Chicken Balls

This mother daughter duo is our family’s experts in DIY. Jolly ellemma and Achu decided that they had had enough of the shop bought frozen Chicken Balls and decided to replicate it at home. The rest is history !

These make excellent starters and are a big hit with the children and grownups. The melting cheese in the centre enhances the flavoured chicken with just the right amount of saltiness and moistness.

Preparation

• Blend the fresh bread in a blender (no water added) for a minute or two to get fresh and fine breadcrumbs.

• Breadcrumbs of around 3 slices should be added to the chicken mix. The rest is used for crumb coating.

• Chop cheddar cheese into tiny cubes.

• Alternatively, you could replace cheese with frankfurter or sausage cubes

Ingredients

Chicken -1Kg deboned

Green Chillies – 3 deseeded

Garlic -2-3 cloves

Celery – 1 stalk

Eggs-1

Bread -6-7 slices (3 for chicken mix and rest for crumb coating)

Salt -to Taste

Pepper -to taste

Cheddar cheese-100gms

Oil for coating hands and frying

Method

1. Blend the fresh chicken, celery, green chillies and garlic in a blender.

1. Alternatively, you could use minced chicken. Add to this , a blend of the celery, green chillies and garlic .

1. Add a beaten egg, bread crumbs (around 3slices) and salt & pepper to the chicken mix.

1. Oil your hands. Take a spoonful of chicken mix and make it into a ball.

1. Flatten it and add the cubed cheese in the centre. Now roll it into a ball.

1. Take small bowl and add the bread crumbs to it. Roll the chicken ball in the bread crumb mixture.

1. This can be frozen and used later. You could directly fry the frozen balls. There is no need for it to thaw.

1. Heat the oil . Fry the balls on a medium flame till they are lightly brown. Drain it and set it aside.

1. Flash fry this again . This ensures that the cheese inside is melted and the coating outside remains crisp.

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