
How To Make Mexican Style Meatballs
This hearty meatballs recipe is a 30-minute prep dish, made with a mix of ground pork and beef, spices, all coated in a tasty chipotle tomato sauce!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1½lbsground beef
- 1½lbsground pork
- 2eggs
- 1½cupsplain dried bread crumbs
- 1tspsalt,plus an additional 1 tsp
- 1tspground black pepper
- 2garlic cloves,minced, plus an additional 4 minced cloves
- ½cupwater
- 28oztomatoes,(2 cans), with juice, diced
- 3chipotle peppers,in adobo sauce
- 4tspvegetable oil
- 2small onions,minced
- 4garlic cloves,minced
- 2tspground cumin
- 2cupschicken broth
- ½cupfresh cilantro,chopped, to garnish
Instructions
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In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef and pork, eggs, bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon of salt, pepper, 2 cloves of minced garlic, and water using hands.
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Form into 1-inch meatballs, and set aside on a piece of waxed paper.
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Pour the diced tomatoes into the container of a blender along with the chipotle peppers. Blend until smooth, and set aside.
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Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion, cook, and stir until tender.
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Stir in the remaining garlic and cumin, and cook for a few minutes to release the aromas. Pour in the tomato mixture and chicken broth.
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Season with the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt, and mix well. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat while browning the meatballs.
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with cooking spray. Add the meatballs, but do not crowd them.
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Fry in two batches, if necessary. Cook, stirring occasionally until browned on the outside.
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Remove from the skillet, and place into the pot of simmering sauce. Let the meatballs simmer in the sauce for about 30 minutes or longer.
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Serve the meatballs in a chafing dish with the sauce, and garnish with cilantro. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 122.83kcal
- Fat: 8.11g
- Saturated Fat: 2.82g
- Trans Fat: 0.21g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.66g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.67g
- Carbohydrates: 4.97g
- Fiber: 0.59g
- Sugar: 1.31g
- Protein: 7.22g
- Cholesterol: 32.68mg
- Sodium: 194.58mg
- Calcium: 19.90mg
- Potassium: 186.13mg
- Iron: 0.91mg
- Vitamin A: 46.25µg
- Vitamin C: 7.05mg
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