Mexican Meatballs

• 份量: 4 servings
• 准备时间: 20 minutes
• 总时间: 45 minutes

配料

250g / 8oz beef mince (ground beef)

250g / 8oz beef mince (ground pork), or more beef (Note 1)

1/2 red onion (, grated using a standard box grater)

50g / 1.75 oz plain corn chips (, sub breadcrumbs + 1/4 tsp salt (Note 2)

1 egg

3 tbsp coriander/cilantro (, finely chopped (sub chives or parsley)

3 tbsp parsley (, finely chopped (optional)

2 tsp fresh jalapeño (, seeds removed and finely minced (reduce/omit for not spicy)

Oil spray (preferably olive oil)

1 1/2 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp chipotle powder (, sub more smoked paprika, reduce for less spicy (Note 3)

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp garlic powder (sub 1/2 fresh garlic clove, finely grated)

1/2 tsp paprika (, hot for spicy or sweet for not (or sub more Chipotle powder)

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tbsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic (, finely minced)

1 chipotle from a can of Chipotle in Adobo (, finely chopped - add another for extra flavour! (Note 4)

1 tsp Adobo Sauce from a can of Chipotle in Adobo (Note 4)

800g / 24 oz crushed tomato

1 tsp sugar

1 tbsp coriander/cilantro (, roughly chopped)

Coriander/cilantro leaves (, whole)

Shredded cheese

Sour cream

Guacamole (or just diced, sliced or mashed plain avocado)

Rice, for serving (Note)

步骤

Preheat oven to 220°C/390°F (200°C fan). Place a rack over a tray. Spray rack with oil.

Blitz corn chips: Place corn chips in a Nutribullet or food processor. Blitz until they become fine crumbs. (Else put in a ziplock bag and bash!)

Meatball mixture: Place meatball ingredients and meatball Mexican spices in a bowl and mix well with your hands.

Roll meatballs: Roll into 3 - 3.5cm / 1.2 - 1.4" balls. Place on rack. Should make around 20 - 24 meatballs.

Bake 10 minutes: Spray meatballs generously with oil. Bake 10 minutes until browned (they will still be raw inside, we finish cooking them in the sauce).

Sauce:

While the meatballs are in the oven, start the sauce.

Sauté garlic and chipotle: Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add chopped Adobo Chile and sauté for 20 seconds.

Simmer 5 minutes: Add tomato, Adobo sauce and sugar. Bring to simmer, then turn heat down to low and cook, stirring every now and then, for 5 minutes.

Finish Meatballs:

Cook meatballs in sauce: Remove meatballs from oven and transfer into sauce. Continue to cook the sauce for another 10 minutes, rolling meatballs every now and then, until the sauce is thickened and the meatballs are cooked.

Fresh coriander: Sprinkle with chopped coriander/cilantro.

Serving: Serve over rice or stuff into tortillas with toppings of choice!

备注

1. Beef/pork mixture yields softer, juicier meatballs. You can just use all beef, but the meatballs will be a bit firmer.

2. Corn chips – Crushed cornchips instead of the usual breadcrumbs really adds something special to these meatballs! You can definitely taste the hint of corn flavour and the salt adds seasoning.

Sub: panko breadcrumbs (1 cup) or ordinary plain bread crumbs (3/4 cup – finer than panko so you need less for equivalent weight) PLUS 1/4 tsp salt (because corn chips have salt in them).

3. Chipotle powder is ground dried jalapeños and it’s an ingredient used in Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking. Find it at Harris Farms (Syd), delis, spice stores, bulk-bin health food stores. Everywhere, it seems, other than Australian major grocery stores!

Also used in: Prawn/Shrimp Tacos, Chipotle Lime Roasted Cauliflower (this is so good!), Cowboy Bean Salad, Fish Tacos, Mexican Shredded Beef, Chicken Tacos, Cowboy Rice Salad.

4. Chipotles in adobo – These are chipotles (dried, smoked jalapneos) in a flavoured, tangy red sauce that is quite spicy. Great Mexican shortcut ingredient that adds a ton of flavour! Usually found in cans (sometimes jars). Widely available in the US, and nowadays in Australia too. Check the Mexican section of large grocery stores like Coles & Woolies.

Substitute in place of the chipotles in adobo: 1 1/2 tsp chipotle powder + 1/2 tsp SMOKED paprika powder + 1 tbsp sriracha (YES, really, it’s pretty close to Adobo Sauce!).

Freeze leftover chipotles: Use a small ziplock bag, arranging chillies in one layer so it’s easy to break a bit off to use as needed. Use for Beef Barbacoa, Mexican Shredded Chicken, Mexican Corn.

5. Rice options!

Plain white rice

Green Mexican Rice (coriander/cilantro rice)

Mexican Red Rice

6. Leftovers – will keep in an airtight container for 4 to 5 days in the fridge, or freeze in sauce for up to 3 months.

营养

• 卡路里: 401 kcal
• 总脂肪: 25 g
• 饱和脂肪: 7 g
• 反式脂肪: 1 g
• 胆固醇: 101 mg
• 钠: 808 mg
• 总碳水化合物: 22 g
• 膳食纤维: 4 g
• 总糖: 9 g
• 蛋白质: 24 g