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herb chicken balls with spicy dipping sauce

10 Wednesday Aug 2011

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(Makes about 40)

I made these recently. My teenage sons saw the recipe and asked if I was really going to cook chickens balls…

½ cup rice
2 teaspoons oil
5 spring onions, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
750g chicken mince
1/3 cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Extra oil for deep frying

Boil, steam or microwave rice until tender.

Heat oil in a pan. Add spring onions, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring until spring onions are soft.

In a large bowl combine chicken, cheese, parsley, spring onion mixture and rice. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for 30 mins.

Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls.

Deep-fry balls in extra hot oil until golden brown and cooked through. Drain on absorbent paper.

Serve with Spicy Sauce (below).

SPICY SAUCE

2/3 cup mild Thai-style sweet chilli sauce
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

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green pea pesto

29 Friday Jul 2011

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This was one of many wonderful dishes served up at a pre christmas get-together we went to last year. It wasn’t until later that we were told all the foods served were very low calorie slimming foods. This dip was my favourite so I made sure I got the recipe, and now I can share it with you. Do try it. It is wonderful!

1 cup frozen baby peas

1 clove garlic, finely chopped or crushed

1-2 spring onions, finely chopped

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

3 tablespoons oil

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt

Pepper to taste

Dash of chilli sauce or chilli powder to taste

Blend peas and garlic in food processor or blender till roughly chopped. Add half the oil and remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Add remaining oil and check seasoning. Can thin with a little water if necessary.

Enjoy!