Cuban Style Meatballs Recipes

MEATBALLS CUBAN STYLE

Steps:

• Place the ground beef in a large bowl. Add half of the diced onions, salt, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, black pepper, ½ tablespoon parsley, egg and the bread crumbs. Mix the ground beef with your hands until all of the ingredients are incorporated.
• Form the ground beef into meatballs, roughly the size of a golf ball. Makes approximately 12 meatballs
• Add enough oil to a large, deep skillet to cover the bottom by about ¼ inch. Heat the oil over medium-high. When the oil is hot, carefully add the meatballs. Fry them, turning occasionally to brown on all sides. This will take 5 minutes or so. When the meatballs are browned, remove them from the skillet to a plate or pan.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, add the remaining onions. Cook the onions for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the minced garlic and cook another 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. Next, add the white wine and cook for just a minute or so, stirring and gently scrapping any bits off the bottom of the pot. Add the tomato sauce, bay leaf and ketchup, stir well to combine.
• Add the meatballs to the sauce, stir gently. Bring the sauce to a simmer, lower the heat to medium-low to low and cover. Cook for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Taste the sauce and add salt, if needed.
• Sprinkle the remaining parsley on the meatballs and serve with white rice.

MEATBALL RECIPE

Steps:

• 1 Chop the onion and the pepper in very small pieces, as small as possible. You can also grind them to give them a finer texture.
• 2 Put the ground meat in a bowl to mix it with the rest of the ingredients, except the flour.
• 3 Add the onion, the pepper, the teaspoon of pepper, oregano, salt, the breadcrumbs and the tomato purée.
• 4 With clean hands knead the mixture a bit, so all the ingredients get mixed together and it becomes more compacted. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
• 5 After this time, make little balls of the mixture, and then cover them with flour.
• 6 In this way, our homemade meatballs are ready to be used immediately as you wish or can be frozen for use at a later date. How To Make Homemade GROUND MEAT MEATBALLS. Easy Recipe Today we show you how to make very easy, juicy and tasty homemade meatballs that you can enjoy at home whenever you want and in a matter of minutes. We also explain all the tricks to ...

CUBAN-STYLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add onions, peppers, garlic and cumin; cook 10 min. or until tender, stirring frequently. Spoon 3/4 cup vegetable mixture into blender. Add tomato sauce; blend until smooth.
• Add beans, beer, ham and blended sauce to onion mixture in saucepan; bring to boil.
• Mix ground beef, egg and 1/2 cup rice until blended; shape into 12 meatballs. Carefully add to boiling sauce; cover.
• Cook on medium heat 20 to 25 min. or until meatballs are done (165ºF). Serve with remaining rice. Top with cheese.

ALBONDIGAS - CUBAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix eggs, cracker crumbs, and milk together. Blend in the ground beef and all remaining ingredients.
• Form mixture into large balls(6-8). Roll in flour to lightly coat and sauté in olive oil until cooked through, remove and set a side while making the sauce in the same pan.
• To make sauce, sauté onion and green pepper in the remaining olive oil(add a tablespoon more if necessary) until translucent. Add mashed garlic during the last minute or two of frying. Drain thoroughly. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Now add the meatballs back into the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer on low for about 30 minutes.

CARIBBEAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine pork, water chestnuts, green onions, ginger, 1 tsp soy sauce and egg.
• Shape into 1 inch balls. Roll meatballs in cornstarch.
• Pour oil for frying into a wok or deep pan about 11/2 inches deep. Heat oil to 375F or until a chunk of bread sizzles.
• Add meatballs to oil just a few at a time so not to lower the oil temperature.
• Cook until browned all over, drain on paper towels.
• When done with the meatballs, pour out oil. Wipe out wok or skillet with paper towels.
• Return wok to high heat and pour in 1 tbls oil.
• Add green pepper and stir-fry 1 minute.
• Reduce heat to low and add meatballs and water. Cover and simmer 20 minutes or until meatballs are done in center.
• In a small bowl, combine orange juice, chili sauce, 1 tbls soy sauce, and honey. Pour over meatballs and continue cooking for another 2 minutes.
• This dish goes very well over the rice.