lemon sized portions. Take one portion. Make an indentation in center and place a 1/2 teaspoon of grated mozzarella, seal and form lemon sized smooth balls. Repeat the same for all the portions.
- Place the balls in the freezer for 10-15 minutes so that the coating can be done easily.
Coating
- Take three small bowls. In first bowl, mix all-purpose flour, salt and white pepper powder.
- In second bowl, beat eggs for coating.
- Place bread crumbs in the third bowl.
- Take a ball at a time, coat it well with the flour mixture. Dip it in egg white and coat it finally with bread crumbs.
- Repeat it for all the prepared balls.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. Fry the balls on a medium flame till they are brown, crisp and cooked within.
- Do not fry them on very high flame as the coating will burn and remain uncooked within.
- Enjoy hot and crispy garlic chicken cheese balls with sauce or ketchup of your choice.