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Chicken Meatballs with Vegetable Ragout

Course Main Course
Servings 4 serves

Ingredients
  

Meatballs
  • 6 mushrooms halved
  • ½ red onion peeled and quartered
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 600 g chicken breast cut into 3cm pieces
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • Salt and pepper to season
Ragout
  • 1 red onion peeled and quartered
  • ½ red onion peeled and diced into 1.5-2cm pieces
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 20 g olive oil
  • 2 x 400g cans diced tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tsp dried parsley
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tbsp Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
  • Salt and pepper to season
  • 3 zucchini cut into 1.5cm pieces
  • 1 medium eggplant cut into 2cm pieces

Instructions
 

  • Chop onion and garlic in the Thermomix for 3 seconds | Speed 5
  • Chop mushrooms in the Thermomix for 8 seconds | Speed 3
  • Scrape down the sides of the Thermomix bowl, add chicken breast, paprika, parsley, salt and pepper to the bowl and mince by closing the lid, with MC on, and holding Turbo for 1 second; repeat 3 times
  • Make the meatballs by rolling the meat mixture between the palms of your hand and forming into balls about 3cm wide
  • Put meatballs in the Varoma on both bottom and top trays; leaving about 1cm gaps between them. Set aside
  • To make the sauce, clean the Thermomix bowl and then chop the whole onion and garlic in the Thermomix for 3 seconds | Speed 5
  • Scrape down sides, add oil and sauté with the measuring cup (MC) off for 3 minutes | 100C | Speed 1
  • Add 1 can of diced tomatoes, tomato paste, stock, herbs, salt and pepper into the Thermomix and cook for 10 minutes | 100C | Speed 2 with MC half off
  • Purée sauce for 20 seconds – slowly going from Speed 1 to Speed 7
  • Add the ½ onion, zucchini, eggplant and can of diced tomatoes into the Thermomix, close lid and put the Varoma on top. The bowl may be quite full, but will shrink as the eggplant cooks
  • Cook for 20 minutes | Varoma | Reverse | Speed soft
Keyword Chicken, Thermomix