Meatballs

Carmen

Great recipe I use for meatballs. I make a big batch and leave them in the freezer for a lazy weeknight dinner

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Ingredients:

600g beef mince
1 egg
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
1 brown onion
100g bacon (rinds removed)
3 cloves garlic
1/3 cup BBQ sauce (smokey is good)
4-5 sprigs of chives

Method:

  1. Put onion, bacon, garlic and chives in a food processor and cut up. If you do not have a food processor you can just finely chop everything up
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  2. Mix in egg and BBQ sauce
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  3. Add beef and bread crumbs and blend well. Season with salt and pepper
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  4. Roll meat into balls (about golf ball size)
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  5. cover with cling wrap and freeze for about 30 minutes before cooking (and leave any other ones in the freezer for later)
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  6. When you are ready to cook, preheat the oven to 180 degrees. You can also just grill these on a BBQ
  7. Put meatballs into the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes until the tops are a darker brown
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  8. serve with salad or veggies
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