The meatballs a recipe with a lot of flavor. Learn thanks to this article how to prepare step by step some delicious Meatballs in sauce? Surprise yourself and enjoy this recipe with your family!
Meatballs in sauce
Meatballs are one of the most versatile and easy recipes to make. It is a ball of minced meat, seasoned with various spices to give it a unique flavor.
Currently there are a variety of recipes, cooking and presentation of meatballs. There are beef, chicken, vegetables, mixed, in sauce, baked, fried and even boiled.
Thanks to this versatility you can have several main dishes with the use of meatballs. From presenting a pasta with meatballs (one of the favorites) to preparing them with meat and different vegetables to complete a main course.
No matter what your tastes are, meatballs should definitely be present in your kitchen recipe book, since they are a great ally.
Through this post I will share different recipes of Meatballs in sauce so you can make them and enjoy this exquisite preparation. I will use different types of meat, fish and vegetables, so you can see how we can create a meatball with each of them.
Recipe meatballs in tomato sauce
The first meatballs in sauce recipe what will we do, it will be the classics Meatballs In Tomato Sauce. It is calculated for six or eight portions, depending on the size of our meatballs.
You can accompany this recipe with white rice, mashed potatoes, salads, bananas, pasta, in short, any number of contours that further enhance the flavors that we will find in this meatball.
Before starting with the recipe, it is important that when you go to buy the meat of your choice (here we will use ground meat), tell your butcher to prepare it without fat and to make it a first class meat.
We will make these meatballs fried but if you want to make them in the oven, take a tray and spray it with a little oil and let it cook until all sides are browned.
Now we go with the ingredients.
Ingredients for the meatballs
¼ kg ground beef or ground black pulp
1 medium white onion
1 red bell pepper
¼ bacon
3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp oregano powder
1 slice of fresh bread
¼ cup of liquid milk
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
3 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
Frying oil
Ingredients for tomato sauce
4 red tomatoes
½ cup tomato paste
3 tsp oregano powder
2 Bay leaves
2 cups of water
1 cup of sweet red wine
7 cloves of garlic
1 small onion
2 sweet peppers
2 hot peppers
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
The first thing we will do is chop the bread into small squares or chunks and let it soak in milk.
We will take a bowl and place our ground meat or black pulp. We'll start seasoning our meat. Placing the sauce enter, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. I recommend that you do not add so much salt and pepper, until we add all the ingredients.
We will chop the white onion, the garlic cloves and the red paprika, in small and uniform squares. It is important that you make them small, since the meatball, as I have already mentioned, is shaped like a ball and if the pieces are very large, it will be very difficult to handle.
We take the pan where we will fry our meatballs and sauté the onion and garlic with a little oil (approximately three tablespoons) over medium heat. After about four minutes we will add the paprika and let it cook, turning repeatedly, for about three minutes.
Strain to remove excess oil and add these three ingredients to the meat. We will mix very well with a palette or you can use your hands (previously washed).
We will take the bacon and chop them into similar squares. With the pan that we already use, we will cook a little (do not let them burn) the bacon over a medium heat. Stirring constantly to brown on all sides. After four minutes, remove from heat and strain.
Once they have thrown away the excess oil, we will add our bacon to the meatballs and mix until they are well incorporated.
It is time to take our bread that must have already absorbed a good amount of milk and we will add it to our meat. Yes, with everything and the milk that is still in the container that we use. We will mix until incorporated.
After this, we will open the eggs and beat them lightly (you can do it in a deep plate) and in another plate you will place breadcrumbs with a little salt and pepper, give it a few turns so that they mix well and that's it.
We will form medium meat balls that we will pass through the breadcrumbs, egg and bread. We will place them in the pan previously heated with oil and let them fry for fifteen minutes per side or until you see that they are golden brown.
When we are cooking, we will take them out and let them drain on absorbent paper so that all the extra oil that we do not want in our body is expelled.
Preparation of the tomato sauce
Wash the tomatoes and chop them to remove all the seeds. Once this is done, we will place them in the blender, along with the tomato paste, the red wine and the two cups of water. Blend well until the tomatoes are well incorporated into the sauce.
Chop the garlic, onion and peppers into small squares. In a hot pot with three tablespoons of vegetable oil, first fry the onion together with the garlic. Once we observe that the onion is transparent, we will add the peppers. We will cook for a period of two minutes.
We will add our tomato sauce to the pot and leave on medium low heat to cook for about five minutes. After this time, we will add the bay leaves breaking them a little so that the preparation has all the aroma of this species.
We will add salt and pepper to taste. At the time of incorporating the meatballs very carefully. We will let them cook for about three minutes and they are ready to serve.
This type of meatballs is ideal to accompany a long or short pasta (according to your preference), with a little Parmesan cheese on top, you will have a five-star restaurant pasta.
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Tuna meatballs in green sauce recipe
These meatballs in sauce are ideal if you are on a diet or want a rich and healthy option.
Unlike our initial recipe, here we will present a healthier option, where we will bake our meatballs instead of frying them. As you may have seen in the title of the recipe, these will be tuna, but you can use the fish of your choice.
You can use canned tuna or fresh tuna. If you choose the first option, go for tuna in water. If you only get oil, don't worry! When you get home, place it in a colander and wash until all the oil is removed.
If, on the contrary, you go for the second option, tell your trusted fishmonger to give you the freshest tuna he has at the moment.
In this case, we will use cans of tuna so you can see how practical, fast and if you make them how divine they are. Remember that it is a healthier option, you can make the variants you want in the preparation.
Ingredients for the meatballs
2 cans of tuna in water
2 egg whites
¼ red bell pepper
¼ chives
¼ garlic joint
¼ white onion
2 cloves of garlic
¼ red tomatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
Ingredients for the green sauce
3 cloves of garlic
¼ white onion
1 cup fresh parsley
2 green tomatoes or tomatillo
2 cups of water
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation of the meatballs
The first thing we will do is finely chop the onion, garlic, chives, garlic joint, garlic cloves, tomato and red paprika.
In a pan previously heated with two tablespoons of olive oil, we will sauté the vegetables. We will start with the onion and garlic, when we see that the onion is transparent, we will add the chives and the garlic joint.
Let cook for about three minutes over medium heat. Finally add the paprika and tomato. We will cook for 2 minutes.
In a bowl add the previously drained tuna and crush with a fork. Then we will add the sautéed vegetables and incorporate very well between them.
We will add a little salt and pepper to boost the flavors of our preparation.
Finally we will add the egg whites to provide us with nutrients and allow us to make the meatballs.
We will take a tray that we will cover with a little olive oil or spray oil so that they do not stick. We will place our meatballs with a separation of approximately 5 cm.
We will put them in the oven at a temperature of 200 ° C for about five minutes or until golden brown. Remove and let cool.
Preparation for the green sauce
We will wash and clean all the tomatoes, removing the seeds that they have inside. We will place them in a blender, together with the fresh and previously washed parsley, the garlic cloves, the onion and the water.
Blend until all the ingredients are perfectly incorporated and you have formed a sauce.
We will place the sauce in a pot over medium low heat and add the salt and pepper to taste. Let it come to a boil and add the tuna meatballs.
We will let it cook for about three minutes and ready we can enjoy this spectacular and healthy dish.
This dish is ideal with some sautéed vegetables or a delicious avocado salad.
Chicken meatballs in white sauce recipe
This is the third proposal that I bring you. This time the protagonist will be the chicken and we will accompany it with a delicious white sauce that will be the finishing touch of this preparation.
You can accompany this recipe with some sweet plantains and a salad of lettuce, tomato and hearts of palm.
Ingredients
300 gr of ground chicken
3 cloves of garlic
½ medium white onion
1 sprig of parsley
¼ Parmesan cheese
½ cup breadcrumbs
2 eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
Enough vegetable oil for frying.
Ingredients for the white sauce
1 can of heavy cream
½ can of liquid milk (use the same measure as the can of heavy cream)
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp vegetable oil
4 cloves of garlic
1 cup of Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
In a bowl we will place the ground chicken and add the onion, garlic and fresh parsley previously washed and chopped into very small squares. We mix very well with a wooden paddle or with our hand, until all the chicken has these vegetables.
After this we will add the salt and pepper to taste. It is important that you take into consideration that chicken is a meat that takes on flavor quickly and that the sauce will have a powerful flavor, so it is not recommended to add so much salt and pepper. We mix all the preparation well.
Add the Parmesan cheese and make sure that the whole mixture is well distributed and with all the ingredients. I recommend that you mix in an enveloping way, as we do with flour in a sponge cake.
Lightly beat the eggs and add to the preparation. The egg will allow us to manipulate the meatballs and shape them.
Finally add the breadcrumbs and mix well. The breadcrumbs for its part will provide texture and uniformity in the preparation.
We take a frying pan, place it on medium heat and let it heat up. Once hot, add the oil and place our chicken meatballs. We let them brown one of their sides at home. This can take approximately fifteen minutes.
Once ready, remove and place on a plate with absorbent paper to remove all excess oil.
Preparation of the white sauce
Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Place in a previously heated pot with the three tablespoons of vegetable oil and the butter. We will fry until we see that the onion is transparent. This takes approximately three minutes.
We will add the milk cream together with the liquid milk and let it cook for about five minutes over medium heat. It is important to keep stirring so that the sauce does not burn.
After that time, we will add the Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste. Let cook, stirring constantly for about three minutes over medium-low heat.
Then add the chicken meatballs and let cook over low heat for about three minutes.
It is time to serve so that our guests can enjoy this wonderful dish. I recommend that you use white wine to accompany this delicious preparation.
Now, we only need one type of meatballs, among the great variety that exist. These meatballs are the vegetable ones.
Ideal for the little ones in the house to consume them in a different and fun way. They are also ideal for those who opt for vegetarian food.
So in the following audiovisual I leave you the step by step so you can make these fabulous meatballs.
The important thing is that you see how versatile they are and through these recipes you can begin to experiment and try other ingredients, cooking methods and presentations, which will make your kitchen something more special.