Meatballs with gravy are delicious balls of minced meat stewed in a thick, flavorful sauce. Don't confuse them with meatballs; there are several significant differences between them. Meatballs are most often prepared in larger sizes because they are a separate, complete meat dish, for example, for lunch. Meatballs are fried or stewed in a frying pan, and can also be baked in the oven with or without sauce. Meatballs are boiled in broth; they usually complement some dish, for example.
There is a wide variety of delicious meatballs, mostly differing in additional ingredients. You can add onions and carrots to the meatballs, you can put rice, meatballs with mushrooms or stuffed with vegetables that are wrapped in minced meat are delicious. Various sauces for meatballs can also be prepared and they will radically affect the taste. Well, the most important thing is that the meatballs themselves can be made from various types of meat. I don’t want to see meatballs, but meatballs in all the variety of preparations take the main prize.
Of course, I won’t be able to cover all the options, but I will share many delicious ones with you.
Meatballs with tomato sauce and sour cream
It seems to me right to start with simple and classic recipes. They are usually the most sought after and popular. We have become so accustomed to meatballs since childhood that we very often look for recipes for their preparation that are very similar to those prepared by our mothers and grandmothers, as well as hardworking cooks in kindergarten. And all this is not just like that. By the way, let me clarify that meatballs can be prepared for children and they really like them, both in taste and in shape, and I don’t need to tell you how many kids love gravy. You can choose any side dish according to your taste, but now let's learn how to cook delicious meatballs with gravy.
For the meatballs you will need:
- minced meat - kg,
- egg - 1 piece,
- onions - 1-2 pcs,
- garlic - 1-2 pcs,
- sour cream - 4 tablespoons,
- flour - 2 tablespoons,
- salt, pepper and spices to taste.
Preparation:
1. For meatballs, you can use either ready-made minced meat or make it yourself from the chosen meat. Choose pork, beef or a mixture of two minced meats to suit your taste. My one piece of advice is not to make the minced meat too lean, that is, completely without fat. A little fat in the minced meat will make the meatballs more juicy, and at the same time it will practically melt during heat treatment.
2. Chop the onion smaller, especially if you are cooking for children. Adjust the quantity yourself; you can add one or two onions. The onion itself also helps make the meatballs softer and juicier. Combine onion and minced meat in a large, comfortable bowl. Grind the garlic on a grater or with a knife, and also add it to the minced meat.
3. Break one raw egg into a bowl with minced meat and stir. The egg will help ensure good stickiness of the minced meat so that future meatballs do not fall apart when finished. Salt and pepper the minced meat to your taste.
4. Form the resulting minced meat into even, medium-sized balls. Roll them in flour so that when frying you get a delicious golden brown crust and all the meat juices are sealed inside. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry the meatballs over medium heat on all sides until lightly browned.
5. Prepare the future gravy. This recipe is the simplest - mix tomato paste with sour cream, dilute with one glass of warm water.
6. Pour the resulting sauce over the meatballs in the frying pan, cover with a lid and simmer for fifteen minutes.
7. As it simmers, the gravy will take on a deeper red color thanks to the tomato sauce. After fifteen minutes, covered over medium heat, the meatballs will be ready and soaked in a delicious sauce.
Delicious meatballs with gravy are ready. The most universal and simplest recipe. If you put cream instead of sour cream, the taste will be more delicate and less sour. Serve with a hot side dish, such as mashed potatoes, sprinkle with fresh herbs. Bon appetit!
Tender meatballs with rice baked in gravy in the oven
Almost all of us have tried meatballs with rice, and many even know them under the name “Hedgehogs”. They can also be cooked in a frying pan in a thick gravy, or you can bake them in the oven, which will only make them more tender, because there will be no drying frying in the frying pan, but only uniform heat on all sides. To flavor the gravy, we will add onions and carrots to it.
You will need:
- mixed minced meat - 600 grams,
- boiled rice - 1 cup,
- egg - 1 piece,
- onions - 2 pcs,
- carrots - 1 piece,
- garlic - 2 cloves,
- tomato paste - 2 tablespoons,
- sour cream - 2 tablespoons,
- flour - 2 tablespoons,
- salt and black pepper to taste.
Preparation:
1. Scroll the meat through a meat grinder or take ready-made minced meat. Place it in a bowl and add finely chopped onion and garlic. We will need the second onion for gravy. Also break an egg into the minced meat. Add some salt and pepper. Stir the minced meat first with a spoon and then with your hands, this is how it mixes best.
2. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
3. Mix sour cream and tomato paste in a separate bowl. Add two tablespoons of flour to them and stir to a smooth paste.
4. Pour cold boiled water into a glass and gradually pour it into the future sauce in a bowl. Pour a little and stir, then add more water and stir, and so on until all the water is gone.
Flour is needed in this sauce to add thickness. It also gives off that same characteristic taste that we remember from childhood in the gravy that was served in the canteen of kindergartens and schools.
5. Heat a frying pan with oil. Cut the second onion into small cubes. Fry the onion in oil until translucent, then add the grated carrots to the pan and fry over medium heat until the carrots soften.
6. Now pour the prepared tomato-sour cream sauce into the frying pan with onions and carrots. Stir, add a little salt and let simmer over low heat for 2-3 minutes. Salt and pepper the future gravy to your taste. This is how salty it will be when finished.
7. Turn on the oven to preheat at 180 degrees. Take a baking dish and start forming the meatballs. To do this, lightly moisten your hands with water and roll the minced meat into fairly large balls. Place the finished meatballs in the mold. When everything is assembled, take a frying pan with gravy and pour the meatballs on top. If there is not enough sauce, add a little water; it will mix with the sauce while boiling in the oven.
8. Place the meatballs with gravy in the oven and bake them for about 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
After half an hour, the meatballs are ready. The far cooks very quickly, and we already had the rice ready. You will get very tender and tasty meatballs with a fragrant thick gravy with onions and carrots. This is a very nutritious and satisfying lunch or dinner. Choose a side dish at your discretion. Eat for your health!
How to cook meatballs with gravy like in kindergarten
For those who are inexorably drawn by nostalgia to remember that same taste and cook meatballs like in kindergarten, I offer this good and detailed video. It describes the process of making meatballs and all the ingredients needed for this. There is nothing complicated in such a recipe and the cooks did not keep a military secret with it. Now it will be available to you too. Prepare the meatballs and don’t forget the tender pasta.
Meatballs in cream sauce, baked with cheese
Meatballs with rice are not the only thing that is great with tomato sauce. The creamy sauce is no less wonderful, and if you add cheese to it, then you won’t be able to pull it off by the ears. I can say this for myself and my family, but I’m almost sure that many will agree with me.
Cream is a delicate matter, so we will also bake meatballs in this sauce.
You will need:
- minced meat - 600 grams,
- rice - 100 grams,
- cream 10% - 330 ml,
- cheese - 100 grams,
- garlic - 2 cloves,
- potato starch - 1 teaspoon,
- salt and spices to taste.
Preparation:
1. Prepare minced meat, place it in a container convenient for stirring. Add garlic to the minced meat, passed through a press or grated on a fine grater. Add salt (about 0.5 teaspoon).
2. Boil the rice until half cooked. Add it to the minced meat. Add 0.5-1 teaspoon of your favorite mild spices. For example, Provençal or Italian herbs work very well.
3. Stir the minced meat with your hands, it turns out more evenly than with a spoon or spatula due to the fact that the minced meat is quite thick and lumpy.
4. Lightly moisten your hands with water and roll into large round meatballs. Take a comfortable deep baking dish and place future meatballs on the bottom. It is not necessary to spread butter, because we will cook them in sauce.
5. Stir the sauce in a separate bowl. To do this, pour cream into a bowl. Grate the cheese on a fine or coarse grater. Add cheese to the cream, as well as spices and salt to taste. Add a teaspoon of potato starch there, this is necessary to make the creamy sauce a little thicker. Starch will not affect the taste at all. Mix everything well.
6. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Place the meatballs in the pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes, during which time the meatballs will be half cooked.
7. Pour the gravy we prepared over the meatballs. Place the remaining cheese at the bottom (it will settle) on top of each meatball so that it bakes with a beautiful golden brown crust.
8. Place the meatballs and gravy back in the oven and bake for another 20-25 minutes. The sauce will reduce and the cheese will bake into a beautiful crust. The meatballs will be completely ready.
Serve hot meatballs in creamy sauce with side dishes and vegetable salads. Bon appetit!
Original meatballs with buckwheat - grechaniky. Step-by-step video recipe
If you've tried meatballs with rice, but are already a little tired of them, then it's time to bring something new to this wonderful dish. Add buckwheat instead of rice and you will get a new type of delicious meatballs. Such delicious meatballs are also prepared with a thick rich gravy in which they are baked.
The ingredients are quite familiar: minced meat, onion, egg, flour and tomato paste. Instead of rice, boiled buckwheat. Add spices to your taste to make these meatballs spicy or spicy and delight your household with a new product.
Make meatballs with gravy more often and don't forget to add variety to them by changing sauces and additives. Don't forget delicious side dishes and salads; lunch should be nutritious and healthy. I wish you health and good mood!
To prepare meatballs in creamy tomato sauce in the oven we will need:
For the meatballs:
beef pulp, you can take pork pulp or chicken fillet) - 500 g;
rice - 100 g;
garlic - 1-2 cloves;
egg - 1 pc.;
salt, spices - to taste.
For the sauce:
cream 10% or 20% - 200 ml;
I prepared lecho with homemade lecho, but if you don’t have lecho, you can also use tomato paste diluted in water) - 100 ml;
flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
small carrots) - 2 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
salt - to taste;
water - up to 1 liter;
vegetable oil for frying.
Prepare food. I repeat once again that you can use pork, beef, or even chicken fillet as meat.
Carefully pour the resulting creamy tomato sauce into the mold with the meatballs. The meatballs should be completely covered with sauce.
Cover the pan with foil. If you have a mold with a lid, then cover the mold with a lid and place in a preheated oven. Cook at 200 degrees for about 35-40 minutes.
These are the aromatic, juicy and very tasty meatballs in the sauce. Can be served with any side dish.
This is what the cut meatballs look like. And what a delicious creamy tomato sauce, you'll just lick your fingers.
Bon appetit!
Meatballs are a simple and tasty dish that can be prepared in the oven, in a slow cooker or in a frying pan. The juiciest and most tender meatballs are, of course, in sauce.
Let's cook meatballs in tomato cream sauce today, not forgetting to add your favorite seasonings for aroma and taste. It's simple and delicious, try it!
Let's prepare the products according to the list.
Rinse the rice until it is clean, add boiling water and leave for 5-10 minutes. Then place the rice in a sieve.
Place the minced meat in a container, add onion, minced through a meat grinder, egg, rice, salt, pepper and garlic squeezed through a press. Mix well.
Using hands dipped in water, form meatballs. Pour oil into a frying pan, heat and fry the meatballs until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes on each side.
Prepare tomato cream sauce. Place the grated tomato in a saucepan or saucepan, pour in the cream (you can use tomato paste instead of tomatoes). Add salt, pepper and basil (or your favorite seasonings).
Then pour in boiling water and stir. Place the meatballs in the tomato cream sauce, cover with a lid, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cook for 25-30 minutes.
Tomato sauces are widely used in cooking because they can complement almost any dish. When combined with cream, they become simply incomparable, more tender, appetizing and satisfying. This article will tell you how to cook, which will be an ideal addition to any side dish and your most favorite dish.
You simply can’t imagine a better lunch or dinner, how delicious these meat balls are! This traditional dish of our cuisine reminds many of a carefree childhood, although during this time the recipes have undergone significant changes. Homemade meatballs in sauce are a real delicacy that both adults and children love. Housewives love to cook this dish, since it doesn’t require much effort, and the sea brings pleasure. If you are thinking about what to cook for dinner today with porridge, spaghetti or mashed potatoes, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the suggested recipes.
Meatballs in creamy tomato sauce
- mixed minced meat – 0.5 kg
- rice – 4 table. spoons
- egg – 1 pc.
- cream – 100 ml
- tomato paste – 2 tbsp. spoons
- basil and oregano – 2 g each
- garlic – 4 cloves
- olive oil – 50-70 ml
- parsley – 0.5 bunch
- onions and carrots - 1 pc.
- pepper and salt – 5 g each
Grate onions, carrots and garlic, mix with minced meat and boiled until half cooked and completely cooled rice. We also add egg, pepper and salt to the mixture and form small balls. Fry the meatballs in oil until golden brown, pour in a mixture of cream, tomato paste, basil and oregano. Simmer the meat balls in the sauce for about 15 minutes, sprinkle the finished dish with chopped parsley.
Meatballs in a spicy thick cream and tomato sauce
- lamb – 200 g
- veal – 500 g
- tomatoes in their own juice – 300 g
- cream – 0.5 cups
- onion – 1 pc.
- sunflower oil – 50 ml
- rice – 50 g
- ginger root – 5 cm
- carrots – 1 pc.
- basil – 10 g
- curry – 1 teaspoon
- chili pepper and paprika - 3 g each
- nutmeg – 0.5 tsp
- black pepper – 3 g
- salt – 0.5 teaspoon
We twist the meat, mix the minced meat with boiled rice, season with nutmeg and salt and pepper, and form neat balls the size of a walnut. Grind the tomatoes in a blender and mix with cream. Fry finely chopped onion, grated carrots and ginger in oil, add meatballs, fry for 1 minute, pour in tomato cream sauce, season with curry, chili, paprika and basil, simmer until tender for about 20-25 minutes.
Unusual meatballs in spicy tomato cream sauce
This recipe for meatballs comes from Mexican cuisine, if you love everything hot and spicy, then it will certainly become your favorite.
- minced pork – 500 g
- garlic – 2 cloves
- cilantro – 0.5 bunch
- onion – 1 pc.
- rice – 50 g
- egg – 1 pc.
- cinnamon - a pinch
- tomatoes – 5 pcs.
- vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons. spoons
- paprika – 1 teaspoon
- cream – 1 glass
- coriander – 0.5 tsp
- brown sugar – 2 pinches
- chili pepper – 1 pc.
- bell pepper – 1 pc.
- salt – 1 teaspoon. spoon
Finely chop the cilantro, grate the garlic and onion, mix with minced meat, rice, egg, season the mixture with cinnamon and salt, and form balls of the same size. Fry chopped bell peppers and chopped chili in hot oil, then add meatballs and sauce made from cream and tomatoes twisted in a blender. Season with coriander and brown sugar and simmer, covered, until tender.
Meatballs in creamy tomato sauce are an incredibly juicy, tasty and easy-to-prepare dish. Recipes for its preparation should be in the cookbook of every housewife who is trying to feed her family with varied and healthy food, pleasing not only with satiety and substances necessary for the body, but also with incredible taste.
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Meatballs in creamy tomato sauce
Meatballs in creamy tomato sauce are an incredibly tasty and satisfying meat dish that can be served on their own or with your favorite side dish. These meatballs are not at all difficult to prepare, but thanks to the creamy tomato sauce, they are so tender, juicy and aromatic that you and your loved ones will definitely like them.
- Cooking time: 1.5 hours
- Main ingredient: pork
- Generic name: meatballs
List of ingredients
- pork pulp - 500 g
- onions - 1 pc.
- rice - 1 cup
- egg - 1 pc.
- hard cheese - 50 g
- cream 33% - 250 ml
- tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoons
- meat broth - 150 ml
- flour - 1 teaspoon
- ground black pepper - to taste
- salt - to taste
- vegetable oil - for frying
Cooking method
Rinse the rice, pour boiling water over it and leave for 30 minutes. Then drain the water. Wash the pork pulp, dry it and cut into pieces. Peel, wash and chop the onion as desired. Grind the meat and onions using a meat grinder, add rice, salt and pepper. Stir until smooth and form into round meatballs. Fry the meatballs on all sides in vegetable oil until golden brown and transfer to a baking dish.
To prepare the sauce, mix the cream with tomato paste until smooth. Add broth, flour, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly and pour the prepared sauce over the meatballs. Grate the hard cheese onto a coarse grater. Sprinkle cheese on meatballs and place in preheated oven. Bake at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. Transfer to a platter and serve.
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Pour boiling water over the bulgur so that it steams for 10-12 minutes while we make the minced meat.
After grinding the beef and pork in a meat grinder, add seasonings and a finely chopped small onion, egg, bulgur (without water), knead and be sure to beat it, throwing it 20-25 times into a bowl with high sides.
For the sauce, sauté half rings of a large onion and grated carrots in vegetable oil over medium heat for 8-9 minutes.
Add tomato paste, about a glass of water, let it simmer gently for 3-5 minutes.
Wetting our palms with water, we form meatballs weighing on average 60 g (45-50 mm diameter).
Pour a package of cream (200 ml) into the frying pan, put the meatballs into the boiling sauce, cover the frying pan with a lid.
Simmer after boiling for 25-30 minutes, until the meatballs are soft. Halfway through cooking, turn the meatballs over. Serve with any side dish, sprinkled with chopped parsley if desired.
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Has anyone cooked maggi meatballs for the main course in creamy tomato sauce?
Has anyone cooked Maggi meatballs for a main course in creamy tomato sauce? Tasty? Not spicy, can the kids have it for dinner?
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:20
nope. they are packed with seasonings and additives.
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:21
I’m not an adviser because I don’t take maggi) there are only E. I definitely wouldn’t take it for children.
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:21
It’s not spicy, that’s for sure. The contents need to be mixed with sour cream..
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:21
Make meatballs in sour cream sauce. Insanely delicious!!
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:23
Sorry, but beee... I took 2 different packets of these a long time ago and if you make everything, it tastes very salty and there’s a lot of seasoning (I definitely wouldn’t give it to mine. And I feel sorry for myself from such chemicals
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:27
The composition is normal, written without e
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:27
I like it, but it’s better for children to make the sauce themselves. cream, tomato, salt. there are a lot of spices
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:28
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:30
Is anyone else buying this crap?
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:35
Oh. E. chemistry. living is harmful! I'm interested in what you eat and what kind of air you breathe.
I did it today! Delicious! Not hot
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:39
Here is the recipe for awesome meatballs)))) they just melt in your mouth
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:40
anonymous .
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:42
Anonymous, you know, I breathe ordinary air, but I don’t eat maggi. Not because I’m a principal, but I think that my own tastes better
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:42
Anonymous, approximately how much time, otherwise it seems to me that I always overexpose
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:43
Anonymous, simmer or fry? Do you simmer with a lid?
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:44
Anonymous, stew, I thought in the oven
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:44
I did it recently. Tasty, not spicy. For me it's a little too salty.
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:46
Anonymous, I won’t argue, I don’t always make it tastier so far
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:46
anonymous
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:47
Anonymous, I add a little rice, onion and stew to chicken meatballs (from the breast). don't turn out dry
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:48
Anonymous, I don’t write about E because I don’t study it. I like a lot of seasonings and herbs, I didn’t even think about the composition)) but I personally don’t like “ready-made” seasonings, not for me))
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:50
Anonymous, what do we think of hedgehogs and meatballs?
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:50
Anonymous, if it’s rice, then it’s hedgehogs
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:50
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:51
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:52
Anonymous, thanks, I'll take note.
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:52
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 22:58
Anonymous, plus, we cooked it yesterday
- Anonymous
- October 26, 2015
- 23:27
And I buy seasonings at the market on May 9th. There's a non-Russian guy selling them. There for both meat and fish. All sorts of different ones. And no chemistry. But ready-made seasonings are always ready for a “rainy day,” so to speak.
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meatballs in creamy tomato sauce
Meatballs with bulgur in creamy tomato sauce are a great idea to diversify your menu. We replace the usual rice with bulgur and get a tasty and satisfying dish with a unique nutty taste. Let's cook and try meatballs with bulgur!
Number of servings: 4
To prepare bulgur meatballs in creamy tomato sauce, you will need:
- minced chicken – 500 g
- bulgur – 0.5 tbsp.
- cream (20%) – 200 g
- tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
- onions – 2 pcs.
- carrots – 1 pc.
- egg – 1 pc.
- salt - to taste
- ground black pepper - to taste
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
How to cook meatballs with bulgur in creamy tomato sauce
Almost every housewife knows the recipe for meatballs. The highlight of my recipe is a delicate creamy sauce, which gives the dish an unforgettable taste and is the best gravy for a side dish.
The recipe uses cream, you can replace it with milk or sour cream. The taste, of course, will change a little, but nothing catastrophic will happen. The family will be satisfied in any case.
To prepare meatballs in creamy tomato sauce, I used:
- 0.5 kg minced pork and beef;
- a handful of long grain rice;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 200g cream (fat content does not matter);
- 2 tbsp. tomato paste;
- salt pepper.
Preparation:
Boil the rice until cooked so that it is crumbly. Let cool. Remember that you need to cook rice in a 3:2 ratio of water and rice, do not open the lid during cooking.
Salt and pepper the minced meat, add the egg and boiled rice. The egg is necessary so that the meatballs do not crumble during cooking and keep their shape. My minced meat already contained onions. You can finely chop the onion and put it fresh in the minced meat, or fry it, or grind it together with the meat through a meat grinder.
Mix everything thoroughly until smooth. If desired, you can pre-soak the bun in milk and add the crumb soaked in milk to the minced meat.
Form the minced meat into meatballs of the same size (about 4 cm in diameter). Place in a mold or frying pan without a handle with high sides. Meatballs must be laid in one layer.
Pour the cream into a bowl, add salt and pepper, and add tomato paste.
Beat the creamy tomato sauce, mixing everything thoroughly.
First, pour the resulting sauce over each meatball, then fill the mold so that only a small part of the cutlets is visible on the surface. This is necessary so that the meatballs have a golden brown crust. If there is not enough sauce, add a little cold boiled water and mix well again.
Preheat the oven in advance. Bake the meatballs for 40 minutes at a temperature of 170-180 degrees.
It will most likely not be possible to prepare such a dish on the stove, since cream and sour cream begin to curdle when boiling. In addition, in this case, the meatballs will need to be constantly stirred, as a result of which they may lose their shape.
The dish is best served with mashed potatoes or cereal. When serving, garnish the meatballs with fresh vegetables and herbs.
I hope that you and your loved ones will like the recipe for meatballs in creamy tomato sauce. Enjoy your meal!
