Mr Radish loves to eat a bowl of noodles with half a jar of pesto…and then we have half a jar of pesto sitting in the refrigerator until it becomes fuzzy. I am obsessed with meatballs. Solution! Use up the leftover pesto by making meatballs!
Sometimes there is ground poultry available at my neighborhood supermarket. Sometimes there is not. This hand-held blender is often called a Zauberstab, or magic wand (I know! I know!), so I gave it a whirl on some plain old chicken breasts.
My chicken was a bit uneven. The larger pieces were nice in the finished product, but made the incorporation of the egg and bread crumb a bit difficult. I also doubled the pesto, because leaving a quarter of a jar in the fridge is actually worse than leaving a half a jar.
The most important thing: make sure they are cooked all the way through before you remove them from the pan. This is a matter of food safety, not taste.
I added an onion and some mushrooms to the sauce for extra umami and nutrition, and–half a tablespoon of pesto? That is nothing! Use the rest of the jar!
I served the chicken balls on a bed of Dinkel noodles, because I am also obsessed with Dinkel and the joy it creates. As usual, your favorite noodle shape or low-carb substitute will taste great here.
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