The Best Swedish Chicken Meatballs (2024)

ByHeatherNovember 17, 2019January 12, 2024

Swedish Chicken Meatballs are perfectly flavored baked chicken meatballs smothered in a savory creamy sour cream sauce and served over noodles. Perfect easy comfort food!

When it comes to my favorite meatballs, my baked chicken meatballs win hands down in this house. I serve them up in my spaghetti, my Parmesan Garlic Spaghetti and I even did a Keto Chicken Meatball version for those 3 days I survived without bread.

So when I had a craving for Swedish meatballs, you know this Swedish Chicken Meatball recipe had to happen!

So why give up the cow and embrace the chicken?

• Baked Chicken Meatballs are cute
• They are perfect to add to soups, stews and pasta dishes
• They are easy to make and take less than 30 minutes in the oven
• Chicken meatballs are a tasty healthy meatball alternative to beef meatballs and .. umm… hello! … BAKED!!

Then take that delicious baked ball of happiness and combine it with a rich, creamy sour cream sauce packed with tons of savory flavors and you have the perfect quick dinner idea.

WHY SWEDISH CHICKEN MEATBALLS ARE THE BEST

Is this an authentic version of Swedish meatballs? Not even close! But this is a super tasty, very easy version of what most of us know as Swedish meatballs.

• This is the perfect easy dinner recipe because it’s ready to serve in just over 30 minutes
• Chicken meatballs are baked so you don’t need to stand at the stove
• No pan fried meatballs means no grease splatter on your favorite shirt
• Who doesn’t love a savory sour cream gravy?
• This recipes makes double the sauce of most Swedish meatball recipes because running out of sauce brings much sadness
• Perfect to serve over rice, zoodles, egg noodles or mashed potatoes

To make these Swedish Chicken Meatballs, you will need:

• Ground chicken
• Eggs
• Panko breadcrumbs
• Seasonings
• Parmesan cheese
• Olive oil
• Butter
• All purpose flour
• Beef stock
• Sour cream
• Soy sauce
• Dijon mustard
• Large noodles

HOW TO MAKE SWEDISH CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Start with your chicken meatballs. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and spray a baking pan with non-stick spray. Once done, add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Using your hands, combine well.

Using a spoon or just eyeballing it, roll about 20 meatballs and place on your prepared baking sheet. Bake for 25 – 30 minutes.

While your meatballs are baking, make your sauce. To a large saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat and once melted, whisk in flour.

Continue to cook flour while whisking it for the next minute before pouring in beef stock. Whisk to remove any flour lumps.

Add in seasonings, soy sauce, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, sour cream and bring gravy sauce to a low boil before reducing heat to low to simmer.

Once your sauce is simmering, set a large pot of salted water to boil. Cook your noodles according to the packaging instructions.

When your chicken meatballs are cooked, move them from the baking pan right into the gravy sauce and let simmer for about five minutes.

Serve your meatballs over you noodles and garnish with a bit of fresh parsley.

PRO TIPS FOR MAKING SWEDISH MEATBALLS

• Panko is a Japanese-style breadcrumb that is a bit more course than regular breadcrumbs and can be found in the breadcrumb section of most grocery stores.
• Use a kitchen scooper to measure out identical sized chicken meatballs, no guess work needed!
• If you don’t have any fresh parsley on hand for your meatballs, substituting with dried is perfectly fine.
• You can also make these meatballs out of beef, turkey or an equal combination of chicken and pork.
• I usually find myself adding extra pepper to my sauce at the end. It’s personal preference so salt and pepper your gravy to your liking.
• Adding Parmesan cheese might sound odd in this recipe but it adds a great ‘bite’ to the gravy and helps it from becoming too one dimensional.
• Serve these Swedish Chicken Meatballs over noodles, mashed potatoes, zoodles or rice.
• This is a completely decadent comfort food dish.. enjoy!

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