Apricot Chicken Meatballs
An absolute classic in a new delicious form. The whole family will love it!
Equipment
- 5L slow cooker
Ingredients
Chicken Meatballs
- 1 kg Chicken mince
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Chicken stock powder – I always use Massel brand
- 1 tsp Dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp Minced garlic
- 1 tbsp fresh chives, chopped (some reserved for garnish)
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 2/3 cup dried breadcrumbs
Other Ingredients
- 1/3 cup plain flour
- 400 ml apricot nectar
- 40 gram sachet of French Onion Soup (dry)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add the flour and set this bowl aside ready to roll your finished meatballs in.
- Combine all the meatball ingredients in a large bowl and mix really well to combine.
- Roll into approximately 20 meatballs. As you roll each one dust lightly in the flour and place them gently into the slow cooker.
- Combine apricot nectar and French onion soup and pour gently over meatballs
- See our SLOW COOKING MEATBALL TIPS HERE!!
- Cook on LOW for 3hrs with "Tea Towel Trick" in place.
- We served ours with creamy mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables such as green beans & carrots, with a garnish of fresh chopped chives scattered over the top to serve.
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when do you add the apricot necter and soup mix
Pour it over the meatballs once they are in the slow cooker Becc 🙂
Great to see advice re substitutions – looks like meatballs and a variety of simmer type sauces will be good for a 3 hour cook time. Veges could be added to that as well.
loved this and so easy. rather than the various herbs, I used the “mingle” brand garlic and herb mixed seasoning and used gluten free breadcrumbs and flour.
Thanks for taking the time to leave your review Leanne – so appreciated! 🙂
Tried this tonight since apricot chicken was a favourite with us many moons ago. Did not disappoint. I doubled the recipe and found it did not have enough sauce so I removed the tea towel for the last hour or so to make more liquid. Love loved loved it. ❤️ served with mash and veggies but would be good with rice as well
So happy to hear this!!
Thanks Jill for leaving your feedback 🙂