Stuffed Chipotle Meatballs

Name: Stuffed Chipotle Meatballs
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 355 milliliters chicken broth; 2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce; 1 egg; 3 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro; 1 garlic clove, minced; 454 grams ground beef; 3 hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters; 118 milliliters finely diced onion; 2 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters canned plain tomato sauce; 1 Tbsp uncooked long-grain white rice

Stuffed Chipotle Meatballs might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 404 calories, 27g of protein, and 28g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes. If you have cilantro, chicken broth, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the white rice you could follow this main course with the Baked Rice Pudding as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and דל פחמימות, diet.

Instructions

In a medium bowl, combine beef, egg, rice, salt, and onion.

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Onion

Beef

Rice

Salt

Egg

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Bowl

Mixture will be soft. Form meat into 12 thin patties, each about 3 in. wide. Put a wedge of hard-boiled egg in center of each patty, then press meat around eggs, forming 12 balls. Cover and refrigerate while you prepare sauce.

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Hard Boiled Egg

Sauce

Egg

Meat

In a blender or food processor, combine chicken broth, tomato sauce, chipotles, and garlic; blend until smooth.

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Chicken Broth

Tomato Sauce

Chipotle Chiles

Garlic

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Food Processor

Blender

Pour sauce through strainer into a medium saucepan and add meatballs and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover pot and cook meatballs in sauce, turning occasionally, until they're cooked through, about 25 minutes.

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Meatballs