Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Meatballs with Gnocchi | Supergolden Bakes

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds flavor with fewer calories.

ground chicken

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground beef is often cheaper.

gnocchi

🥗Healthier: zucchini noodles

💰Cheaper: potato dumplings

Zucchini noodles are lower in carbs, while potato dumplings are similar.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point, while vegetable oil is often less expensive.

Place the onion, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes into a mini chopper or food processor and blitz to a coarse paste. You can also chop the ingredients with a knife.

Add the ground chicken, contents of the mini chopper, salt, garlic powder, herbs, egg, Parmesan and breadcrumbs in a large bowl. Stir well using a wooden spoon or your hands until the meatball ingredients are thoroughly combined.

Form small meatballs with the aid of a small cookie scoop, using slightly oiled hands.

Heat the sun-dried tomato oil in the slow cooker or a pan. Add the meatballs and cook for about five minutes, turning over once, until nicely colored. The meatballs don't need to be cooked through at this stage.

Add a splash of wine to the slow cooker (or pan) and simmer for a minute or so. (Transfer to slow cooker if you started the recipe in the pan). Pour in the chicken broth, cover and cook on HIGH for 2-3 hours.

Stir in the Parmesan, cream, chopped sun-dried tomatoes and gnocchi. Cover and cook on HIGH for 20 minutes. If the sauce needs to be a little thicker you can stir in some cornstarch slurry together with the cream. Have a taste and adjust the seasoning, adding salt and pepper as needed.

Add the baby spinach and stir into the creamy sauce so that it wilts. Have a taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.

Spoon into bowls, sprinkle with extra Parmesan, serve and swoon with the sheer deliciousness!

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