Chicken and Fried Rice Albondigas

Chicken and Fried Rice Albondigas, The Backstory

My mom used to add rice to our classic Mexican “albóndigas,” or meatballs in red sauce, so fried rice felt like a natural, tasty fusion. As for the chicken, a friend of mine once came to visit me for a week when I was in college. She surprised me with a meal when I got home from school one day. It was chicken albóndigas in green sauce (salsa verde), which was a revelation to me. I'd never had albóndigas made of chicken or had them with green sauce.

Chicken and Fried Rice Albondigas, with a Twist

So in this recipe, I've combined the lovely memory of my mom's albondigas with rice, my friend's chicken and green sauce, and a flavorful twist of my own using the box of Innovasian® Chicken Fried Rice I found in my freezer for a little custom kick! The fried rice adds a nice bit of convenient veggies and a pop of color to the recipe with no extra fuss, and it's prepared and seasoned by expert chefs.

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Having this fried rice stocked in my freezer means I’ll always have a perfect-portion ready to turn into a meal like I did here or eat on its own, leaving little to waste!

For these albondigas, I've used a tomato-jalapeño sauce, a mix of red and green sauces, to honor both my mom's and my friend's great meals.

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If you make these chicken and fried rice albondigas, be sure to snap a photo and share it with us on social media using the #mamalatinatipsrecipes hashtag. I’d love to see it and have a chance to share it as well.

Chicken and Fried Rice Albondigas, The Recipe

Makes 12 albondigas

Prep time: 10 minutes

Start to finish: 1 hour

Ingredients

For the albondigas

• 1 (1 lb) Innovasian® Chicken Fried Rice box
• 1/2 pound chicken breast or turkey ground meat
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

For the Sauce

• 2 tomatoes, washed and chopped into halves
• 1-2 jalapeño peppers, washed, seeded, stemmed
• 1/4 small white onion
• 3 small garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

You will also need

• Baking sheet
• Bowl
• Aluminum foil (optional)
• Blender or food processor
• Pan

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F (190 C).

Heat up the Innovasian® Chicken Fried Rice.

Combine 1 1/2 cups of the chicken fried rice (keep the rest for serving), ground chicken (or turkey) meat, eggs, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Mix well.

Divide the rice-meat mixture into twelve 2 inches diameter balls. Place on greased (or aluminum foil covered) baking sheet. Bake 30-35 minutes or until fully cooked.

While the albondigas are baking, prepare the sauce. Place tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, onion, garlic cloves, water, salt, and soy sauce in a blender and mix until smooth.

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Heat olive oil in a pan over high heat. Add sauce. When it starts to boil, lower the temperature to medium-low and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and set aside.

Serve albondigas on top of a little bit of sauce and more chicken fried rice.

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Chicken and Fried Rice Albondigas

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr 12 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 22 minutes mins

Servings: 12 albóndigas

Ingredients

For the albondigas

• 1 (1 lb box) Innovasian® Chicken Fried Rice
• 1/2 lb chicken breast*
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

For the Sauce

• 2 tomatoes washed and chopped into halves
• 1-2 jalapeño peppers washed, seeded, stemmed
• 1/4 small white onion
• 3 small garlic cloves peeled
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

You will also need

• Baking sheet
• Bowl
• Aluminum foil optional
• Blender or food processor
• Pan

Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F (190 C).
• Heat up the Innovasian® Chicken Fried Rice.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups of the chicken fried rice (keep the rest for serving), ground chicken (or turkey) meat, eggs, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• Divide the rice-meat mixture into 12-2 inches in diameter balls. Place on greased (or aluminum foil covered) baking sheet. Bake 30-35 minutes or until fully cooked.
• While albondigas are baking, prepare the sauce. Place tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, onion, garlic cloves, water, salt, and soy sauce in a blender and mix until smooth.
• Heat olive oil in a pan over high heat. Add sauce. When it starts to boil, lower the temperature to medium-low and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and set aside.
• Serve albondigas on top of a little bit of sauce and more chicken fried rice.

Course: Chicken & Turkey, Main Dishes

Cuisine: Mexican

Author: Silvia Martinez

Notes

If you can't find chicken ground meat use turkey ground meat.

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