# Giada chicken meatball orichiette

This recipe is for chicken meatballs served with orecchiette pasta in a tomato sauce.

- Total time: 65 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound ground chicken
- 0.25 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 0.25 cup chopped parsley
- 0.75 cup grated Romano
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 tablespoon milk
- salt
- pepper
- 0.25 cup olive oil
- 1.5 cup chicken stock
- 2 packs little tomatoes
- orecchiette pasta
- 2 things mott pearls
- basil
- extra grated cheese

## Instructions

1. Mix ground chicken, breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, grated Romano, lightly beaten eggs, ketchup, milk, salt, and pepper.
2. Form the mixture into balls.
3. Heat olive oil in a pan.
4. Cook the meatballs for about 2 minutes on each side until lightly browned.
5. Once browned on both sides, add chicken stock and two packs of small tomatoes.
6. Bring the mixture to a boil.
7. Mix well and let it simmer for 5 minutes until the tomatoes are slightly mushy.
8. Let the sauce sit and cool, allowing the flavors to meld.
9. Cook orecchiette pasta in salted water until al dente.
10. Add two things of mott pearls to the sauce.
11. Add as much basil as desired.
12. Mix the cooked pasta with the sauce.
13. Top with extra grated cheese.

## Equipment

- pan
- apron

## Tips

- Salt pasta water like the ocean.
- Cook pasta al dente.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSmLFvqwo/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f0da8594-8c0b-4546-9161-7c90d83f84f1
- Extracted: 2026-02-11

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