How to make Chicken meatballs with pasta

 Today we're going to be making one of the most loved Italian recipes on planet Earth THE PASTA. And why? well because it's flexible and you can make this dish for any type of gathering from eating pasta as a dish on it'sown to using it in salads and soups.

Pasta is a healthy ingredient constituting fibers and carbohydrates as well as delicious so its also good for the kids. And adding ingredients such as vegetables and meat (whichever you prefer but I mainly use chicken mince for my recipes) will make it much healthier and tastier. Due to the little amount of oil used to cook this recipe, it proves to be a great dietary meal.

So today I'm going to be teaching you how to make penne pasta with meatballs and it turns out delicious, As well as how you can make red sauce and white sauce at home which I'm going to be using in the dish but you can use these sauces for many other recipes as well.

Be sure to try the red sauce for the sweet and sour taste and the white sauce for its cheesy thick composition so let's start!

Ingredients for chicken meatballs:

1. red chili powder 1/2 tsp
2. paprika powder 1/2 Tsp
3. salt 1/2 Tsp
4.  black pepper 1/2 tsp
5. garlic powder 1/4 tsp
6. coriander 1 tbs
7. mustard powder 1/2 Tsp
8. onion powder 1 tbs
9. oregano 1/4 Tsp
10. thyme 1/4 Tsp
11. chicken mince 500 grams

• add all the above mentioned ingredients to the mince and mix well then let it marinate for 1/2 hour and afterward make into meatballs

red sauce ingredients:

1. red chilis 1/4 Tsp
2. salt 1/4 Tsp
3. sugar 2 Tsp
4. 3 chopped green chillis 
5. ketchup 1/4 cup
6. 2 tomatoes mushed 
7. 1 pinch oregano leaves 
8. 2 garlic cloves chopped
9. medium sized half onion
10. 2 tbs cooking oil

• put the 2 tbs oil in the frying pan and add the onion, garlic, and the green chilis to the pan and cook till they are somewhat transparent, then add the tomatoes to the pan

• after the tomatoes are mixed well with the ingredients then add the ketchup, red chili powder, salt, sugar, and oregano leaves and stir well 

• when the sauce thickens put the pan aside and now we're going to make the white sauce

white sauce ingredients:

1. 2 tbs butter
2. 2 tbs flour
3. 1 tbs chicken powder
4. 1/4 tsp salt
5. black pepper 1/2 tsp
6. chopped mozzarella cheese 1 cup
7. milk 1 cup
8. 1 tsp oil
9. 1/2 cup water

• add one tsp oil in the pan and the butter and wait till it melts then add the flour and stir till you have a nice yellowish solid mixture and stir on low flame, then add cold milk in the pan

(Note: if your a beginner take the pan off the flame and stir till all the lumps are dissolved)

• make sure no lumps remain then add a half cup of water and stir then add the mozzarella cheese, chicken powder, and the salt and stir till all the cheese melts

• add the penne pasta to boiling water according to the instructions on the packet

• after the mince has marinated make it into small balls and shallow fry them 
• after the meatballs are fried assemble them on a skewer adding one carrot slice, one capsicum slice, and one onion slice in between each meatball

Assembling:

the bottom layer is the red sauce then we add the penne pasta covering it with red sauce and topping it off with white sauce then we take the meatballs of the skewers and assemble them on the dish

bake for 20-25 minutes at 200 degrees centigrade. Afterward, broil the dish for 3-4 minutes to cook the vegetables.

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