Greek Chicken Meatballs

Greek Chicken Meatballs combine light and bright flavors of Greek cuisine in an easy to make meatball! Made with oregano, feta cheese, and lemon zest, these taste amazing dipped into a smooth cucumber sauce!

I love making meatballs. For me, they are such a super easy way to get a delicious and inspired dinner on the table with minimal effort! Just mix everything in a bowl, form your meatballs, then bake! Even though these are easy, they are anything but boring! And these aren’t just for dinner, they would be a great party snack too!

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Ingredients

Here’s what you need to have to make these Greek chicken meatballs!

• 1 pound ground chicken
• 3 garlic cloves, grated
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
•  1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

Usually the only things I have to buy are the ground chicken and the feta cheese. The rest of the ingredients I typically always have on hand!

And to make the cucumber yogurt sauce:

• 2 5.3 oz containers plain Greek yogurt
• 1 medium cucumber
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons fresh dill

Kitchen gadgets

Nothing too complicated needed to make these! Here’s what you’ll need from the kitchen.

• Mixing bowl, spoons, knife, cutting board, baking sheet.
• A zester or microplane, something like this hand zester will work or this microplane. I use a hand zester to grate my garlic.
• Baking rack, something like these baking racks are what I use. This is technically optional. I like to cook my meatballs elevated on the baking sheet, but if you don’t have baking racks you can skip this!
• Foil to line the baking sheet.
• A blender or blending device to make the cucumber sauce.
• A strainer.
• A box grater to grate the cucumber.

Cook time

Onto the time.

Prep time is about 15 minutes. You’ll be pre-heating the oven, zesting the lemon, grating the garlic, and grating the cucumber.

Cook time is 30 minutes. While the meatballs are baking you’ll finish up the cucumber yogurt sauce so when the meatballs are done it’s time to eat!

Cooking tips

• Letting the cucumber sit in the strainer with salt will help the yogurt sauce not be so runny.
• You can serve these with mashed potatoes, rice, or even in a pita like a wrap!
• I recommend baking meatballs on a baking rack so they’re slightly raised off the baking sheet. It helps keep the meatballs from getting soggy.
• You can save the leftovers in an air tight container to enjoy the leftovers! Personally, I like to eat leftovers within 3 days.

If you like cooking with ground chicken check out some of these recipes!

Lebanese Chicken Kafta Burgers
Buffalo Chicken Burgers

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