Instant Pot: Honey BBQ Meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 # ground chicken
- 3/4 cup almond meal
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 2 tbsp grass fed butter (or oil to cook meatballs)
- coconut oil (to grease hands)
SAUCE
- 1 cup Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
SERVE WITH
- baby carrots
- celery sticks
- green onions, sliced
- light ranch or blue cheese dressing (like walden farms)
- white rice or cauliflower rice
Instructions
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
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in a large mixing bowl, combine chicken, almond meal, salt, minced garlic and green onions. put a couple tbsp of coconut oil in a tiny bowl.
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lightly grease hands with coconut oil and start to form balls about 2" wide with the meat mixture (makes approx 24 balls)
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over medium high heat, in a large saute pan, heat 2 tbsp of butter and start browning all sides of the meatballs. (depending on the size of your pan you may need to do multiple batches). Transfer to instant pot when done browning.
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while meatballs are browning, make sauce by mixing bbq sauce and honey in a small bowl.
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add sauce to the Instant Pot by pouring honey/bbq sauce over meatballs. gently stir so that all of the meatballs are all coated with the sauce.
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place lid on Instant pot and be sure vent is turned to "sealed". Manually set instant pot on high for 4 minutes. when done, use the quick release method (turn IP off and turn to venting immediately)
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top with sliced green onions and lite dressing. serve with carrots, celery and white rice or cauliflower rice (click here for how to make!)!
