Thai chicken meatballs

Ingredients

Chicken

• 400 grams/14 oz. ground chicken
• 1 teaspoon Crushed garlic
• 1 teaspoon Mild chilli paste
• 1 teaspoon Minced ginger paste
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce 
• 1 teaspoon Onion powder
• 1 cup Jasmine rice
• Green beans
• salt to taste

Satay Curry Sauce

• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• ½ teaspoon Ginger, finely grated
• ½ tablespoon mild chilli paste
• 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
• ¾ cup light coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
• 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoons Curry Paste

Instructions

• Cook rice.
• Boil a saucepan of water ready for the green beans.
• Making the meatballs: In a bowl, add the chicken mince, ginger, garlic, chili, soy sauce and onion salt. Divide into 12 pieces and roll into meatballs.
• Heat a large non stick frypan on medium heat and add the meatballs. After they have lightly browned, put a lid on to keep the heat in. They should take about 10 to 12 minutes to cook.
• Making the Satay Curry Sauce: in a medium saucepan, add the garlic, chilli paste and ginger. Stir for a minute until fragrant.
• Add the coconut milk and stir in for 1 minute
• Add the peanut putter and stir in until it melts.
• Add the curry paste, granulated sugar, light soy, pinch of salt and lime juice. Stir for a minute to mix it all in and then remove from heat
• Cooking the beans: While the meatballs and curry sauce is cooking, add the beans to the saucepan of boiling water. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes and remove from the heat
• Putting it together: add the rice, meatballs, and pour over the curry sauce. Add the beans, slice of lime, dried shallots and fresh spring onions.