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Recipe by Elky Friedman

Lighter Meat Sauce

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Meat Meat
Easy Easy
6 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Egg
30 Minutes
Diets

Tired of making meatballs because it’s so time-consuming, even though they’re so family-friendly? Here’s a recipe that takes half the time to prepare, and it’s much leaner, thanks to the ground chicken. This was an immediate favorite of mine after Estie H. called me with her discovery. She was actually attempting to make healthy meatballs, but was having too hectic of a day. Instead of rolling the mixture into balls, she made a meat sauce and received rave reviews from her kids! This recipe works well without the ground flaxseeds, but this ingredient does add texture and loads of fiber, which will keep you full for much longer.

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon Gefen Olive Oil

  • 1 medium onion, diced

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed or 1 cube Gefen Frozen Garlic

  • 1 pound ground chicken (either white or dark meat)

  • 1 (20-ounce) jar salsa (medium heat)

  • 2 eggs

  • 3/4 cup ground flaxseeds (optional; see headnote)

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • pinch black pepper

Directions

Prepare the Meat Sauce

1.

Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is soft.

2.

Add chicken and brown, using a fork to separate the pieces that are clumped together.

3.

Add salsa, eggs, ground flaxseeds, salt, and pepper. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Serve over whole wheat pasta.

Lighter Meat Sauce

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Sef Rosen
Sef Rosen
5 years ago

Eggs? So confused why you would need eggs in a meat sauce recipe. Isn’t it usually to hold the meat together in a meatball?

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Cnooymow{shman
Cnooymow{shman
Reply to  Sef Rosen
5 years ago

It does add a nice binding effect. Leave it out if you wish.

Sarah
Sarah
5 years ago

Amazing! I didn’t have salsa, so I used marinara sauce, and it came out delicious!
Thank you so much!

Chaia Frishman
Chaia Frishman
Reply to  Sarah
5 years ago

Very smart idea!