Easy one-pan ground gluten-free meatballs with chicken in a peanut sauce with coconut milk. This dish comes together within minutes and serves great as a weeknight dinner or meal prep for the week. Best of all it only requires one pan which means less cleanup!
These meatballs come out perfectly tender, are gluten-free, and dairy-free, and even served with hidden vegetables. What’s not to love?! The peanut sauce with coconut milk is the perfect compliment and is served well over jasmine rice, sticky rice, brown rice, quinoa, or even spaghetti squash.
I love using ground chicken for meatballs because not only are they a healthier option than beef but they cook up nice and tender when made properly. In fact, these are so tender my son swore I had served him tofu!
Why you will love this recipe
Combining coconut milk with coconut aminos and peanut butter comes together to provide a flavorful sauce that’s perfect on these ground chicken meatballs, or even these prep-ahead Dairy Free Meatballs with Chicken. It also serves well as a stir fry and would go amazing with this pan-fried squash and zucchini and my Pesto and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta
Peanut sauce with coconut milk also makes a great tip for things like spring rolls. It’s so easy to make at home and can be kept in the refrigerator for up to a week. One of the great things about making this peanut sauce and coconut milk yourself is that you have full control over the amount of heat. If you like it a little spicier, I recommend adding some Sriracha.
Ingredients
- Ground chicken: I like to use a Springer Mountain Farms ground chicken because it is 99% fat-free, and free of antibiotics and hormones. With this, we combine an egg and panko breadcrumbs to bind the chicken together.
- Seasonings: let’s flavor these meatballs, up with cilantro, jalapeño, ginger, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Vegetables: because all one-pan meals, need vegetables, right? For this recipe hi am using zucchini and sweet red peppers, although you can add other vegetables like green bell peppers, or broccoli!
- Sauce: for the peanut sauce with coconut milk, you will use coconut milk, combined with coconut amino‘s, lime juice, and chili paste with creamy peanut butter.
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the ground chicken, breadcrumbs, cilantro, jalapeño, ginger, garlic, seasonings, and egg. Using gloves, mix well. Then with a cookie scoop, place one ball into your hands and roll well. Makes about 15-18 meatballs.
- In a skillet on medium-high heat, add sesame oil. Then place the meatballs into the pan and cook for about one minute and 30 seconds on each side. You just want to brown the meatballs and then flip. If you cannot fit all meatballs at once, you may do this twice.
- Once they are done, remove the meatballs and place them on a plate.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and combine coconut milk, lime juice, coconut amino’s, salt, chili paste, and peanut butter into the pan. Using a Whisk, mix until well combined. Once combined, add the meatballs to the pan and allow the sauce to simmer. Place a lid over the pan and simmer on low for 12 minutes. Be certain to start every couple of minutes.
- Remove the lid and add the red bell pepper and zucchini. Allow those to cook for five minutes uncovered. These meatballs go great over jasmine rice, sticky rice, brown rice, quinoa, or even spaghetti squash.
FAQ
Is this recipe gluten-free?
Yes, this peanut sauce with coconut milk is 100% gluten-free and dairy free.
What if I don’t have ground chicken?
If you don’t have ground chicken, you can use ground, turkey or ground beef. Tofu and mushrooms also work well here.
Want to make these meatballs ahead of time?
Check out my how-to-prep and freeze meatballs here.
You can store this peanut sauce with coconut milk and ground chicken meatballs in the refrigerator for up to four days.
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📖 Recipe
Gluten Free Meatballs With Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound Springer mountain farms ground chicken breast
- ½ cup Gluten free panko
- ½ cup Cilantro chopped
- 1 tablespoon Ginger minced
- ½ Jalapeno diced small
- 1 tablespoon Garlic minced
- ¼ teaspoon Jalapeno ground
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
Add ins
- 4 mini sweet red peppers sliced
- ½ zucchini
Sauce
- 1 can Coconut milk
- ¼ cup Coconut aminos
- 2 tablespoon Red chilli pepper roasted
- ½ cup Peanut butter creamy
- ½ Lime
Optional toppings
- Green onion
- Peanuts crushed
- Cilantro
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the ground chicken, breadcrumbs, cilantro, jalapeño, ginger, garlic, seasonings, and the egg. Using gloves, mix well.
- Then with a cookie scoop, place one ball into your hands and roll well.
- In a skillet on medium high heat, add sesame oil.
- Then place the meatballs into the pan and cook for about one minute and 30 seconds on each side. You just want to brown the meatballs and then flip. If you cannot fit all meatballs at once, you may do this twice.
- Once they are done, remove the meatballs and place them on a plate.
- Reduce the heat to medium low and combine coconut milk, lime juice, coconut amino’s, salt, chili paste, and peanut butter to the pan. Using a Whisk, mix until well combined.
- Once combined, add the meatballs to the pan and allow the sauce to simmer.
- Place a lid over the pan and simmer on low for 12 minutes. Be certain to star every couple of minutes.
- Remove the lid and add the red bell pepper and zucchini.
- Allow those to cook for five minutes uncovered. These meatballs go great over jasmine rice, sticky rice, brown rice, quinoa, or even spaghetti squash.
JC says
Made these last night and they were so good!
Juyali says
I loved this recipe. The coconut sauce was to die for. Delicious. Thanks!
Oscar says
I love how these gluten-free meatballs come out so tender, and the peanut coconut sauce is just the right touch. It’s a simple dinner that never disappoints!
Swathi says
Gluten-free meatballs is delicious, I enjoyed with some homemade pasta.
Elizabeth says
My family loved it! Followed instructions to a T and it came out great!
Liz says
These meatballs were delicious!!! They made for a tasty dinner---I made rice, too, and the combination of rice, meatballs and the sauce was terrific!
Criss says
This worked exactly as written, thanks!
Anonymous says
Gluten-free meatballs is delicious I have tried them and enjoyed them with spaghetti so yummy dinner. Thanks for the recipe.