Sesame-Ginger Chicken Meatballs with Brown Rice and Steamed Broccoli

​This is an easy and quick meal to prepare. You can have dinner ready in under ½ hour.  It’s light and tasty. The meatballs can be frozen and reheated.
 
This takes about 30 minutes to prepare start to finish and serves 4 people.

Ingredients:
-1 TBS sunflower oil
-1lb ground chicken or turkey
-1/3 c minced scallions
-3 TBS peeled, minced fresh ginger
-1 egg
-2 cloves garlic, minced
-2 tsp toasted sesame oil
-2 tsp soy sauce
-1/4 tsp salt
-1c or 1 bag of instant brown rice
-1 bunch of broccoli
-few large leaves of bibb lettuce

Steps:
1) Prep
-preheat oven to 450 degrees and brush baking sheet with sunflower oil
-wash several leaves of bibb lettuce
-mince scallions, ginger, garlic and mix together with chicken, egg, salt, sesame oil and soy sauce
-make 1 ½ inch meatballs from mixture
-put meatballs on baking sheet and brush with sunflower oil
 
2) Cook meatballs, rice and broccoli
-bake meatballs for about 13 minutes or until browned and fully cooked
-bring large saucepan of water to a boil
-add bag of rice or follow directions on package
-put a few inches of water into saucepan with steamer
-bring to a boil
-cut broccoli into individual pieces with stems
-add broccoli to steamer, cover, and steam for 10-15 minutes
 
2) Serve
-serve meatballs on bibb lettuce with Asian chili sauce along with brown rice and broccoli
 
Enjoy!