Modern city dwellers are forced to live in a verybusy rhythm. The day is always spent in work, and in the evening, when the family is finally together, the question arises of what to feed everyone. Yes, so that it is both tasty and does not take too long to fuss about. In our opinion, meatballs in sauce with vegetables or rice are a great idea for dinner. Moreover, this dish does not lose its taste at all, even if it has been in the refrigerator for a couple of days. Moreover, the meatballs are maximally soaked in the sauce and become even tastier. You will get the answer to the question of how to cook meatballs with rice or vegetables in this article and see that there is nothing complicated in this dish, and the ingredients for it are quite accessible.
Meatballs with rice in tomato sour cream sauce
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of minced meat
- 100 grams of rice
- 2 onions
- 2 medium sized carrots
- 1-2 cloves of garlic
- 150 grams of tomatoes (canned in their own juice)
- 100 grams of sour cream
- 30 milliliters of vegetable oil
- salt, pepper, bay leaf, other spices to taste
Method of preparation:Boil the rice until half-cooked. Grind the meat, add finely chopped onion, a clove of crushed garlic, salt, pepper and other spices that you prefer, cooled boiled rice. Mix everything thoroughly until the mass becomes quite homogeneous. Fry finely chopped onion and grated carrots in vegetable oil, then add tomatoes (or tomato sauce, ketchup, etc.), bay leaf, salt, pepper and simmer everything together under the lid. Then gradually pour in the sour cream, stirring the sauce all the time. If it seems too thick to you, you can add a little hot vegetable broth. Make small balls from the prepared mince and drop them into the boiling sauce. Cook the meatballs under the lid on low heat for 20 minutes. You can serve them with white bread toasts. These meatballs can be made from chicken or turkey, but the classic is a mixture of pork and beef.
Meatballs from chicken meat on a cushion of vegetables
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of chicken fillet
- 50 grams of oat flakes
- 1 egg
- 1 onion
- 1 pack of frozen vegetables
- salt, pepper, bay leaves, other spices
- 30 milliliters of vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon of sour cream
- 1-2 teaspoons of hot chilli sauce
Method of preparation:Soak the flakes in water (or milk), grind the meat together with the onion. Mix the soaked flakes, meat, egg, salt and pepper and prepare a well-whipped mass for the meatballs. Place the frozen vegetables in a preheated frying pan and fry in vegetable oil, add salt and pepper to taste, add spices, sour cream and hot sauce and let it boil. Place the meatballs on the vegetables, pour the resulting sauce over them and leave to stew under the lid for about 20 minutes. Mashed potatoes, pasta, rice, rice noodles are perfect as a side dish for these meatballs.
Meatballs in sweet and sour sauce
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of stuffing (you can mix pork, beef and chicken)
- a few slices of dry bread (or 3-4 tablespoons of wheat breadcrumbs)
- 2 onions
- 1 carrot
- a handful of prunes
- handful dried apricots
- a couple of garlic cloves
- salt, pepper, bay leaves, other spices
- 30 milliliters of vegetable oil
- 50-100 milliliters of vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon of starch
Method of preparation:Soak the bread (or crackers) in water. Add squeezed bread, egg, chopped onion and garlic, salt, pepper, spices to the mince and mix well. Fry the spices, chopped onion and carrot in vegetable oil, add pre-soaked dried apricots and prunes, pour in the vegetable broth, season to taste with salt, pepper and spices, pour in the vegetable broth and simmer. Divide the mince into meatballs and add to the vegetables. Cook under the lid for 20 minutes. At the end, thicken the sauce with starch diluted in a small amount of cold vegetable broth. Serve crumbly rice as a side dish.
Fish meatballs in spicy sweet and sour sauce
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of fish fillets
- a few slices of white bread soaked in milk
- 2 onions
- 2 large carrots
- 1 egg
- 30 grams of fresh ginger
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- 200 grams of tomatoes canned in their own juice (you can use tomato sauce or ketchup)
- hot chilli sauce (to taste)
- 40-50 milliliters of vegetable oil
- Salt, sugar, pepper, other spices
- green onion
Method of preparation:Chop the fish fillet with a knife until it becomes minced. For meatballs, it is best to use a mixture of fatty and lean fish, then they will be juicy and tender. Add squeezed bread, finely chopped or grated onion, chopped garlic clove, egg, salt, pepper, spices to the resulting minced meat and mix everything thoroughly to get a homogeneous mass. Fry chopped ginger in vegetable oil, add chopped onion, garlic and carrot and cook everything together for 5 minutes. Then add tomatoes, hot sauce, salt, pepper, add sugar to the vegetables - the sauce should be hot and sweet at the same time. Divide the minced meat into meatballs, bread them in flour and lower them into the boiling dressing. Cook under the lid for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with finely chopped green onions before serving. Ideally served with rice or rice noodles. So, if you decide to cook delicious meatballs with rice or vegetables, refer to our recipes. Enjoy your meal! We recommend reading:
