How to make homemade meatballs with minced beef

Hello dearies!
Hope you are having a wonderful May Day Work free day….whoop! Whoop! . I must say, it came at a very convenient time for me because the whole Fam stayed home today to enjoy the meatballs I made early this morning. When I was done with the meat balls, I made a simple tomato sauce to go with it – Everyone enjoyed it. Then the heavy rain……Sweet Jeezzz!!! It made the weather sooooo freaking cool which is a far cry from the harsh naija Sun we’ve been putting up with.
I got the minced meat I used from the Shoprite Shopping Mall (I went to the one at ikeja). They’ve always got fresh and Very affordable goods. I got the pack of minced beef for 599Naira and guess what, they even gave me my 50+50kobo change…..lol!!!.

If you don’t have where to buy minced meat, you could also grind your meat.This is really easy to do if you have a mincer, Grinder/ food processor. It also saves a whole lot of stress and money.
To start, Wash the meat thoroughly with clean water then slice off the elastic muscles with a sharp Knife. Most times the grinder is not able to grind this part of the meat. Dice the meat into smaller chunks and place in the grinder – Grind. To skip this process, simply get minced meat.

Homemade meatballs recipe:
• Prep time:  30 minutes
• Cook time: 5 minutes
• Total time: 35 minutes
• Makes :      25 Meatballs
• Misc.:         Serve Hot

Preparation:::

1. Combine the Minced meat, Pepper, Chopped Onion, minced Garlic, whisked Egg, Stock cube & Salt together in a bowl

2. Mix thoroughly making sure you combine everything together

3. Wash your hands thoroughly and scoop a tbsp. of the mixture into the palm of your hands; Roll into smooth balls (It comes out fine when rolled with wet hands) 

4. Place the rolled balls on a flat plate and leave to set on the counter top for about 15 mins

5. 10 minutes into the set time of the rolled balls, pour the vegetable oil into a dry pan and leave to heat on the burner for 5 mins on medium heat 

6. Gently drop the rolled balls into the hot oil in the pan and leave to fry for about 5 mins till golden brown, making sure you turn intermittently.

7. Scoop out the meat balls and place in a plate.

8. Serve with any dish or prepare a light tomato sauce to go with it. If you’ve got stew…..Well, That’d do perfectly J.

– The egg serves as a binding agent. Make sure its incorporated well into the mixture

– Make sure the garlic, onions are diced finely. This is so you wouldn’t have trouble making the meat stick together 

– Don’t crowd the pan, fry them adequately spaced out

  

*** I made a light Capsicum tomato sauce to go with the meatballs. Click to view the preparation process

Light Capsicum tomato sauce with meatballs

Meatballs in light Capsicum tomato sauce

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