Description
Delicious dumpling meatballs topped with a creamy yogurt sauce and spiced butter.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 small drizzle olive oil
- 1 lb ground chicken (450g)
- 1 small red bell pepper
- 4 large shallots
- 5 peeled garlic cloves
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 21 dumpling wrappers
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- salt (to taste)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- garnish (dill or parsley)
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together the yogurt, salt, and garlic and set aside.
- In a small pot on the stove over medium heat, add the butter and let it melt. Next, add in the paprika and cook for about a minute or until the butter is lightly golden (not burnt). Take it off the heat.
- In a food processor, add the shallots (or onion), garlic cloves, and diced bell pepper. Process until it forms a paste.
- Pour the veggie mixture into a cheesecloth over a bowl and squeeze out as much water as possible.
- Next, add the squeezed veggies to a mixing bowl with the ground meat and salt. Mix well.
- To a pan over medium heat, add a small drizzle of olive oil. Once the oil shimmers, use a small ice cream scoop to form evenly sized meatballs.
- Add the meatballs straight into the pan making sure you space them apart. Cook in batches of 7 meatballs at a time.
- Now take a dumpling wrapper and place it directly onto each meatball, just like a “blanket.”
- Pour 1/2 cup of water in the pan and cover. Cook for exactly 6 minutes or until the water evaporates.
- Once cooked, take the dumplings off the heat and top with the yogurt sauce, brown paprika butter (or chili oil), and fresh dill. Repeat in batches of 7 until you have 21 dumplings in total. Enjoy!
Notes
- Ensure the meatballs are spaced well in the pan for even cooking.
- You can substitute ground chicken with any ground meat of your preference.
- Fresh dill or parsley makes a great garnish.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5 dumplings
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 90mg