These chicken heart tuna meatballs are a delicious and extremely nutritious alternative to standard meatballs with ground beef. This preparation method is a great way to disguise the chicken hearts and get yourself and potentially your children, too, to eat this healthy meat if you are not familiar with it yet.
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 25 minutes |
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Ingredients
Meatball Mixture
- 300 gram chicken hearts
- 1 onions rough pieces
- 200 gram tuna canned - 200 gram without the juice
- 1 eggs
- 35 gram almond flour
Seasonings
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- Pepper
- Cumin
- Paprika
- 1 pinch Garlic powder
Ingredients
Meatball Mixture
Seasonings
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Instructions
Meatballs
- First, mince the chicken hearts and onion in a food processor for about 10 seconds on a high speed
- Next, add the remaining ingredients for the meatballs, including seasonings and mince for another 20-30 seconds until it is a homogenous mixture
- Preheat a pan with about 30 gram coconut oil, lard or whatever you prefer to medium heat
- Use a tablespoon and your other hand to form the meatballs from the mixture and place them in the pan
- Turn down the heat to low, put a lid on the pan and fry the meatballs slowly for about 10 minutes, until they start to become solid on the top, too
- Now, you can flip and slowly fry them with the lid on for another 5-10 minutes
- Finally, set the heat to medium-high and fry the meatballs as evenly as possible from all sides, for about 5 minutes, in order to get a nice brown colour and roasting flavors
Broccoli
- While the meatballs are frying, you can easily prepare some oven baked broccoli as a side dish. First, set your oven to 180°C-200°C.
- Put the broccoli on a baking tray which goes into the oven. After 5-10 minutes, the broccoli should be thawed and you can sprinkle some salt on top.
- Finally, bake it for another 20-25 minutes until it starts to become dark brown on the top and has a slight crispiness.
Recipe Notes
As you can see on the picture I made a creamy sauce to go with everything, too. If you want to know how to make it check out this asparagus cream sauce recipe.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 100g
% Macronutrients
Amount Per Serving
Calories 184.64kcal
from Fat 119.16kcal
65%
from Protein 59.84kcal
32%
from net. Carb 3.84kcal
2%
from Fiber 1.8kcal
1%
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.24g
8%
Carbohydrate (Netto) 0.96g
4%
Fiber 0.9g
3%
Protein 14.96g
15%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie ketogenic diet (75% fat, 20% protein, 5% net.carbs). Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs and goals.
These nutrition facts only include the meatballs.
