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Chicken Spinach Cheese Balls Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Spinach
  • Cheese Cubes
  • 400 g Chicken Minced
  • Salt To Taste
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 2 tsp Dried Mixed Herbs
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Flakes
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
  • Oil For Deep Frying

For Coating:

  • 2 Eggs
  • Bread Crumbs
  • 1 tbsp Dried Mixed Herbs

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a pan over medium heat; add the chopped spinach and sauté until it wilts down. Keep aside to cool
  • Next, cut each cheese cube into four pieces and set aside. 
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the chicken keema, garlic powder, mixed herbs, red chilli flakes, salt, black pepper powder, olive oil and cooked spinach. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes. 
  • In the meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, combine the bread crumbs, salt and mixed herbs and keep it ready. 
  • Whisk the egg in a small bowl and keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame to prepare the oil for deep frying.
  • To shape the Chicken Spinach Cheese Balls , take a lemon size portion of the chicken spinach keema mixture, flatten it in the palm of your hand and make a small cup out of it in your palms. Stuff the small cheese cube in it and reshape the keema into a ball shape. 
  • Dip this Chicken Spinach Cheese Balls into the beaten egg mixture and then roll it in the bread crumbs.
  • You will have a crusted cheese ball which you now add into the preheated oil for deep frying. Deep fry the Chicken Spinach Cheese Balls until they turn golden brown in colour. 
  • Once done, drain excess oil from the Chicken Spinach Cheese Balls into kitchen paper towels and serve hot.