Chicken Balls

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Serves: 4

These fun packed pittas are great for the whole family. They are brimming with taste and goodness and the kids will love them!

Choose British chicken with the Red Tractor and Union Jack on pack and you’ll know that you’re getting fresh, local birds that are fully traceable back to independently-inspected British farms. Or ask your butcher if it’s British.

Ingredients

225g British chicken mince
1 slice bread, made into breadcrumbs
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp chopped chives
Salt and black pepper
1 tbsp sunflower oil
6 tbsp sweet and sour sauce
100g ready prepared stir-fry vegetables
4 pitta breads

Method

1 Put the breadcrumbs into a large mixing bowl and add the mince, soy sauce, chives and seasoning. Mix together by hand into 16 small meatballs.

2 Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the balls for 5 minutes, turning to ensure even cooking.

3 Add half the sweet and sour sauce and cook for a minute.

4 Remove the chicken balls and keep warm.

5 Add the remaining sweet and sour sauce to the pan, heat and add the stir-fry vegetables. Cook for 4 minutes.

6 Heat the pitta breads for a few minutes under a pre-heated grill. Split to form a pocket.

7 Add the chicken balls and stir fry vegetables to the pitta breads and serve.

Nutritional Information   Per Serving Per 100g Calories 397kcal 111kcals Protein 19.5g 5.5g Carbohydrates 20.2g 5.7g Fat 23.5g 6.6g Saturated Fat 7.4g 2.1g