Suez Mezze (Middle East Chicken Balls) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large, whole chicken breast, deboned and skinned
1 1/2 slices white sandwich bread
1 egg yolk
1 Tbsp. grated onion
1/2 tsp. salt
vegetable oil
Chili Peach Sauce (recipe follows)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cumin
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. ground turmeric
1/3 c. all-purpose flour

Preparation

Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces.
Put
chicken and bread through fine blade of food grinder twice or process with metal blade in food processor until
ground.
Place
ground
chicken mixture in medium bowl; mix in egg yolk, parsley, onion, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic powder and
turmeric.
Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
Shape mixture\tinto
balls
using 1 rounded teaspoonful of the chicken mixture\tfor
each;
roll each ball lightly in flour to coat.
Pour oil
in
2-quart saucepan to a level of 1 inch.
Heat oil to
350\u00b0.
Fry
6
appetizers
at a time
in oil until golden, 3 to
4\tminutes.
Drain
on
paper towel.
Keep warm in 200\u00b0 oven,
if
desired,
until
ready to serve.
Makes about 20.