Oven Baked Chicken Meatballs

Some people think spaghetti is a boring meal, but it can be an amazing meal if you cover the spaghetti in roasted tomato sauce and tasty chicken meatballs. In this recipe we’re making flavorful moist meatballs, cooked in a savory sweet tomato sauce. When they’re done, add them to your spaghetti, and you’ll never say spaghetti is boring again! Serve with Italian bread or Garlic Knots for a full meal. Everyone in the family will love this, from adults to (very very very) picky kids. Even our 1-year-old licks her bowl clean! 🙂

Ingredients to make Chicken Meatballs

This is a pretty simple ingredient meal, most likely you have everything in your kitchen or can pick it up on your next grocery store trip.

How to Bake Meatballs in the Oven

Mix the ingredients for the chicken meatballs, forming them into 1-2 inch meatballs. Set aside until ready to add them in the next step. Mix all the ingredients for the tomato sauce directly in the baking dish, mixing to thicken it up and break up the tomato paste.
Add meatballs into the baking dish, covering with sauce, and bake for 30 minutes.

Serve as Spaghetti and Meatballs

You can make these meatballs and serve them with egg noodles, rice, or on top of a hoagie for a meatball sub.
What else can you do? Serve as spaghetti and meatballs of course! Cook spaghetti as instructed on the box, drain, and then plate it. Add meatballs and tomato sauce on top and enjoy your dinner! Can I make this in the slow cooker? Yes! Follow my Slow Cooker Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe! Can I make this with ground turkey instead? Absolutely. Just swap the chicken with turkey. Can I use a jar of spaghetti sauce instead of making the tomato sauce? You sure can. Or you can try my Roma Tomato Sauce if you really want your socks knocked off (do people still say that?). Can I add cheese to the meatballs? OF COURSE. Once meatballs are baked, remove aluminum foil and add shredded mozzarella on top of them. Bake for 10 more minutes, or until cheese is completely melted. Want the cheese to be browned? Add an additional 1-2 minutes under the broiler.