Would you like to teach you how to cook delicious, juicy meatballs in a saucepan with tomato sauce? Then follow our photo recipe for every step and you will have a great dish.
Why are minced meatballs good? The fact that they are easy to cook and you can immediately make a large portion. Moreover, such meatballs can be prepared for use and frozen, and then taken out and cooked as needed. The meatballs are also good because they do not have to be served with a side dish. They already contain both meat and rice, as well as a lot of carrots.
In addition, meatballs can be stewed not only in a saucepan, but also in a multicooker, and also baked in the oven. Each option is delicious in its own way.
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- Caloric content per 100 g - 221 kcal.
- Servings - 5
- Cooking time - 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- Minced pork - 1 kg
- Rice - 600 g
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Bulb onions - 1 pc.
- Tomato paste - 3 tbsp l.
- Water - 1-2 tbsp.
- Salt, spices to taste.
Step-by-step preparation of minced meatballs in tomato sauce: a recipe with a photo
1. For the preparation of minced meatballs with gravy, semi-cooked rice is usually used. Rinse it until clear water and pour boiling water over it so that it covers the rice by 2 centimeters. Once the water boils, reduce heat and simmer for 7 minutes. That's it, rice for meatballs is ready. What if you take raw rice? There will be nothing terrible, only such meatballs will look like hedgehogs and it is better to eat them right away, since when reheated, the rice will not be tough. Add the minced pork. Finely chop the onion. A little three carrots on a fine grater. We add vegetables and also add to the rice base.
2. Stir the mass. Salt and pepper.
3. If you cook on the stove, it is best to cover the bottom of the pan with cabbage leaves or sprinkle with grated carrots so that the meatballs do not burn.
4. We form balls from minced meat. We put them in a saucepan. It is most convenient to stew meatballs when they are stacked in one layer. But if there are a lot of them, then sprinkle the first layer with carrots and put the second layer of meatballs on top of the first.
5. Carrots, which remained, three on a coarse grater and spread over the meatballs. It will give the dish a special taste and aroma. For those who do not like stewed vegetables, we advise you not to give up carrots, but cut them into large rings, so that you can easily remove them later.
6. Dilute the tomato paste with water. Its amount of water will have to be adjusted to suit your pot. The liquid should almost completely cover the meatballs. If you have homemade products, substitute tomato juice for tomato paste.
7. Simmer minced meatballs with rice in tomato sauce for about 30 minutes over low heat. How to determine readiness? Try rice. If it is ready, then the dish can be removed from the stove and served.
See also video recipes:
1. How to cook meatballs in tomato sauce
2. Chicken meatballs in tomato sauce
