Meatballs with Rice in Tomato-Cream Sauce

My favorite super meatball recipe for you. Pork meatballs are good with potatoes, and with rice, and with pasta and porridge.

Cook: 1 hour
Servings: 6

Ingredients

• Pork – 600 g
• Or minced pork – 600 g
• Rice – 200 g
• Bulb onions – 1-2 pcs.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Garlic (optional) – 2-3 cloves
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• Pork seasoning – to taste
• Homemade cream – 4 tbsp
• Water – 0.5 l
• Vegetable oil – 30 g

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Instructions

1. Wash and cut the pork into pieces. Peel and wash 1-2 onions, and peel 2-3 garlic cloves (optional). Rinse the rice, pour boiling water over it, let sit for 5-10 minutes, then drain through a sieve.
2. Pass the pork, onions, and garlic through a meat grinder.
3. Add salt, pepper, pork seasoning to taste, 1 egg, and the cooked rice to the ground pork. Mix well until fully combined.
4. Form meatballs using wet hands.
5. Heat 30 g vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the meatballs and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown, then transfer to a pot.
6. In the pot, mix 0.5 liters of water with 2 tbsp tomato paste and 4 tbsp cream.
7. Cover and simmer on the lowest heat for 25-30 minutes until the meatballs reach an internal temperature of 63 °C (145 °F).
8. Serve with your favorite side dish.

Enjoy your meal!