Chicken or Turkey Meat Balls
Ingredients
Ingredients for meat balls
- 1/2 kg chicken or turkey minced
- 2 onions chopped finely or grated & dried with a paper towel
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 - 4 thin slices of white bread soaked & squeezed
- 1 egg
- Parsley small bunch, leaves only, chopped & dried with a paper towel
- Salt and black pepper
- Flour
- Egg & water beaten
Ingredients for sauce
- 3-4 heaped teaspoons tomato paste
- 2 cups water
- Salt & Pepper
- [Optional] 2 cloves garlic minced and sautéed
Instructions
Instructions for meat balls
- Mix meat, onions, garlic, bread, egg, parsley, salt and pepper.
- Shape into balls
- Dip balls in flour
- Dip floured meat balls in egg
- Fry
Instructions for sauce
- Add tomato paste, water, salt, pepper, and garlic to a pot
- Add fried meat balls to the sauce
- Simmer (Marie simmers until the sauce is quite dry, but you might want a wetter sauce)
- Serve with couscous, rice, pasta, etc
Notes
Marie sometimes makes a meat ball variation called a "Bullet". It is the same as her basic recipe, but has vegetables on each side of the meat ball, like a sandwich. I confess I'll less keen about this option.
Uncooked slices of vege (eg potatoes, aubergine, capsicum)
Egg
Breadcrumbs
Instructions:-
1. Put uncooked slices of vege (eg potatoes, aubergine, capsicum) on each side of an uncooked meat ball like a sandwich
2. Dunk the enhanced meat ball in egg then breadcrumbs
3. Then fry as normal.
Uncooked slices of vege (eg potatoes, aubergine, capsicum)
Egg
Breadcrumbs
Instructions:-
1. Put uncooked slices of vege (eg potatoes, aubergine, capsicum) on each side of an uncooked meat ball like a sandwich
2. Dunk the enhanced meat ball in egg then breadcrumbs
3. Then fry as normal.