swedish chicken meatballs

Since sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic I haven't had to pull out the crock pot!  I have plenty of time to spend in the kitchen since we're not running here, there and all over the place.  In fact, lately I look forward to dinner so much more than usual because it's the big event of the day! :)  Last night we were all happy with our Swedish chicken meatballs.  They were delicious!!!  I made two loaves of fresh bread to go with it and dinner was worth the work and the wait.  Really, it wasn't that much work.

swedish chicken meatballs (adapted from awickedwhisk.com)
1 pound ground chicken
1 large egg
1/2 cup Panko breadcrumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
2 tablespoons olive oil (I cut down to 1)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons fresh parsley

sour cream sauce (you can see I tried to skinny it down the best I could and it was still great!)
5 tablespoons butter (I used 2 tablespoons)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (I used 2 tablespoons)
4 cups beef stock (I used 2 cups)
3/4 cup sour cream (I used 1/2 cup light sour cream)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 teaspoon salt (I used 1/4)
1/2 teaspoon pepper (I used 1/4)
mushrooms, optional
12 ounces large egg noodles (I used whole wheat rotini)

Start with your chicken meatballs.  Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and spray a baking pan with nonstick spray.  Once done, add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl.  Combine well.  Use a small cookie scoop to make 20 meatballs and place onto prepared baking sheet.  Bake for 25-30 minutes.
While your meatballs are baking, make your sauce.  In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat and once melted whisk in flour. Continue to cook  flour while whisking it for the next minute before pouring in beef stock.  Whisk to remove any flour lumps.  Add seasonings, soy sauce, mustard, cheese, sour cream and bring gravy sauce to a low boil before reducing heat to low to simmer.
Once your sauce is simmering, set a large pot of salted water to boil.  Cook your noodles according to package directions.
When your chicken meatballs are cooked, move them from the baking pan into the gravy sauce (you can add mushrooms if you wish) and let simmer for about 5 minutes.  Serve the meatballs over the hot noodles.