My candidate for the 2022 Meatball Off. It did poorly, probably because it’s too intense & spicy. But I did get a handful of compliments from adults who like spicy food. The meatball technique is borrowed from Dana’s Cheesy Herb Meatballs & the chimichurri is borrowed from Pepin’s Chimichurri recipe.

I felt the biggest risk was using too much Chimichurri, since it’s so intense. So the idea was to only lightly toss the meatballs in Chimichurri after they were cooked.

Ingredients

• 3lbs of ground meat (I usually use a mix of beef, veal & pork)
• Spice Mix (per pound of meat): 1 tbsp of breadcrumbs, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp of smoked paprika, 1 garlic clove

Instructions

1. Mix meat & Spice Mix & assemble meatballs.
2. If possible, let them sit overnight in the fridge.
3. Assemble Chimichurri (see recipe).
4. Brown meatballs briefly in olive oil over medium heat.
5. Cook meatballs in oven at 425 for 10-12 minutes.
6. Toss meatballs in chimichurri (include as much chimichurri as you can stand)

Posted by: jack

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 4th, 2022 at 7:33 am and is filed under entrees, side dishes.