Meatballs - products from minced meat (meat or fish) in the form of balls. Similar dishes under different names are known in traditional food practices of many peoples under different names.
The main differences between meatballs:
- The meatballs are paned in grain flour (and not in ground breadcrumbs);
- in minced meat or fish can be present and other products ( cooked rice , mashed potatoes , pieces of vegetables, mushrooms, fruits);
- usually cooked in gravy or served with sauce cooked separately.
A recipe for meatballs with rice in tomato sauce
Ingredients:
- medium ground meat mince - 300 g;
- rice, boiled friable - 1 glass with a capacity of 250 g;
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- wheat flour - 2 tbsp. spoons + a little more for breading;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- tomato paste - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- red hot pepper;
- vegetable oil or fat (chicken, pork);
Preparation
Minced meat (best mixed, for example, pork + chicken), well beat out about the table - it should become plastic. We combine in a working bowl minced meat, eggs and flour. Stirring.
Heat the oil or fat in a frying pan.
With wet hands using a spoon we form meatballs (no more than a walnut size), we pan them in flour. Lightly fry the meatballs for 3-4 minutes, it is necessary that they are fried evenly.
In another frying pan we cook the sauce: fry or pass on the butter onion, chopped finely, then add the tomato paste diluted with water to the consistency of kefir. Season with hot red pepper. You can add salt to taste. Transfer the fried meatballs into the frying pan with the onion-tomato sauce and extinguish for 20 minutes at the lowest heat under the lid.
You can serve without garnish with chopped herbs and garlic.
In the same way, you can prepare meatballs in tomato sauce without rice, and rice or another side dish to serve separately.
Not all, however, and not always suitable tomato sauce. So, let's tell you how to prepare light sauces for meatballs, these recipes are simple.
Creamy sauce for meatballs - recipe
Ingredients:
- minced meat - 400 g;
- Wheat flour - 3-5 spoons;
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- black pepper ground;
- nutmeg grated;
- oil or fat;
- cream natural milk - 100 ml.
Preparation
We form meatballs and fry them. We reduce the fire, pour into the frying pan the cream seasoned with spices. Stew under the lid for 20 minutes.
Preparation for any prescription sour cream sauce for meatballs, does not require boiling sour cream - it can curdle. In this version, after the initial frying of meatballs, quench them (pour a little water into the frying pan) or bring it to steam.
To prepare sour cream sauce elementarily season with sour cream with spices and garlic. You can protect the sauce in a water bath.