Chipotle Meatballs
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Category
Main Dish
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Cusine
Mexican and Tex Mex
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
2 slices bacon, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 large eggs
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 pounds ground pork
2 teaspoons dried oregano or finely chopped fresh mint
1-2 teaspoons chipotle powder
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped, about 1 cup
3 garlic cloves, minced
1-3 chipotles chiles in adobo , minced fine and sauce reserved
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 cup beef or chicken broth
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix all the meatball ingredients together in a large bowl and mix well with your clean hands for a minute or two. You want the mixture to be well integrated, but you don't want to overwork it or the meatballs will be tough.
With wet hands or an ice cream scoop, form meat into about 16 plum-size balls and space them out in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish, or, if you have one, a mini-muffin tin. Bake at 400 degrees F until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
While meatballs bake, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat and sauté the onions until they just start to brown. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add the minced chipotles, the can of tomatoes, oregano or mint, and beef broth. Mix well and add salt to taste. If you want more chipotle flavor, add the reserved chipotle sauce spoonful by spoonful, mixing and tasting between spoonfuls. Simmer the sauce uncovered as the meatballs cook.
When meatballs are ready, put them into the sauce and toss to coat. If the sauce is too thin for your taste, continue to boil it down for a few minutes. Otherwise, serve with rice, tortillas or polenta. Garnish with cilantro to serve.