Feta Chicken Balls (RAMADAN SAVOURY)

Thursday, May 19, 2016





INGREDIENTS 

1 Kg Chicken Fillet - cubed
2 Tb Portuguese Spice
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp White Pepper
1 Tb Crushed Garlic
2 Tb Lemon Juice
1-2 Chopped Green Chillies

2 cups Boiled Spaghetti - chopped
2 rounds Feta Cheese - cubed small
1 bunch Fresh coriander

WHITE SAUCE

30g Butter
40g Flour
250 ml Milk

GARNISH

1 egg - beaten
Corn Flour
Breadcrumbs


METHOD


  1. Marinate the chicken and cook till done (the marinate should exclude the spaghetti, feta and coriander).
  2. Set aside and allow to cool.
  3. In a separate saucepan make the white sauce, boil on medium heat and whisk till smooth and thick.
  4. Once your chicken has cooled, mix together chicken, feta, coriander, spaghetti and white sauce, if you're not one to shy away from getting your hands dirty as you mix it all together so everything combines well.
  5. Moisten your clean hands with water, make golf-ball sized balls - like you would make with meat balls only a bit smaller.
  6. On a tray lightly dust cornflour over, so when you place the balls you've made on it then you would dust some more cornflour over instead of having to turn them over.
  7. Once all your meatballs have been made, go on to dip in your beaten egg and coat with breadcrumbs - I prefer the cornflakes crumbs because they fry crisper and also the golden colour is beautiful. 
  8.  We added small skewers and made them like fried pops!
  9. Can be frozen or if you're making fresh keep in the fridge for around 4 hours so it firms up.
  10. Deep fry on medium heat till golden and serve with lemon juice and chutney. 



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24 comments

  1. What a fab idea Zainab! They don't look very hard to make and I love cheese! Thinking of making different snacks for Iftaar is always a struggle. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Fatima | www.blogsbyfa.com

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    1. We we have a pre snack meal at iftaar and a normal meal after maghrib salah. :) These are the type of recipes we make :D Hope you give this a try Insha-Allah :)

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  2. These look so great! It is definately something that i would love to try out!!

    Thanks for sharing

    Aishah

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    1. These sound absolutely delicious and with the Green Chiles �� I think I would be in food coma. My only question is, should be chicken be cubed or minced/ground? For typical meatballs we utilize a ground meat? I'm assuming the white sauce and spaghetti will act similarly to the egg and breadcrumbs for a typical meatball in ensuring that the mixture is able to be stay together appropriately. Would you be able to clarify for me, because I'm dying to make these!

      Thanks for sharing!

      Regards,
      AmericanHijabi

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    2. Aishah - Insha-Allah I hope you do :)

      American Hijabi - cubed or mince will do, we usually use mince as well. If you cube the chicken it should be small cubes. Yes it does. You will had to do both the white sauce and spaghetti with the egg and breadcrumbs after you have mixed it well. I hope this helps :)

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  3. Wow wow. Something different for Ramadan. Yayyy
    Hina - www.hinasworld.com

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    1. Yeah every year theres new recipes to try out, we tried out this one and we all really liked it alhamdulillah :)

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  4. wow these looks so yummy...It is a easy and different recipe....
    www.afreenskitchen.wordpress.com

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  5. Interesting recipe... I love that its bite sized and easy to nibble on and pop into the mouth.

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  6. Oooh now this is something I want to try! The girls love chicken so hopefully this is something they would eat

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    1. I'm sure they will love it, like a spin off on chicken nuggets :)

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  7. Oh! After your Chicken Mint Sticks again an awesome chicken dish! Thats my kind of food. But what is portugese spice? Is that a mix?

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    1. It is a mix found in South Africa, check your dry spice section in the super market. If you cannot find it check for any exotic spice just to bring some flavour to the chicken. :)

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  8. These feta chicken balls look very appetising :)

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  9. Hey salam Zainab. Those look divine! Can I substitute Portugese Spice with some Indian spice?

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    1. Sure go ahead! I know some of the spices I use cannot be found internationally so always feel free to substitute it with either another similar spice or whatever you may prefer :)

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  10. These recipe post are toture hoenestly as we canno download them from the internet right away!! Thessse look so great

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  11. These are so intriguing! What does the spaghetti do (I'd have love to see a photo of these when bit into lol) and what is Portuguese spice? What can it be substituted with? x

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    1. Hahah Insha-Allah when we make this again I will take a picture :)
      It's a dry spice, if you cannot find it you can substitute it with any exotic spice from your supermarket.

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  12. Salams Zainab Dokrat.. i plan to make this savoury today.. just a quick question roughly how many did u get from 1kg chicken fillet?
    Because im goin to need more....awaiting your reply shukran ☺

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