Meatballs are a dish of world cuisine. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish them from Swedish meatballs, croquettes, Sicilian meatballs, etc. The difference between all the dishes lies in the composition of the minced meat. In this review, we will consider how American-style meatballs are prepared.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Each nation prepares meatballs in its own way. In the United States of America, there is also a recipe for this dish, which differs in the stuffing of the minced meat. Apart from meat, rice is often used as the main ingredient. It is sometimes replaced with other types of cereals. Meatballs originally from the USA are distinguished by adding melted cheese to meatballs and stewing them under a tomato fur coat. Besides that, there is no rice here.
They prepare very quickly. I just twisted everything into a meat grinder, formed koloboks and filled them with tomato. Due to the fact that meatballs are practically not fried, they turn out to be much healthier. However, the recipe for American meatballs is very close to our national version. The only thing is that in the "overseas" version it is customary to add processed cheese to the minced meat, but Russian housewives can sometimes replace it with hard cheese or make an assortment. Meat, cheese and tomato sauce are a win-win combination of products that make meatballs very tender and juicy.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 197 kcal.
- Servings - 18-20
- Cooking time - 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Pork - 1 kg
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Tomatoes - 4 pcs.
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Processed cheese - 200 g
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Mustard - 1 tsp
- Bran - 2-3 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - pinch or to taste
American-style meatballs
1. Peel the meat from films, veins and cut off excess fat. Although you can do this at will. Place the meat grinder with a medium wire rack and pass the pork through it.
2. Peel the onions, rinse and twist after the meat.
3. Peel the garlic and pass it through a press.
4. Lightly freeze the processed cheese in the freezer for about 15 minutes and grate on a medium or coarse grater. This manipulation will make it easier to grate the cheese.
5. Pour the eggs into the minced meat.
6. Add bran, salt, pepper, mustard and any spices and spices to taste.
7. Mix the minced meat well. Do it with your hands, passing it through your fingers. Form into round balls about 4 cm in size and place in a preheated skillet. Fry them lightly on all sides. Although you can not fry them.
8. Wash the tomatoes and cut into slices. Beat them with a blender or twist through a meat grinder.
9. Season the tomato mass with salt and pepper and spread it evenly on the meatballs.
10. Turn on high heat and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat, cover the food with a lid and simmer the food for about 40-45 minutes. You can also send the dish to the oven, where bake it for 40-45 minutes at 180 ° C.
Serve meatballs to the table along with a vegetable tomato fur coat. For a side dish, you can cook boiled rice, spaghetti or mashed potatoes.
See also a video recipe on how to cook American meatballs.
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