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Guest Recipe: Kerry's Low Carb Mexican Meatballs

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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 317kcal

Ingredients

Meatball mix

  • handful of coriander
  • 1 clove of garlic - peeled
  • 1 onion - quartered
  • 20 g ghee - or preferred oil
  • 2 tsp dried ground chipotle
  • 1 tsp psyllium husk
  • 500 g mince

Sauce

  • 1 clove of garlic - peeled
  • 1 onion - quartered
  • 1 red capsicum - deseeded, roughly chopped
  • 20 g ghee - or preferred oil
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 3 chipotle in adobo sauce + 1 tbsp of the sauce
  • 1000 g roughly chopped ripe tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp stock concentrate
  • good handful of roughly torn coriander

Instructions

Meatball Instructions

  • Place coriander in bowl and chop for 3 sec/speed 4/MC on. Set aside.
  • Put garlic & onion in bowl chop for 5 sec/speed 4/MC on. Scrape bowl down.
  • Add ghee and saute for 5 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off.
  • Add chipotle powder, psyllium husk & mince & knead for 1-2 minutes or until combined
  • Remove mixture & roll into meatballs

Sauce Instructions

  • Without washing the bowl, add garlic, onion & capsicum chop for 4 sec/speed 5/MC on. Scrape bowl down.
  • Add ghee & cumin and saute for 5 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off.
  • Add chipotles, tbsp of the adobo sauce, tomatoes & stock concentrate and cook for 20 min/steaming temp/speed 2. While the sauce is cooking, you can either steam your meatballs in the steaming trays or fry them off in a hot pan on the stove top.
  • Add in the the torn coriander in the last 2 mins.
  • Once the sauce has cooked, you can either blend it for 30 sec/speed 8/MC on or leave it chunky

Notes

Bellini Users
Use blunt blade for this recipe
Meatball instructions
At step 1 use speed 5
At step 2 increase chopping time if required
At step 4 use speed 4 for one minute and extend time until combined if necessary
Sauce instructions
At step 1 chop longer if required
At step 5 (if blending) slowly increase your speed until blended to required consistency.
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Nutrition

Serving: 275g | Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.8g | Protein: 26.7g | Fat: 18.3g | Saturated Fat: 9.2g | Sodium: 366mg | Sugar: 7.7g

 

  1. Really delicious smoky sauce. Meatballs a bit tougher than I’m used to (I usually use breadcrumbs in my meatball mix), but overall very nice flavours. I have frozen half the sauce to make a chilli con carne another time.

  2. I just loved this recipes, it was delicious. Well worth looking around for Chipotle in Adobo sauce. There was loads of sauce left over so I chopped some chicken breast added the sauce and cooked in the oven for 1 1/2 hrs on low. Great 2nd time round.

  3. Well after hunting high and low for the chipotle in adobo sauce (finally found in gaganis, Hindmarsh, SA), I made these tonight and OMG!!! They are amazing and I think one of the best meals I have prepared in a while. A nice smoky flavour and not too spicy, the sauce would go with lots of different things as an accompaniment. Thanks again Nik (and Kerry)!!! 😘

  4. I finally found a can of Chipoltes in Adobo sauce at my local specialty green grocer so I took it as a sign from the Mexican Gods to make these. I added some Zucchini, carrot, corn & kidney beans to the sauce to increase the vege factor. It had a warm kick to the dish which the husband loved. The best part is I have another 2 serves of the sauce which I plan on adding to meat in the slow cooker…. Yum! Thanks Kerry 🙂

    1. no not hot like red chilli , they have a little warmth & a impart a lovely smokey flavor.

      The sauce is a batch cook so enough for 3 batches of meatballs 🙂

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