Moist, flavorful meatballs made from ground chicken and nestled among tender green pepper and onion strips.
This is the first stop on the ShopRite #NYCWFF Virtual Food Tour! All week long, different bloggers will be recreating recipes that will be featured at the New York City Wine and Food Festival Grand Tasting Presented by ShopRite.
Disclosure: I was provided with free products and a ShopRite Gift Card for my involvement in our #NYCWFF Food Blogger Tour, however all opinions expressed are my own.
Believe it or not, I have never made my own meatballs (I know, shocking, right?). So I was really excited when I saw that the recipe chosen for me to recreate involved meatballs!
And I was even more excited when I read through the directions and they really seemed easy – definitely something I could handle. As you know if you have perused through any of my posts before, I am all about easy when it comes to dinner preparation. The only remaining question was whether or not we would like it!
Well, I have to tell you, this recipe is super-tasty. If you are worried about the meatballs being a little bland because they are made from ground chicken, do not give it another thought! This entire dish is very flavorful and a perfect fall or winter comfort dinner.
This dish will be one of the featured dishes at the New York City Wine and Food Festival Grand Tasting, presented by ShopRite, but if you can’t make it to the festival, you can just make it yourself at home.
The ingredients are easy to find and the technique is easy to follow. Now, I will admit that my meatballs were not perfect spheres, but in the end they tasted great, so no one cared that the were a little more like parallelograms. (Does that mean I need to change the recipe title to Chicken Cacciatore Meatparallelograms?) 🙂
I would like to thank ShopRite for inviting me to participate in this fun event. You can check out more information about ShopRite or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram!
Chicken Cacciatore Meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 medium green peppers
- 1 large Vidalia onion
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1/2 cup dry Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (crushed)
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 23.5 oz Prego Farmers’ Market Roasted Garlic Sauce (1 jar)
Instructions
- Finely chop about half of one green pepper and half of the onion and set aside. Cut the remaining green peppers into thin strips and the remaining onion in half and thinly slice.
- Thoroughly mix the chicken, egg, bread crumbs, chopped green pepper and onion, salt, black pepper and Italian seasoning in a large bowl. Shape the mixture firmly into 1 inch meatballs.
- Heat the oil in a 12 inch nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add the meatballs and cook until browned on all sides. Remove and set aside.
- Add the green pepper strips and sliced onion to the skillet and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the wine and heat to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes. Return the meatballs to the skillet. Add the sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through, stirring occasionally.
Check out The Brooklyn Cook‘s blog tomorrow for the next recipe on the ShopRite #NYCWFF Virtual Food Tour – Zucchini Walnut Bread. Celebrate the spirit of the festival at home, and find everything you need at your local ShopRite.
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Kerryanne says
Look forward to trying this recipe Kristin. It looks and sounds amazing!
Thank you for sharing this recipe at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather party this week. I’m delighted to be featuring it at tonight’s party and pinning too.
Hugs,
Kerryanne
Linda says
This looks amazing! I bet ground chicken never tasted as good as these. Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend? I bet the food tour was amazing too!
Wishes for tasty dishes,
Linda
Amy says
This meal looks fabulous. Congratulations on the feature at What did you do this weekend.
Sheri says
yum! Thanks for sharing at To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and More Wednesday Link Party. I pinned this! Hope to have you join again next week!
Judith A. Graber says
I have a number of meatball recipes and that’s because I love them. Great for entertaining and you can freeze them and enjoy when you so desire. I’m not sure I’ve used chicken before so thanks for sharing a new “meatball” recipe with everyone at Fiesta Friday.
Mother of 3 says
Oh wow! Those sound amazing!! Pinned.
Amanda says
Yum! Thanks for joining this weeks Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesday. I look forward to seeing what you share next week!
Jake Tyler says
I love meatballs! The dish looks so yummy, Kristin! Gonna try this recipe!!!
Kristin King says
Thanks! I hope you like it!
frugal hausfrau says
I can’t wait to try these, myself, and how cool is that these are going to be featured at the New York City Wine and Food Festival Grand Tasting – of course, I think it’s even cooler they’re featured this week at Throwback Thursday, lol!!! Seriously, what a great makeover of a tired old classic!
Mollie
cakespy says
This is awfully clever. I love chicken cacciatore but I love the cleverness and concise form of making it a meatball dish! I can only imagine how good this is, until I make it of course!
Crystal says
Yummy, I’m sure this would be a hit with my family. Thanks for sharing #homemattersparty
Theresa says
My family loves meatballs I’d love to try making chicken ones. Can’t wait to try this one Kristin. Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight party. Pinned & shared.
Maria says
Okay I’m a big fan of meatballs and even bigger fan of Chicken Cacciatore, so this is definitely a must-try recipe for me! Thank you so much for sharing this on #shinebloghop, Kristin! So glad you were able to join us.
Karly says
Yuuuum! What a nice little twist on a classic. You can never go wrong with a heaping portion of pasta and meatballs! 🙂
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
What a great and unique idea! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!!