Description
Classic comfort food, made gluten free!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 spaghetti squash, cut in half length wise & discard the seeds
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb. ground chicken
- 1 heaping teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2–3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 cup gluten free panko
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese, divided
- 2 cups of tomato sauce or canned whole tomatoes
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400F.
- Place the squash on a baking sheet tray. Drizzle the insides with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Turn the squash halves over so the inside in facing down on the sheet tray. Roast for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, to make the meatballs combine the ground chicken, Italian seasoning, garlic, salt, pepper, panko, milk and 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Mix until it is fulling incorporated. Using a scoop or spoon and your hands round out the mixture into equal portions- about 1 tablespoon each. Roll in your hands (it helps to put a little bit of olive oil on them first). Repeat until all the meatballs are rolled out.
- Remove from the squash from the oven after 15 minutes. Add the meatballs to the same sheet tray around the squash. Place back into the oven and cook for 6-8 minutes. Remove from the oven. Turn the squash over to release the steam.
- When the squash can be handle, use a fork to gently pull the squash out of the cavity. Place the squash into a medium mixing bowl. Once all the squash is in the bowl, add in 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, tomato sauce and 1/2 of the fresh parsley. Toss to combine everything.
- Place the squash and sauce mixture back into the squash cavities (or skip this step and add it into an oven proof baking dish). Place the meatballs throughout the squash mixture. Top with the remaining parsley and Parmesan cheese.
- Place back into the oven for 10 minutes. For the last 5 minutes, turn it to broil. Watch so that it doesn’t burn. Remove from the oven and serve.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 45
- Category: chicken
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: dinner