How meatballs are prepared. Meatballs with rice and gravy

You can prepare a large number of delicious dishes from minced meat. And one of these dishes is meatballs. They can be prepared quickly and in a very varied way, using not only meat, but also poultry and fish.

Sometimes they are confused with meatballs; they do not see any difference in these two dishes. However, it exists, although it cannot be called too significant. But you can distinguish one from the other.

Meatballs are a separate dish that is cooked with gravy in a frying pan or in the oven. Moreover, not only rice, but also vegetables can be added to the minced meat. They can be served with or without a side dish.

Meatballs are also made from minced meat, but their size is much smaller than their counterparts. Minced meat is made with the addition of spices and herbs, after which they are boiled in broth, and therefore, they are often part of some dish, such as soup. You can look at the recipes for such soups.

Let's look at how you can deliciously prepare this quick and favorite dish by many, using some very tasty recipes as an example.

We will prepare this dish with the addition of rice, and we will have tomato sauce as a gravy. It will turn out incredibly delicious!

We will need:

minced meat - 500 gr
boiled rice until half cooked - 1.5 cups
egg - 1 pc.
onion - 1 pc.
salt, pepper - to taste
spices - coriander, cumin (you can use any for meat)
flour - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons

For the tomato sauce

carrots - 1 pc.
onion - 1 pc.
garlic - 1 - 2 cloves
tomato paste - 1 tbsp. heaped spoon
sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon
paprika - 1 tbsp. spoon
dill
bay leaf - 2 pcs
salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

We will divide the entire cooking process into three stages.

Cooking meatballs
Making tomato sauce
Cooking meatballs in tomato sauce

1. Cut the onion into small cubes. The less we cut, the better. Since the meatballs cook quite quickly, it will be good if the onion completely “dissolves” in the meat. Large pieces will not have time to do this, and the onion will be felt and crunchy on the teeth. And in products, a homogeneous base is important so that nothing stands out in taste.

To prepare the minced meat, we will need one onion head, and leave the second head for the sauce.

2. Grate the carrots on a medium grater.

3. Chop the garlic. Burn the garlic at your own discretion, as you like. You can cut one or two cloves. Or you can do without it altogether. But it always gives a very important, very aromatic flavor note. Therefore, at least a little, but it is necessary to add.

4. We have ready-made minced meat, you can use whatever you like. Very tasty and tender meatballs are made from mixed minced beef + pork. But sometimes I cook this recipe using minced chicken. Then the dish turns out to be dietary and, pleasantly, more economical. And delicious too.

5. We should have rice pre-cooked until half cooked. This means that it had to be boiled for 10-12 minutes, then drained and allowed to cool. If you use short-grain varieties of rice, they will become very overcooked and quite sticky. This rice can be rinsed with warm boiled water.

If you take long-grain rice, and especially steamed rice, then you no longer need to rinse it.

Add rice to the minced meat, along with chopped onion and chopped garlic.

6. Then add egg, salt, pepper and any spices for meat, if desired. I add my favorite spices - ground coriander and cumin. I love them very much and add them to any meat dishes.

Mix the minced meat thoroughly until smooth.

7. Let's start shaping our products. For this we need flour, and the minced meat itself.

Use a tablespoon to take the minced meat and roll it into a ball. Try to take the same amount of minced meat each time so that the products are all the same size. This is important to ensure that everything cooks evenly.

If the minced meat sticks to your hands, and this can happen if it is slightly greasy, then you can moisten them with cold water before each new product.

8. Place flour on a small flat plate. Roll each ball in it on all sides and place on a cutting board.

9. Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan. It should be hot enough so that the meatballs can quickly fry both outside and inside. But also very hot so that they do not brown too much.

Place the finished fried products in a separate pan.

10. Let's start preparing tomato sauce. To do this, fry the remaining onion in a small amount of oil in a separate frying pan. Fry it until soft or slightly golden brown.

12. Add carrots and simmer all together until the carrots are soft.

13. Then add tomato paste along with sugar and fry everything together for another 3 - 4 minutes.

14. Pour in hot water. Vary the amount of water yourself. It all depends on how much liquid you want to have in the dish. You can add from 1.5 to 3 glasses.

15. Bring the sauce to a boil, add paprika, it will give us a richer color, ground black pepper, salt and bay leaf. You can also add chopped herbs. I prepared it, and that’s why I now have greens for every taste. I add dill to the sauce. Let it boil for 5 - 7 minutes.

16. Pour the sauce over the meatballs placed in the pan and simmer over low heat with the lid closed for 30 minutes.

17. Place the finished products on a plate, pour a small amount of sauce over them. Serve sprinkled with fresh herbs.

As you can see, the dish looks very appetizing and turns out delicious. In addition, it is prepared quite quickly and is not at all difficult.

“Russian” meatballs with mushroom filling in sour cream filling, cooked in the oven

Unlike many recipes, meatballs prepared in this way have their own name and are called “Russian”. A distinctive feature is that they are prepared with dried or fresh mushrooms. Have you ever prepared this recipe? Write, very interesting!

We will need:

beef - 400 gr
lard - 100 gr
fresh or frozen mushrooms - 180 -200 gr
or dried - 30 - 40 g
onion - 1 - 2 pcs
potatoes - 8 pcs
butter or vegetable oil - 100 g
salt, pepper to taste
flour - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons

For the gravy (sauce):

sour cream - 3/4 cup
butter - 50 g
flour - 1 tbsp. spoon
salt - to taste

Preparation:

This recipe is not easy to prepare. Everything will take about 2 hours. Preparing the dish is divided into several parts, and each requires both time and labor; you don’t have to sit.

But it's worth it! The dish turns out simply excellent. Otherwise it shouldn’t be, mushrooms in combination with potatoes, and even with meat - it’s just a fireworks of flavor! You wouldn’t call mediocre meatballs “Russian”!

1. Wash the meat, dry it and cut it together with lard into small pieces. Then grind it in a meat grinder, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of water and salt to taste. Mix.

Water is added to the minced meat to make it juicier. Products made from such minced meat are more tender and tasty, they contain more juice. But add a little so that the minced meat does not become liquid, otherwise it will be difficult to form meatballs later.

In principle, any meat can be used, including mixing two or three varieties. It will only taste better.

2. Wash fresh mushrooms, defrost frozen ones, soak dry ones in water, and then boil in salted water. I use frozen boletus mushrooms; we froze these mushrooms ourselves. But if you don’t have your own mushrooms, you can buy champignons and use them.

I thawed the mushrooms and then cut them into small pieces.

3. Cut the onion into small cubes. Try to cut it as finely as possible so that in the finished dish it does not crunch and is not felt at all.

4. Fry the onions and mushrooms in a small amount of oil, lightly salting them to taste. Use a minimum of oil, otherwise the dish will turn out too greasy. Our recipe also provides for its use.

5. Form small balls from the prepared minced meat. I got 7 of them. Based on the number of finished meat products, I also divided the mushroom filling into 7 parts, so that there would be enough of everything and nothing left. Then we need to form cakes from each ball. Place a mushroom and onion filling in the middle of each of them.

6. Then seal it so that the filling remains inside. This is a fine work, it is not advisable for the mushrooms to come out. Form all the balls at once. Then roll them in flour.

Place in a heated frying pan with a small amount of oil and fry first on one side and then on the other. Again, add minimal oil. Our meatballs contain fat, it will evaporate and the products will be fried in oil and fat at the same time.

So it’s no coincidence that they turn out so delicious. Everything is thought out!

Make sure that the fire is not too high and that the meatballs do not burn. When one side is browned, take two forks and use them to turn the products over to the other side.

You see how much fat has formed.

7. In the meantime, our products are fried, let’s start with the potatoes. It must be peeled and cut into small slices or cubes.

Fry in a separate frying pan until done with a minimum amount of oil. Add salt to taste.

8. Prepare sour cream sauce. To do this, fry the flour in a dry frying pan. To prevent it from burning, keep an eye on the fire; it should not be too big. You also need to stir it constantly. Fry for 2 - 3 minutes until slightly creamy.

9. Add butter, it is best to use 82% fat butter. As you can see, enough oil is used, but this is necessary. It is not recommended to reduce its amount. Thanks to the oil, the meatballs will turn out just the most tender. In addition, subsequently the excess oil will drain into the mold and it will not be necessary to use it.

After the butter melts, add sour cream and salt. I also add pepper to make the gravy spicier. At the same time, mix everything thoroughly. Bring to a boil and turn off. The mixture should thicken a little.

10. Prepare a baking dish. I will use an extra long glass ovenproof dish.

11. Place meatballs in the center of the form. Place potatoes around the edges.

Spoon sour cream sauce onto each meatball; it will look like a fur coat. They will bake in the oven under it and will not dry out at all. They will remain juicy on the inside, and the crust on the outside will also be preserved.

12. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place the pan in it and bake until the contents are lightly browned. I kept it in the oven for 20 minutes. This time was enough for everything to be completely ready!

13. Then take out the mold and place the meatballs and potatoes into plates. Garnish with fresh herbs and fresh or canned cucumber. I cut

As expected, the meatballs turned out juicy, soft, tender and incredibly tasty. In addition, the mushrooms introduced the smell of the forest into them, and the butter gave it its unique aroma and taste. And all this in combination with your favorite fried potatoes is simply impossible to describe in words! Be sure to cook this dish, it will become your favorite!

Here is a recipe called “Russian Meatballs”, original and tasty. Did you like? Sometimes, when you read a new recipe, you even feel the taste of the dish before you even start cooking. Has this happened to you?

Turkish kofta in tomato sauce in a frying pan

Since the dish is oriental, we will prepare it from lamb.

We will need:

lamb pulp - 700 gr
onion - 1 pc.
garlic - 3 cloves
greens - a small bunch
spices - coriander, cumin (or others for meat)

For the tomato sauce:

onion - 1 pc.
canned tomatoes in their own juice - 400 gr
cherry tomatoes – 300 gr
greens - a small bunch
olive oil - 3 - 4 tbsp. spoons
pepper
Bay leaf

Preparation:

1. Rinse the meat, dry it and pass through a meat grinder along with onions, garlic and herbs. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste.

It is best to grind the pepper yourself, so the dish will turn out not only tasty, but also incredibly aromatic.

Mix the minced meat thoroughly until smooth.

2. Cut the second onion into small cubes and fry until soft or golden brown in a heated frying pan with high sides in oil.

3. For the recipe we will use it together with the sauce. I have my own homemade tomatoes. If there are none, you can buy them in the store. Or, as a last resort, replace it with tomato paste with added water, as in the first recipe.

Cut the tomatoes from the jar into large cubes, provided that the tomatoes no longer have skin. If they have skin, then it must first be removed.

4. Place the chopped tomatoes along with the sauce from the jar into a frying pan with onions. Add 50 ml of water, pepper and bay leaf, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, form the meatballs. It is better to do this with wet hands so that the meat and fat do not stick to your hands. The formed balls should be approximately 4 cm in size.

6. Place the resulting products in a frying pan with tomato sauce. Place cherry tomatoes nearby. Or you can do without them, this is optional.

7. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

8. Chop fresh herbs, add them to the pan and close the lid again. Leave for 10 minutes, without heat.

9. Serve the finished meatballs with sour cream and fresh herbs.

These Turkish meatballs are very tasty, I tell you! Delicious, tender and aromatic!

Classic meatball recipe

We will need:

meat - 500 gr
egg 1 - 2 pcs (depending on size)
white loaf – 80 – 100 g
milk - 0.5 cups
onions - 2 pcs (small)
chopped parsley - 1 - 2 teaspoons
salt, pepper to taste
fat - 30 g (or vegetable oil)

Preparation:

1. Remove all veins and films from the meat, and then pass it through a meat grinder. You can make broth from the scraps, adding seeds, of course.

Veins and films will not allow you to get tender and juicy minced meat, so they must be removed!

2. Soak a piece of loaf in milk for a short time, then squeeze and rub through a sieve using a tablespoon or pestle. And also pass through a meat grinder along with the meat.

3. Cut the onion into very small cubes and fry in fat or vegetable oil. It should become soft and slightly toasted.

4. Add fried and cooled onion, egg, salt, pepper and parsley to the minced meat. And we have already introduced the bun, twisting it through a meat grinder.

5. Mix the minced meat thoroughly until smooth and, after wetting your hands, form 8 meatballs.

6. Place them in a saucepan and pour in pre-cooked and salted broth. Cook for 30 minutes until done. The heat during cooking should not be too high. The meatballs should simmer moderately. The entire cooking time occurs with the lid closed.

7. From the broth in which our products were cooked, you can prepare sour cream sauce and serve it with it. How to prepare sour cream sauce was described in the second recipe.

You can also serve with any side dish of vegetables or rice, or other cereals.

Meatballs in sour cream sauce, baked in the oven

These delicious meat balls can be cooked in more than just a pot and pan. They can also be baked in the oven. And for a change, let's prepare a completely different sauce.

And for variety, let’s take them and cook them immediately with a side dish, that is, with the addition of cabbage. Here it turns out like two in one - both a side dish and a main meat dish.

We will need:

meat - 300 gr
white loaf - 1 slice
white cabbage – 600 gr
onion - 2 pcs

For sour cream sauce:

sour cream - 5 full tablespoons
milk - 1 - 1.5 cups
flour - 3 tbsp. spoons
butter - 3 tbsp. spoons
salt, pepper - to taste

For sprinkling:

breadcrumbs - 2 tbsp. spoons
cheese - 50 gr

Preparation:

1. Prepare minced meat by grinding meat, bread and onions in a meat grinder. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste. It is better to use freshly ground pepper. This will make our dish even more flavorful.

2. With wet hands, form balls of the same small size.

3. Cut the head of cabbage into small pieces so that a part of the stalk remains on each of them. It will hold the cabbage leaves together and they will not fall apart during further processing.

4. Place a pot of water on the fire, bring it to a boil and add salt to taste. Boil the cabbage in it until half cooked, or almost until done. Who likes it how? If you like your cabbage to be slightly crunchy, then use the first option, but if you like your cabbage to be soft, cook until almost done.

But keep in mind that it will still languish in the oven.

5. Place the finished cabbage in a colander and let all the water drain.

6. Prepare a baking dish and grease it with oil. It should not be too large, so that when sauce is added to it, all the meatballs are almost completely covered with it.

Place cabbage in it. Place the meat preparations on top of the cabbage.

7. Now let's start preparing the sauce. For this we need a frying pan with high sides. Melt the butter over low heat; you can also use vegetable oil if desired. But with butter there will be an additional delicate aroma and taste.

8. As soon as the butter melts, immediately add flour and fry it lightly. Be careful not to let it turn brown. Otherwise the sauce will have a bitter taste.

You can add ground nutmeg to the sauce. It will give the sauce a nice nutty flavor.

9. Immediately add sour cream and mix thoroughly. And then milk. It must be pre-warmed and added hot. The mixture must be stirred constantly; you can use a whisk or spatula for this.

Add milk at your discretion, if you like more gravy, add 1.5 cups of milk. If less, add 1 cup

Heat the mixture thoroughly until it thickens slightly. Bring to a boil, immediately reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes with continuous stirring.

10. Pour the resulting sauce over the prepared cabbage and meatballs.

11. Sprinkle breadcrumbs and grated cheese on top.

12. Place the pan in a preheated oven at 180 degrees and bake until done. Readiness is determined by the appearance of a pleasant golden crust on the top of the dish.

Serve along with cabbage, sprinkled with fresh chopped herbs. Possibly with sour cream.

It turns out very tasty! Prepare it, you won’t regret it. Then everyone will ask you to cook it more than once.

Minced chicken meatballs in the oven

As I already said, you can use chicken or turkey to make meatballs. So I bring to your attention the following recipe.

We will need:

chicken or turkey breast fillet - 500 g
chicken liver - 200 gr
cabbage - 200 gr
onion - 1 piece (small)
garlic - 2 cloves
milk - 100 ml
egg - 2 pcs
breadcrumbs - 1 cup
salt, pepper - to taste

For the gravy (sauce):

chicken broth - 400 ml
butter - 70 -80 g
flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
milk - 180 ml
salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Prepare minced meat. To do this, pass skinless chicken or turkey fillet through a meat grinder. Also grind the chicken liver.

2. Of course, you don’t have to use it, but when I wrote an article about it, I was so inspired that now I want to cook it more often.

Moreover, we will not add it in vain; our products will receive an excellent taste note in its form. If you cook these meatballs at least once by adding liver, then you will always add it. Tested for myself.

3. Peel the onion and garlic, cut the cabbage into pieces and grind in a blender.

4. Beat the eggs with a fork, add breadcrumbs, milk, salt and pepper.

5. In a large bowl, combine the minced meat, cabbage mixture and milk mixture. Mix thoroughly until smooth.

6. Make small meatballs from the minced meat. Place them on a lined and greased sheet of foil, which we previously lined a baking sheet with.

7. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 210 degrees. And bake the meatballs for 15 - 20 minutes until fully cooked.

8. While they are baking, prepare gravy or sauce, as you prefer. To do this, melt the butter in a saucepan, then add flour in small portions, mixing thoroughly. You don't need high heat for this, otherwise the flour will start to burn, turn dark brown and add bitterness to the sauce.

Fry the flour for no more than 2 - 3 minutes.

9. Then, stirring constantly, pour in hot milk and hot broth. Salt the sauce to taste. Cook until thickened, stirring occasionally. To prevent it from turning out lumps, you can stir it with a whisk.

10. Remove the finished meatballs from the oven and place in a saucepan in the sauce.

11. Simmer in sauce for 7 minutes. After which you can serve with any side dish.

This dish has 100% taste. Delicious! Yes, and preparing it is not difficult. Everything is so simple that even someone who has never cooked anything can handle it.

Recipe for meatballs with rice and gravy in a frying pan

This is a very interesting recipe, with a surprise inside. Who is trying this dish for the first time? He is always surprised by this and looks with interest at what kind of filling is there. And all because there are Brussels sprouts inside.

We will need:

minced meat - 400 gr
boiled rice until half cooked - 1 cup
broth - 1 - 1.5 cups
egg - 1 pc.
garlic - 2 - 3 cloves
Brussels sprouts – 300 gr
salt, ground black pepper - to taste
vegetable oil - for frying

Preparation:

1. Boil Brussels sprouts for 3 - 5 minutes in salted water. Then drain in a colander and let the water drain.

2. In the meantime, prepare the minced meat. To do this, finely chop the onion and chop the garlic using a press. Mix all this together with minced meat and add rice, which was boiled in advance until half cooked. Add egg, salt, spices and ground black pepper.

I’ve already talked a lot about spices and pepper in previous recipes and I won’t repeat myself.

The minced meat should not be liquid. And if you cut the onion and did not twist it in a meat grinder, it will turn out that way.

3. Prepare meatballs. Take a little minced meat and form small balls, placing a small head of Brussels sprouts in each of them.

4. Fry the resulting products in a frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil until beautifully golden brown.

5. Then pour broth into the frying pan, any broth - meat, chicken or vegetable. If it is not salty, then add salt and pepper to taste.

6. Simmer over low heat with the lid closed for 15 minutes.

7. Then serve with sour cream, sprinkled with fresh herbs. Serve as a side dish or. Or you don’t have to serve anything, because the side dish is already inside!

8. Eat with pleasure!

Here is another interesting recipe that children really like, and it is also dietary. Therefore, it is suitable for feeding very young children.

Minced hedgehogs with rice in a slow cooker

This is a very simple recipe that won’t take much time to prepare. I suggest watching a video on this topic, where watching will take less time than reading.

True, this recipe does not quite fit into today’s selection, since it is prepared without gravy. But if you wish, gravy or sauce can be prepared according to any of the above recipes. The same sour cream sauce is perfect for these meatballs.

Well, by the way, “hedgehogs” are cooked in both tomato sauce and broth. True, such recipes do not have such a pronounced type of “thorns”, but nevertheless they also have this exotic name.

In conclusion, I would like to say that meatballs are one of the easiest dishes to prepare, and because of this, it is very loved and popular among housewives.

But if you get creative, you can make a wonderful culinary dish from ordinary meat balls in broth. And that’s exactly what I tried to achieve in today’s article. I chose unusual recipes for this article, each of which has its own “zest”. And it is she who makes the taste of the dish simply unforgettable.

How I managed to do this is up to you to judge. If you liked the recipes, like and share them with your friends. Surely, they will also want to enjoy a delicious meat dish.

If you have interesting recipes, then share them with us. Recipes can be posted in the comments. The most interesting recipes may appear on the pages of my blog with a mention of the author's name.

And I wish you all the best! And bon appetit to those who cooked meatballs today!

I cook meatballs with rice and gravy very often. They don’t take much time to prepare, but while they’re cooking, you can quickly prepare any side dish, and a full dinner or lunch is ready!

Another good thing about this recipe is that the meatballs can be made and frozen, and, as needed, taken out and cooked with sauce.

Speaking of sauce, I always prepare my favorite sauce for meatballs with tomato paste and sour cream.

Let's prepare all the ingredients and start cooking minced meatballs with rice and gravy. Cooking time can be reduced by boiling the rice in advance. If you haven’t done this, then you should start with cooking rice. Boil the rice in boiling salted water until cooked; see the cooking time on the rice packaging.

Place the minced meat in a bowl, add finely chopped onion.

Beat the egg into the minced meat and add salt and ground black pepper.

Finely chop the parsley with a knife and also place it in a bowl.

Place the boiled rice in a bowl with the remaining ingredients. Mix the minced meatballs well.

From the resulting minced meat we form meatballs, slightly larger in size than a walnut. Roll each meatball in flour.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs for 4-5 minutes on each side. Then add tomato paste to the fried meatballs. Add 200 ml of boiling water.

Add flour to sour cream and add 100 ml of water. Stir everything together well, this is necessary so that the flour does not form lumps when added to the gravy.

Pour the resulting mixture into the pan with the meatballs. Salt and pepper the gravy to taste. Simmer the meatballs in the gravy over low heat for 15 minutes.

Serve the finished meatballs with rice and gravy in portions with mashed potatoes or fresh salad.

Bon appetit!

Everyone has been familiar with these small and round cutlets since childhood. And we also remember that Carlson, who lives on the roof, loves them very much. Meatballs are fried, baked, stewed, steamed. They are similar in composition to cutlets, only they contain more bread, eggs, onions, rice, buckwheat, beans, and cabbage are added. Meatballs are a universal dish - both adults and children, spicy food lovers and those on a diet love them. After all, the taste of meatballs is determined not by the minced meat, but by the sauce or gravy in which they were cooked. Add more pepper or tomatoes to the sauce - the taste is the same, replace tomatoes with sour cream - completely different, although the composition of the minced meat is the same. There are a very large number of recipes for making meatballs, so take a closer look and choose.

Meatballs - food preparation

For minced meat, you can use any meat - poultry, pork or beef. But the most delicious is considered to be a combination of two or three types of meat. For coupling, eggs, rice or grated potatoes are added to the mass. For the same purpose, the minced meat should be beaten on a table or cutting board for a couple of minutes. Then the meatballs will not fall apart during cooking, because... the minced meat adheres better. It is lifted above the bowl or table and with a little effort thrown back so that the minced meat makes a loud splash. But without fanaticism, so that it does not fly apart in pieces.

Meatballs - the best recipes

Recipe 1: Meatballs with gravy

A delicious combination of dense beef meatballs with a spicy garlic and mushroom gravy.

Ingredients: lean ground beef – 0.5 kg, 1 onion, 1 egg, 100 ml water, 2 tbsp. sour cream and breadcrumbs, dry dill. Gravy: mushrooms – 200g, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 tbsp. spoons of flour, salt, oil for frying, water - 1.5 cups.

Cooking method

Mix sour cream with breadcrumbs, water and mix with other products for meatballs. Knead the mixture thoroughly and then beat it. Form small balls and fry them over high heat. The purpose of frying is not to bring it to readiness, but to get a crust, even if they remain raw inside. Place them in a mold and bake. This will take about 15 minutes at 200C.

Prepare the gravy. Crush the garlic, but make sure it holds its shape. You can flatten it with the side of a knife. Fry it for a few minutes, then remove it, add it to the oil and fry the mushrooms, cut into slices, and a little later add the chopped onion. Add the oil left over from frying the meatballs, add flour and brown it. Then add water, add salt and simmer for a few minutes until the gravy thickens. You can garnish the meatballs with boiled rice and potatoes.

Recipe 2: Meatballs with rice

More often, such meatballs are called hedgehogs, because of the boiled rice sticking out of the ball. Children love them very much. In order for the “needles” to stick out, you need to use raw rice. It’s better to take not a round one, but a long one, like Basmati. You can also put it boiled, it will be just as tasty, it’s just that the meatball will turn out smoother, without “thorns.”

Ingredients: minced meat – 0.5 kg, rice – ? glass, salt, 1 onion, ground pepper. Filling: salt, pepper, sour cream - 200g, water, 1 table. lie tomato paste.

Cooking method

Chop the onion. Either boil the rice until half cooked or soak for an hour. Mix rice, minced meat, onion, salt, pepper. Make balls (about 4-5 cm in diameter) and place in a frying pan greased with sour cream.

Mix the ingredients for pouring, add water, maybe a glass, maybe a little more. You want the sauce to cover the meatballs almost completely. And simmer for about thirty minutes.

Recipe 3: Meatballs in tomato sauce

You can make regular meatballs and simmer them in regular tomato sauce with tomatoes and tomato paste. It will be tasty, but a little boring. What if you create an explosion of emotions and prepare a dish that is quite simple, but tasty and extraordinary? Easily. The minced meat itself will also turn out unusual, where cottage cheese and sauce are added, which has a simply indescribable taste.

Ingredients: minced beef – 0.4 kg, cottage cheese – 100g, 1 egg, 1 large onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2-3 slices of bread (100-150g), 2 table. l. milk (cream), any greens, 1 teaspoon. l. prepared mustard, salt, spices. Sauce: 2 large tomatoes, onions and bell peppers, 1 carrot, ketchup – 3 tablespoons, tomato paste – 2 tablespoons, 1 tablespoon each. lie starch and sugar, salt, herbs, black pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 300 ml of water or broth.

Cooking method

Grind the onion and garlic (on a grater, using a blender). Add minced meat and bread soaked in water (or milk) and squeezed out. Knead. The next step is to add the egg, cottage cheese and mustard. Chop the greens, pour in the milk and knead again. At the final stage, add salt and pepper. You can limit yourself to this, or you can add other spices - nutmeg or Provençal herbs, for example. Roll into meatballs of your favorite size. Can be like cutlets or smaller. The main thing is that there are round bells. Roll them in flour, fry and set aside for a while.

Prepare the sauce. It is important for him to chop or grate the ingredients as finely as possible. So, heat the oil. Lightly fry the onion in it, add grated carrots, fry for a couple more minutes, add bell peppers and tomatoes and fry a little more. Next add sugar, salt, ketchup and tomato. Simmer the vegetable mixture for three minutes.

Dilute the starch in 50 ml of water and pour into the sauce. Stir, add water or broth (you can use a cube), chop the herbs and add chopped garlic. Cover the sauce with a lid and simmer for 10 minutes. The crucial moment comes: the meatballs are immersed in the sauce. They need to be completely covered with it. Cover this almost finished dish with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve with any side dish - rice, vegetables, potatoes.

Recipe 4: Meatballs in sour cream sauce

The meatballs turn out very soft, with a delicate taste. Any meat is suitable for them. You can take ready-made minced meat or chop whole pieces in a meat grinder. If desired, the onion can be pre-fried, this will give the meat balls an original taste.

Ingredients: 0.5 kg of minced meat, stale white bread - 150g, 2 onions, 2-3 eggs, salt, pepper. Sauce: 200g sour cream, 2 tsp. flour, salt, meat broth (or water) - 100 ml.

Cooking method

Soak the bread in water (milk), squeeze lightly. It will taste better in milk, but it can also be tasted in water. If you grind the meat in a meat grinder, also pass soaked bread and onions - fried or raw - along with it. Beat the eggs and add them to the minced meat. It is the beaten eggs that make the meatballs tender and juicy. Add salt and pepper. Knead the minced meat thoroughly and beat it a little for airiness. Roll into balls, roll in flour and fry. They are small in size, so they are fried until fully cooked. Transfer the meatballs to a cauldron.

For the sauce, mix sour cream, broth (or water), salt, and flour. Pour this mixture over the meatballs and simmer for five minutes.

Recipe 5: Meatballs in the oven

Delicious meatballs with added cheese. Ideally, it is better to take Parmesan, but you can get by with regular hard or even processed cheese. Cheese makes the meatballs more tasty, and the tomato mixture in which they are stewed makes them juicier.

Ingredients: minced meat – 0.5 kg, cheese – 150 g, 1 egg, 1 onion, salt, pepper. Sauce: 4-5 large tomatoes, teaspoon. lie sugar, salt, black pepper.

Cooking method

Chop the onion very finely and grate the cheese. Mix everything with minced meat, salt and pepper.

Remove the peel from the tomatoes and finely chop the pulp. You can do it faster - cut the tomato into halves and grate. The pulp gradually wears off, but the skin remains in the hands. Add a little salt to the tomato mass and add sugar. Here you need to try. If the tomatoes are sweeter, add a little less sugar, and vice versa. You need to rely on your taste. You can add herbs or allspice. Pour the seasoned tomato mixture into a mold and place in the oven, or simmer on the stove for 10 minutes to release the juice. Yes, this is an interesting turn of events.

While the tomatoes are releasing their juice, form meatballs with wet hands and plunge into the stewed tomato mixture. Bake for 30 minutes until done (200C).

Recipe 6: Meatballs in a slow cooker

Cooking in a slow cooker is a real pleasure. All you need to do is load the groceries; she does the rest herself. There is no need to monitor the process, nothing will burn or run away. And after a certain time, all that remains is to pick up the delicious finished dish. Like, for example, meatballs.

Ingredients: minced meat – 0.5 kg, salt, 1 egg, pepper, ? stack boiled rice, 1 onion. Sauce: 1 bay leaf, salt, spices, 400 ml of water (broth), 2 tablespoons each. spoons - flour, mayonnaise, sour cream, ketchup or tomato paste.

Cooking method

Chop the onion and mix with other ingredients for the meatballs. Form balls and place in a bowl.

In a bowl, thoroughly mix all the ingredients for the sauce and pour it over the meatballs. Turn on the “Extinguishing” mode for 1 hour.

— Meatballs will turn out tastier if you don’t use purchased minced meat, but grind the meat yourself. It turns out more juicy, because... it retains the meat juices.

— To make the meatballs juicy and fluffy, soaked bread is added to the minced meat - it absorbs the meat juice, not allowing it to come out. It is better to use stale bread, because... fresh gives the meatballs a not very pleasant stickiness.

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I can’t vouch for the taste, but it will be hot :)

Content

Various dishes migrated from Asian to European cuisine. For a couple of centuries, some seemed like a curiosity, but in today’s realities, finding many among the dishes of a home menu or cafe is commonplace. Recipes include choosing minced meat to taste, cereals, vegetables, gravy, but how to make meatballs tasty?

Cooking meatballs

The juicy meatball in the photo beckons with its appetizing appearance. Some people want to feel the delicate taste, while others prefer meat balls with a crispy crust, but not many people know how to cook meatballs so that they turn out like that. The classic recipe involves a combination of minced meat and rice, forming the resulting mass into balls and then simmering them in sauce. You can do this on the stove, in the oven or in a slow cooker; it is better to choose a low saucepan or frying pan from the dishes.

Ground meat

This is the main component that directly affects the taste of the finished dish. The classic recipe stipulates that the minced meat for the meatballs is taken from meat (pork, beef), often these types are mixed in equal proportions. For the dietary version of the famous second course, choose chicken or turkey. How to cook meatballs with an original taste, but healthy? Take minced fish, for the preparation of which inexpensive types are suitable (pollock, hake).

Sauce

This second main component has its own special mission. If you choose and prepare the sauce for the meatballs correctly, the finished dish will turn out juicy, tender, and appetizing. The gravy will turn them into an independent hot main course or allow you to choose any side dish to your taste: mashed potatoes, spaghetti, vegetable stew. A common sauce option is sour cream or tomato, but the most delicious meat balls are obtained by mixing these types.

Meatballs - recipe

The methods of preparing a well-known dish are not very different from each other. In order for the meat balls to look as appetizing as in the photo of the culinary resource, you will have to strictly observe the proportions of the ingredients. Any step-by-step recipe for making meatballs contains a description and recommendations that reveal culinary secrets so that the “hedgehogs” turn out soft, with a crispy crust, and do not fall apart. Among the options, it won’t be difficult to find a recipe with an original taste that will surprise your guests.

Meatballs with gravy

Juicy, with a delicate taste and always with a golden brown crust - this is what ideal balls with meat and rice look like. How to cook meatballs with gravy in a frying pan without them falling apart? First you need to fry them: to do this, take a frying pan without a lid, carefully turn the balls over a couple of times, and then transfer them to another deep container, pouring them with sauce.

Ingredients:

minced meat (pork, beef) – 800 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
boiled rice – 150 g;
onion - head;
sour cream – 3 tbsp. spoons;
tomato paste – 3 tbsp. spoons;
spices, herbs - to taste.

Cooking method:

Combine boiled rice with fried onions and minced meat.
Place in a bowl, add egg, rice, stir.
Form balls and spread in an even layer.
Prepare the gravy by mixing tomato paste with sour cream and spices.
Pour in the sauce and simmer for half an hour.

In the oven

With this culinary recipe it is very easy to learn how to cook a dish familiar from childhood. How to cook juicy meatballs? Before forming the balls, the minced meat should be “beaten”, i.e. pick it up, pick it up, throw it on the table, repeat this several times. A step-by-step description of the process will help you avoid unpleasant surprises, and useful tips will help you make the meatballs in the oven tender in taste.

Ingredients:

minced meat – 800 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
rice – 100 g;
sour cream – 100 g;
tomato juice – 0.5 cups;
flour – 1 tbsp. spoon;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Mix cooked rice until half cooked with minced meat and onions.
To prepare the gravy, take tomato juice and dilute with sour cream.
Form into balls, roll in flour, fry in a frying pan
Pour in the sauce and simmer for 30 minutes in the oven.

With rice

The classic recipe for preparing a dish familiar from childhood assumes that in addition to minced meat, its second component will be this cereal crop. If you don’t want to spend a lot of time cooking, you can serve this nutritious dish. How to cook minced meatballs with rice? First, select large grains, boil and cool, and then proceed to the main process.

Ingredients:

minced meat – 500 g;
rice – 200 g;
water – 400 ml;
egg – 1 pc.;
onion – 1 head;
garlic – 2 cloves;
cream or sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons;
tomato paste – 1 tbsp. spoon;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Mix the egg with the minced meat, add salt, finely chopped onion, garlic, and boiled rice.
Form into balls and fry in a frying pan. Transfer to a saucepan.
Make the sauce: dilute cream (sour cream), tomato paste with hot water, pour meat balls with rice.
Simmer the dish covered for a quarter of an hour.

In a slow cooker

This useful and convenient kitchen appliance is ideal for preparing a delicious second meal. Any type of minced meat is suitable, you can choose pork or turkey, a good option is assorted. It is better to mix it with coarse white rice, and the remaining products should be added strictly according to the recipe to prevent the formed balls from falling apart. It's time to get down to business and learn how to cook meatballs in a slow cooker.

Ingredients:

minced pork – 500 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
rice – 120 g;
water – 200 ml;
onion – 2 heads;
sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons;
ketchup – 1 tbsp. spoon;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Chop the onion, add minced meat, egg, thoroughly washed rice, salt.
For the gravy, combine sour cream, ketchup, flour, stirring until smooth. Then pour in a glass of water and whisk the sauce again.
Form into balls and fry for a few minutes.
When a crust forms, pour in the sauce and set the “Stew” mode, which will take about half an hour.

From minced chicken

Poultry meat is considered dietary, representing an easily digestible protein. A well-known dish will also be low-calorie, but how to cook meatballs so that they turn out tender? To do this, it is better to take the breast, and before preparing the minced meat, marinate it for a couple of hours in mustard or kefir. If you want to make the dish spicy, then you should cook chicken meatballs in the oven with curry or a mixture of peppers.

Ingredients:

minced chicken – 600 g;
boiled rice – 200 g;
onion – 1 head;
garlic – 2 cloves;
egg – 1 pc.;
sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons;
tomato paste (ketchup) – 1 tbsp. spoon;
breadcrumbs - 2 tbsp. spoons;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Finely chop the onion and garlic, fry, add to the minced meat with rice.
Beat the egg separately, pour the egg mixture into the mixture, stir.
Form into balls and fry in a frying pan.
Make the sauce by mixing sour cream with tomato paste and pour into a saucepan.
Simmer until done for no more than 15 minutes.

From ground beef

Another version of a dish familiar from childhood, which proves how nutritious the combination of meat with rice, pearl barley or buckwheat can be. How to cook beef meatballs so that they retain a delicate taste and are soft? It is better to make the minced meat yourself, then beat it well, and any cereal should be boiled first.

Ingredients:

minced beef – 500 g;
rice (buckwheat, pearl barley) – 100 g;
onion – 1 head;
garlic – 1 clove;
water – 1 glass;
sour cream – 200 g;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Finely chop the onion and garlic, pour into the minced meat, add rice. To stir thoroughly.
Form balls, roll in flour, fry in hot vegetable oil until golden brown.
Place in a saucepan, pour in sour cream, add water.
Simmer for about 40 minutes on low heat.

In sour cream sauce

The taste of this dish, melting on the tongue when prepared, will immediately captivate you. Children will especially like chicken meatballs in creamy sauce, and adults can add mustard or ketchup to make the taste more piquant. How to cook chicken meatballs? Involve your child in this process; he will definitely enjoy mixing products and sculpting meat “hedgehogs” with his own hands.

Ingredients:

chicken fillet – 600 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
cheese – 200 g;
onion – 1 head;
sour cream – 300 ml;
garlic – 2 cloves;
spices - to taste.

Cooking method:

Finely chop the onion, combine with the minced meat, add the egg, and stir.
Squeeze the garlic into the sour cream under pressure and mix well.
Form “hedgehogs”, place in one layer on the bottom of the dish, put in the oven for a quarter of an hour.
Pour the grated cheese into the sour cream and garlic, dilute with hot water, pour over the dish, and leave for another 20 minutes.

From pork

Nutritious, but light on the stomach - this is what explains the popularity of this second dish. To make the minced pork meatballs with gravy fluffy, add soaked white bread. A vegetable stew is suitable as a side dish, and for dinner it is better to serve meat balls with gravy as an independent dish in combination with a salad (cabbage, greens, cucumbers, etc.).

Ingredients:

pork – 1 kg;
egg – 2 pcs.;
rice – 200 g;
tomato paste – 3 tbsp. spoons;
carrots – 2 pcs.;
onion – 1 head

Cooking method:

Twist the meat and make minced meat.
Boil rice, mix with minced meat, eggs, finely chopped onion.
Form into balls, roll in flour and fry.
Then pour in tomato paste, a glass of water, and add chopped carrots.
Simmer covered until done.

From fish

This cooking option is inferior to the meat recipe, but it cooks faster and turns out healthy. How to cook fish meatballs? If you do everything correctly, it will be difficult to refuse the supplement. The gravy helps preserve the delicate taste, and the finished dish will be to the taste of even those who are not particularly fond of healthy sea or river fish on a person’s menu.

Ingredients:

fish fillet – 800 g;
milk – 200 ml;
white bread – 50 g;
tomato paste – 60 g;
onion – 1 head;
spices - to taste

Cooking method.

Meatballs are a unique meat dish that is almost impossible to spoil. They are prepared in a variety of ways and for every taste. Below you will find the most interesting and proven meatball recipes over the years.

Traditionally, meatballs are prepared from the most available products. These balls always contain minced meat, diluted with rice, and spices. In the future, you can experiment with a set of ingredients, but for now let’s master the simplest recipe from childhood.

Necessary products for a kilo of minced meat and a couple of glasses of rice:

sour cream – 1 glass;
large onion and carrots;
a couple of spoons of tomato paste;
vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
spices.

Step by step process:

Pour a couple of glasses of water over the rice, boil and reduce the heat to low.
Continue cooking until all the liquid has evaporated.
Chop the onion and carrots and fry for a few minutes.
Cool the rice and mix it in a bowl along with the minced meat and frying.
Knead the mixture well and add spices that suit your taste.
Form into balls. Please note that you need to use lean minced meat, otherwise the meatballs will fall apart when you start cooking them.
Place the meatballs and rice in a saucepan with a thick bottom.
Tomato paste and sour cream are diluted in a glass of water. You can add spices.
Fill the meatballs with the resulting mixture to about 2/3 of the pan capacity. If necessary, add more water.
Cook over low heat for 40 minutes with the lid closed.

Cooking with tomato sauce

Do you remember these “canteen” meatballs with aromatic gravy, which was also very tasty mixed with mashed potatoes? Let's learn how to cook this yummy dish!

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of round rice:

tomato paste – 2 tbsp. spoons;
carrots and onions – one each;
flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
sugar – 1 teaspoon;
a pair of bay leaves;
spices.

Step by step process:

First, wash the rice thoroughly several times and then cook it. Remember that our dish requires round rice - it contains more starch, due to which the meat preparations will be dense and will not fall apart.
Chop the vegetables and mix them with minced meat and rice. Add spices too.
Wet your hands and form small pieces, then roll them in flour.
If you have some onion left, add it to the meatballs and fry.
Dilute the paste in half a glass of water and combine with sifted flour, sugar and spices.
Pour the sauce over the meat preparations and simmer the meatballs and gravy for about an hour over low heat.

Meatballs with sour cream sauce in the oven

Would you like a different gravy, something more interesting? Please!

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat:

egg;
a couple of onions and a small carrot;
cheese - a piece per hundred grams;
thicker sour cream - half a glass;
flour - how much sauce will take;
celery root;
sweet pepper pod;
a pair of garlic cloves;
Spices and salt are used at the discretion of the housewife.

Step by step process:

Boil the egg and crumble it using an egg slicer.
Chop one onion and garlic and place them together with the egg crumbs in the minced meat. Stir well and form meatballs.
The pepper is cut into small strips, the remaining onion is simply chopped, the carrots are grated into smaller pieces. Add chopped celery root to the remaining vegetables and fry for 5 minutes.
Add sour cream to the vegetable mixture and bring to a boil.
Combine flour and water, mix well so that no lumps remain. Add to sour cream part.
Cover a baking sheet with foil and distribute the minced meat on it. Place them more closely - this way the juice will not “run away” and the dish will be juicier. Top with gravy.

Meatballs in sour cream sauce are cooked for half an hour. A couple of minutes before the end of cooking, sprinkle grated cheese on top.

From minced chicken

This dish will be less high in calories and much more tender. It is best given to children and those who are on a diet.

Necessary products for 300 grams of minced meat and half a glass of rice:

egg, onion, carrot - one each;
canned tomatoes – 250 g;
vegetable oil - a couple of spoons;
bay leaf and spices of the hostess' choice.

Step by step process:

Cook the washed cereal in boiling water and add a pinch of salt at the end.
Finely chop the onion and cut the carrots in any convenient way. Mix them and fry for 5 minutes in a frying pan.
Let the finished rice cool and mix with minced chicken.
Boil the egg and chop with an egg slicer, then add to the meat mixture.
Also add frying to the minced meat, add salt and spices.
Mix well and then form into balls.
Place them in a frying pan and cover with chopped tomatoes.
Simmer the minced chicken meatballs for 50 minutes over low heat.

Diet turkey meatballs

Those who love healthy and wholesome food should definitely try this recipe!

Required products:

turkey fillet – 0.5 kg;
carrots – 1 pc.;
onion – 1 pc.;
spices;
salt.

Step by step process:

Process and chop the vegetables.
The fillet is cut into pieces and then further ground in a meat grinder. Make sure that no large parts remain.
Mix the vegetables with the minced meat and form into balls by hand. Wet your hands in advance so that the minced meat does not stick to your palms.
Take a heavy bottom pan and place the turkey meatballs in it.
Pour boiling water so that it half covers the balls and put on low heat for half an hour.

Serve with sour cream and herbs.

Steaming a dish in a slow cooker

Steamed meatballs will not cause you any difficulties in cooking. But they will definitely turn out juicy if you don’t overcook them inside the bowl.

Required products:

minced meat – 0.5 kg;
onions – 2 pcs.;
carrots – 2 pcs.;
rice – ½ cup;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

To make meatballs in a slow cooker, it is preferable to use minced pork or beef. Mix it together with finely chopped vegetables.
Don't forget to add your favorite spices to the minced meat to suit your taste.
Wet your hands with cold water and form small meatballs.
Grease the mesh of the multicooker for steaming with a teaspoon of vegetable oil.
Place the meat pieces in a basket and pour a couple of liters of hot water into the bowl.
Turn on the “Steam” program on the device for half an hour.

Wait for the sound signal to indicate the end of the mode and serve the delicate dish to the table.

Meatballs without rice, but with cabbage

Required products:

minced pork – 1 kg;
carrots – 1 pc.;
onions – 2 pcs.;
pasta – 3 tbsp. spoons;
cabbage – 0.5 kg;
sour cream – 100 g;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
rast. oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
laurel sheet;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

To make meatballs without rice, use any minced meat.
Chop the cabbage with a knife or pass through a meat grinder. Then add the vegetable mixture to the minced meat. Enter suitable spices.
Chop the onions and carrots.
Fry them in a frying pan for just a couple of minutes.
Add tomato paste, bay leaf, 2 cups of water and spices to the vegetable mixture. Stir and boil the mixture.
Add a little flour to the sour cream, mix and make sure that no lumps form. Add the mixture to the pan and bring to a boil again.
Make small pieces from the minced meat.
Place them in the prepared sauce, boil and simmer with the lid closed for 40–50 minutes.

Meat balls with mushrooms in the oven

Do you like unusual dishes? Then try making meatballs with mushrooms!

For three hundred grams of minced meat, take the same amount of mushrooms or a little less, half a glass of rice, and also:

A glass of tomato juice
a couple of garlic cloves;
sour cream - three spoons;
onion;
flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
sugar – 1 teaspoon;
cheese – 50 g;
spices, as always, to the eye and taste of the hostess.

Step by step process:

Boil the rice in slightly salted water and let it cool to an acceptable temperature.
Chop the onion, garlic and pass them together with the mushrooms through a meat grinder. Or chop in any convenient way.
Stir the minced meat. Add cooled rice, mushroom mixture, finely grated cheese and spices to it.
Form into balls and place them in a suitable baking pan.
Mix tomato juice with sugar. Wait until the crystals are completely dissolved.
Then add sour cream and mix again.
Stir flour in half a glass of water.
Combine the flour part with the tomato part and pour the gravy over the workpiece.
Meatballs cook in the oven for about an hour. Don't forget to cover the pan with foil first.

Serve the meatballs in tomato and mushroom sauce with rice as a side dish or with mashed potatoes.

Beef with rice

A slightly modified recipe for classic meatballs.

Necessary products for the traditional half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of rice:

a glass of richer sour cream;
a couple of garlic cloves;
flour - 1 tbsp. spoon;
onions - 2 heads;
spices;
lavrushka

Step by step process:

Cook the rice. If you eat saltier foods, add salt to the water.
Mix rice with chopped onion and spices.
When the cereal has cooled to an acceptable temperature, mix it with the minced meat.
Roll the resulting mixture into balls.
Heat the oil well.
Dip each piece in flour and place in a frying pan.
While the beef meatballs are roasting, prepare the sauce. To do this, chop the second onion and start sautéing it in a frying pan with a little oil.
Add sour cream and a glass of boiling water, as well as salt and spices.
Pour one part of the sauce onto the bottom of the pan where the meatballs will continue to cook.
Place them there and pour the remaining sauce over them. Simmer for a little over half an hour over low heat.

Serve the finished dish with fresh chopped herbs.

Oven-baked meatballs with potatoes

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of short grain rice:

onion – 1 pc.;
potatoes – 0.6 kg;
sour cream – 150 g;
larger egg;
a couple of garlic cloves;
volume. pasta – 2 tbsp. spoons;
a piece of cheese per hundred grams;
spices.

Step by step process:

Boil the rice in salted water.
Finely chop the onion and mix it by hand with the minced meat.
Then add the cooled rice and beat in the egg. Mix well again.
Add meat spices.
Form balls and place them in a greased pan.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
Cut the potatoes into large pieces.
Next in line is the sauce. For it, chop the garlic in a garlic press and mix it with tomato paste and sour cream.
Mix the potatoes with the resulting sauce and add to the balls.

Meatballs take about 50 minutes to cook in the oven.

With cheese sauce

And this option will definitely appeal to gourmets. The aroma is simply incredible!

Required products:

minced meat – 0.4 kg;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
milk – 1 glass;
onions – 2 pcs.;
cheese – 100 g;
greenery;
tomato – 2 pcs.;
bell pepper pod;
spoon of vegetable oil;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Vegetables are chopped and fried for some time.
The minced meat is salted to the hostess’s taste and flavored with spices.
Small pieces of meat are formed.
Then pour milk into a bowl, add finely chopped herbs, grated cheese, flour and shake well.
Mix the resulting sauce with vegetables and boil for a couple of minutes.

Then place the meatballs there and simmer over medium heat with the lid closed for up to half an hour.

In sour cream and tomato sauce in a frying pan

Necessary products for 350 grams of minced meat:

sour cream - half a glass;
two tablespoons of tomato paste and vegetable oil;
a bunch of greenery;
spices.

Step by step process:

Combine the minced meat with seasonings.
Form meatballs and fry them. Don't overdo it with adding oil.
At the same time, make the sauce. To do this, mix sour cream with pasta and seasonings.
Pour some water into the mixture and pour it over the meatballs.
Boil and watch for some of the liquid to evaporate.

Serve sprinkled with chopped herbs on top.

Meatballs like in kindergarten with gravy

This taste comes from childhood. You should definitely pass it on to your kids.

The necessary products for... well, you remember, half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of rice cereal:

egg – 1 pc.;
onion – 1 pc.;
flour – 1 tbsp. spoon;
sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons;
laurel sheet;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Boil the rice in lightly salted water until half cooked.
Mix it with minced pork, beef or chicken.
Chop the onion and put it there too.
Next, beat the egg into the mixture and add spices.
Knead the mixture and form small balls from it.
Dip each piece in flour.
Fry with oil.
Then put the meatballs into a saucepan like in kindergarten and pour in the gravy.

Simmer the dish over low heat with the lid closed for 15 minutes.

Pork meatballs with rice

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat mixed with a glass of rice:

onion and carrot;
eggs - a couple of pieces;
tomato paste – 2 tbsp. spoons;
greenery;
butter - 3 tbsp. spoons;
sour cream and flour - a couple of spoons each;
spices.

Step by step process:

Rinse the rice and boil it until fully cooked. 10-15 minutes will be enough for this.
Chop the onions and carrots and then fry them a little in a frying pan.
If necessary, pass the minced meat through the meat grinder again. It is necessary that there are no large pieces left in it.
Mix cooled rice with minced meat and egg.
Make balls of the same size and roll them in flour.
Prepare a sauce from sour cream and tomato paste. Add spices there if desired. Mix the gravy with the roast and pour it over the meatballs.

Simmer for half an hour over low heat and serve with chopped herbs.

Meatballs in pots with vegetables

An unusual and tasty option for those who love a hearty meal.

Necessary products for half a kilo of any minced meat:

potatoes – 4 pcs.;
a couple of bell pepper pods;
eggplant – 2 pcs.;
hot pepper – ½ pod;
greenery;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Mix the minced meat with salt and spices, as well as finely chopped herbs. Roll into balls.
Peel the vegetables and cut them into large cubes.
Grease the bottom and sides of the pots with a little oil, and then place the vegetables there. Add salt and spices.
Place the meat balls on top and fill each pot with about 80 milliliters of water.
Place the pots in the oven at 200 degrees for 40 minutes.

You can remove the meatballs when the potatoes are completely cooked.

Steamed meatballs with buckwheat and zucchini

An exquisite dish with a completely unusual taste. Be sure to try it!

Required products:

minced meat – 0.6 kg;
zucchini – 400 g;
buckwheat – 100 g;
tomato paste – 1 glass;
carrots – 1 pc.;
any vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon;
onions – 2 pcs.;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Soak buckwheat in cold water for 2-3 hours.
Chop the onions and carrots and fry them with a little oil and spices.
Finely chop the zucchini and mix it with minced meat and buckwheat. Half of the roast is also placed there.
Form into balls and place them in a steamer.
Steamed meatballs with zucchini are cooked for 45-50 minutes.
While you have time, make the gravy. To do this, mix the tomato paste and the rest of the frying.

Serve meatballs with buckwheat to the table with herbs and sour cream.

Classic “Hedgehogs” made from minced pork and beef

For half a kilo of minced pork and beef, prepare the following products:

onion and large egg;
bell pepper pod;
a pair of garlic cloves;
rice - half a glass;
full-fat sour cream and tomato paste - a couple of spoons each;
laurel;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Wash the rice and cook it in salted water.
Grind the garlic cloves with onion and half the pepper. Fry the vegetable mixture with a little oil.
Add some salt to the minced meat, crush it with spices, add the roast, egg and mix well.
Make the meatballs.
Now finely chop the rest of the pepper and fry for a couple of minutes.
Place the preparations in the frying pan, add a couple of glasses of water, pasta with fried peppers and sour cream.

Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat until the meatballs are cooked through.

Meatballs in tomato-garlic sauce

For half a kilo of minced meat you will need the following products:

white crumb – 100 g;
eggs – 3 pcs.;
half a glass of milk;
a pair of onions;
greenery;
a couple of cloves of garlic;
a piece of cheese per hundred grams;
a couple of tablespoons of pasta and vegetable oil;
spices;
salt.

Step by step process:

Finely chop the greens, grate the cheese.
Soak the bread crumb in a glass of milk. Then squeeze out.
Mix minced meat, eggs, crumbs, grated cheese and herbs in a bowl. Also add spices that suit your taste with the meat.
Mix well and form into small balls.
Finely chop the onion and garlic cloves, and then fry them for a couple of minutes.
In a liter of boiling water, stir the paste with salt. You can also use regular tomato juice.
Pour the gravy into the pan with the vegetable mixture and bring to a boil.
Immediately after boiling, add the meatballs and reduce the heat to low.

Simmer with the lid closed for 50 minutes over low heat.

Spaghetti with meatballs - a quick dinner

This is an option for a housewife who doesn’t really want to stand at the stove for a long time today. Fast, juicy and very tasty.

Required products:

minced meat – 300 g;
spaghetti – 200 g;
greenery;
vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
onion – 1 pc.;
ketchup and tomato sauce – 1 glass;
fresh basil;
spices.

Step by step process:

Chop the onion and basil.
Mix them together with the minced meat and don’t forget to add seasonings to taste.
Form small meatballs and fry them with oil. You can visually determine readiness when they are covered with a golden brown crust.
After this, add tomato sauce to the pan and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, boil the spaghetti with a spoonful of butter until done. Place them on a plate.

Place the finished meatballs with sauce on top and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.
Necessary products for half a kilo of fish fillet and half a glass of rice:
onion and large egg;
block of cheese up to one hundred grams;
sour cream - a glass;
seasonings

Step by step process:
Rinse the rice thoroughly and cook until half cooked, add salt.
If you use fish fillet, pass it through a meat grinder so that no large pieces remain. It’s even easier to buy minced fish, but only in a trusted place.
Mix the resulting mass with cooled rice, egg and chopped onion.
Spices are added at the end. It is better not to add a lot of pepper to a dish that small children will eat.
Prepare sour cream sauce. To do this, mix grated cheese with sour cream and spices. If the gravy turns out too thick, add a little milk to it.
Form the minced meat into meatballs and pour the resulting sauce over them.

Then send the form with the blanks to the oven for 25-30 minutes.

Homemade Swedish meatballs
Required products:
minced meat – 0.6 kg;
bread crumb – 100 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
butter – 60 g;
milk – 2 glasses;
vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
thyme;
onion – 1 pc.

Step by step process:
Finely chop the onion and mix it with minced meat, egg, bread and spices.
Required products:
minced meat – 0.5 kg;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
onions – 2 pcs.;
cheese – 200 g;
white bread - 2 slices;
tomato paste – 1 tbsp. spoon;
greenery;
spices.

Step by step process:
Peel and chop the onion. Mix it together with minced meat and egg.
Use hard cheese. Cut it into small cubes, about a centimeter.
Form the minced meat into balls and place a piece of cheese inside each. Squeeze tightly.
Place the pieces on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
At the same time, start preparing the sauce. To do this, chop the remaining onion and place the onion mixture in tomato paste, mix with flour and spices.
Simmer the sauce for a couple of minutes and add chopped fresh herbs.
Serve the meatballs with the gravy. Rice, buckwheat or mashed potatoes are suitable as a side dish.