Marry Me Chicken Meatballs

Marry Me Chicken Meatballs are juicy and cheesy with a creamy Parmesan and sun-dried tomato sauce! Serve over noodles or mashed potatoes. Easy enough for a weeknight, but they taste like you tried.

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 543kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Ingredients

For the meatballs:

1 pound ground chicken
1 large egg
1/2 cup panko
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

For the sauce:

1 tablespoon butter
3 cloves garlic minced
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes more if you like it spicy
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes minced
1/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Salt to taste
Fresh basil for garnish

Instructions

To make the meatballs:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Add all of the ingredients for the meatballs to a mixing bowl and stir well to combine.
Roll into 20 meatballs, around the size of a golf ball.
Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 8 minutes. Meatballs will not be fully cooked at this point.

To make the sauce:

Add the butter to a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat and let melt.
Add the garlic, thyme, and red pepper to the skillet and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Stir in the cream, sun-dried tomatoes, chicken broth, and Parmesan. Let cook for a few minutes for the sauce to thicken a bit. Taste and add salt as needed.
Add the meatballs to the skillet and toss gently to coat the meatballs in the sauce.
Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 5 more minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through. Test with a meat thermometer to ensure they are cooked to 165 degrees.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle fresh basil over the top. Serve hot.

Notes

Meatballs: We use lean ground chicken, but ground turkey would work here just as well.

Thyme: We love fresh thyme here if we have it. You’ll need about 1 tablespoon. Dried thyme works great as well if that’s what you have on hand.

Serving: We like to serve this over mashed potatoes, rice, or egg noodles so that there is something to soak up the extra sauce. We don’t let a drop of that creamy sauce go to waste in this house.

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