Mediterranean Meatballs

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Ingredients:

Meatballs: 

• 1 lb ground chicken

• 1 egg

• ½ c panko breadcrumbs

• 1 ½ tsp salt

• 1 ½ tsp red chili powder

• 1 tsp cumin

• ½ tsp turmeric

• 1 ½ tsp dried mint

• 2 tbsp olive oil

Mint chutney:

• 1 cup fresh mint

• 1 cup fresh cilantro

• 3 tbsp olive oil

• 1 garlic clove

• juice from 1 lemon

• ½ tsp cayenne 

• salt, to taste

• 1 cucumber 

• greek yogurt

• feta cheese

• olive oil, for frying

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Instructions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, add ground chicken, egg, panko breadcrumbs, salt, red chili powder, cumin, turmeric, dried mint, and olive oil.

2. Mix until everything is combined.

3. Form into round balls - 1 pound make about 16 meatballs.

4. Heat up a few tablespoons of olive oil in a pan.

5. Gently add your meatballs to the pan, and flip then every few minutes to they brown on each side.

6. Once they have browned on all sides, add a few tablespoons of water to the pan and lower the heat so they can finish cooking through.

7. Once the water has evaporated and meatballs are cooked through, remove them from the heat.

8. To make the mint chutney, just blend together all the ingredients listed for the chutney.

9. Use a vegetable peeler to cut your cucumbers into thin ribbons.

10. To assemble, start by smearing some Greek yogurt on the bottom of a plate.

11. Top with the meatballs (fit around 5 meatballs in one plate).

12. Sprinkle with some crumbled feta cheese.

13. Then nestle in the cucumber ribbons.

14. Lastly, drizzle with mint chutney.

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