Meatballs in the oven with gravy

Meatballs with gravy in the oven are a universal dish; they go perfectly with cereals, vegetables or pasta. Mothers know how difficult it is sometimes to feed their children meat, but children eat meatballs in a matter of minutes! There are a large number of options for preparing this wonderful dish and each recipe is good in its own way. Try it and see for yourself.

Tender chicken meatballs “Like in kindergarten”

Tender and juicy meatballs in gravy - the taste of this dish is familiar to every child. Treat yourself and your loved ones by preparing these aromatic, tender and delicious chicken meatballs with kindergarten-style gravy for dinner. We assure you that your loved ones will ask you to cook this dish again and again.

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   Before you start cooking meatballs in the oven with gravy, you need to first prepare some ingredients.First, rinse the rice grains well in plenty of cold water. It's best to do this several times. Place the rice in a small saucepan, add enough water to cover the rice by about one finger in height and cook the rice until half cooked. Peel the onions, rinse under running water, cut in half, and then cut each half into small cubes. In a large deep bowl, mix boiled rice, minced meat (it is better if it consists of several types of meat), add chopped onion and beat in chicken eggs. Mix all ingredients thoroughly, not forgetting to add salt, pepper and your favorite spices. To make the minced meatballs denser and easier to cook, you need to beat it on a bowl.
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   Pour 1 glass of clean water into a deep plate. It will be useful to you in the process of making meatballs - this way the minced meat will not stick to your hands, and the meatballs themselves will turn out to be a beautiful round shape. Place 2-3 tablespoons of flour in another plate. Wet your hands in water and take a small piece of minced meat. Roll it into a meatball, and then roll it properly in flour so that the minced meat does not lose its shape during frying.
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   Pour a sufficient amount of vegetable oil into a large frying pan, place the frying pan on the fire and heat thoroughly. When the oil in the frying pan is warm enough, you can start cooking. Place the meatballs in a frying pan and fry on both sides until golden brown.
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   Transfer to a baking dish, after turning on the oven to preheat to 190 degrees. In a small bowl, combine 200 milliliters of water and tomato paste. Mix thoroughly and add salt to your taste.Pour the resulting tomato water over the meatballs and place the pan in the preheated oven.
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   While the meatballs are cooking, you can make the sauce. To do this, dilute 3 tablespoons of sour cream in 100 milliliters of water. Gradually add 1-2 tablespoons of flour, remembering to stir constantly. If you do not stir the filling while adding flour, you will get a lot of lumps, which in turn will negatively affect the aesthetic and taste qualities of the finished dish. After 15 minutes from the moment you start stewing the meatballs, open the oven and add bay leaf and sour cream filling to the minced meat. Close the oven and continue to simmer the meatballs for 20-30 minutes. In half an hour, a delicious dinner is ready. You can serve these meatballs with any cereal, vegetables, mashed potatoes or pasta.

Bon appetit!

Delicious meatballs in a delicate tomato-sour cream sauce

The meatballs turn out very tender, juicy and flavorful. An excellent option for a family dinner. Pairs perfectly with vegetables and cereals. Can also be served with pasta.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• White bread – 80 gr.
• Milk – 130 ml.
• Sour cream – 200 gr.
• Raw rice – 50 gr.
• Salt, pepper, seasonings - to taste.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Tomato paste – 2-3 tbsp.
• Water – 1.5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Crumble the bread crumb into a small plate. Pour milk over it and leave for a while so that the bread absorbs the milk well.

2. At this time, peel the onions and rinse in cold water. Cut each onion in half and then finely chop each half.

3. Rinse the rice thoroughly in seven waters until the drained water is completely transparent.Then place the rice in a small pan, add enough water and place the pan on the heat. When the water in the pan boils, reduce the heat and cook the rice, stirring occasionally until half cooked.

4. If you use ready-made minced meat, mix it with boiled rice, chopped onion, soaked bread, salt, pepper and spices. If you are using a whole piece of meat, first rinse it under running water and then pass it through a meat grinder (it is better to use not one, but several types of meat).

5. To make the meat in the meatballs dense and not fall apart, you need to beat it a little on a bowl.

6. Wet your hands in cold water, pinch off small pieces of minced meat, and form neat round meatballs.

7. Place a little flour on a plate and roll each meatball in it.

8. Turn on the stove, place a frying pan with vegetable oil on it. When the oil is hot enough, place the meatballs in the frying pan, reduce the heat slightly and fry them until they acquire an appetizing crust and a pleasant golden hue.

9. Make the tomato cream sauce. To do this, melt the butter in a small saucepan, add flour to it and fry. Then add tomato paste, sour cream and water to the browned flour. Salt and season with your favorite spices. Mix everything thoroughly and simmer for 3-5 minutes.

10. Transfer the meatballs to a baking dish, pour the sauce evenly over them and place in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

11. These meatballs are ideal for any vegetable or cereal side dish.

Enjoy your meal!

Turkey meatballs “Juicy”

Try this juicy, tender dish for dinner.Turkey meatballs go well with vegetables, cereals, and pasta. A great option for a hearty dinner for the whole family.

Ingredients:

• Carrot – 1 pc.
• Sour cream – 180 g
• Turkey meat – 600-800 g (thigh is better, but fillet is also possible)
• Onion – 1 head
• Salt and spices - to taste
• Vegetable oil – 2-3 tablespoons

Cooking process:

1. If you do not use ready-made minced turkey, but meat, then you need to chop it. To do this, rinse the meat under running water, let the excess liquid drain, and then cut the meat into portions 3-5 centimeters thick. Pass the meat through a meat grinder (it is better to use a medium one, not the smallest one). Cut the onion in half and finely dice each half.

2. Now you need to start preparing the vegetables. Peel the onions and rinse them with water.

3. Peel the carrots using a vegetable peeler (you can, of course, use a regular knife, but a vegetable peeler cuts the peel layer much thinner and faster), rinse under running water, and then grate on a coarse grater.

4. Place a frying pan on the stove, pour a little vegetable oil into it and mix grated carrots and finely chopped onions. Fry the onions and carrots until a nice golden color (about 5-7 minutes).

5. Once the frying is ready, turn off the stove and transfer the fried onions and carrots to a shallow plate to quickly cool them to room temperature.

6. Combine the prepared minced meat and frying, mix well. It's time to add flavor to the meatballs - add salt, pepper and your favorite spices to taste. Stir well again until all ingredients are combined.

7.Wet your hands in cold water and form meatballs. To do this, pinch off a piece from the total mass of minced meat and roll it into a ball. The specified amount of minced meat yields about 15 small meatballs.

8. Grease a baking dish with a small amount of vegetable oil and place the meatballs there. Pour sour cream over the meatballs and place in the oven, which must first be preheated to 200 degrees. Turkey meatballs are baked for about 50 minutes.

9. Delicious, tender, juicy turkey meatballs are ready!

Step-by-step recipe for meatballs with buckwheat gravy

If you have some boiled buckwheat in the refrigerator from dinner, and there is a piece of minced meat in the freezer, you can try to prepare this simple and satisfying dish - juicy meatballs with buckwheat.

Ingredients:

• Buckwheat (boiled) – 200 g
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Minced beef or pork – 350-400 g
• Onions – 2 medium sized heads
• Salt and seasonings - to taste
• Water – 400-450 ml
• Ketchup or tomato paste – 2 – 2.5 tbsp. l.
• Fresh dill – ½ bunch

Cooking process:

1. If you don’t have ready-made buckwheat, then boil the required amount of cereal in a sufficient amount of salted water.

2. If you are using meat rather than ready-made minced meat, rinse it under water, dry it a little, and then cut it into small pieces and pass it through a meat grinder with a medium-sized attachment.

3. Peel the onions, rinse under cold water, cut in half and chop each half into small cubes. If you twisted the meat through a meat grinder, then the onion can also be passed through it.

4. Add chopped onion and buckwheat to a bowl with minced meat.Add salt, beat in one chicken egg, add your favorite seasonings, and mix everything thoroughly.

5. Now you can make meatballs. If the minced meat sticks to your hands, wet your hands with cold water - it will immediately become much easier to sculpt. You can place a plate of water nearby and wet your hands as needed. The specified amount of ingredients yields approximately 12-15 medium-sized meatballs.

6. Sprinkle the table with flour and roll each meatball in it. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Place the meatballs in a baking dish.

7. In a small bowl, combine water and tomato paste/ketchup. If necessary, add a little salt and spices. Pour the filling over the meatballs and place in the preheated oven.

8. While the meatballs are stewing (about 30 minutes), rinse the dill, dry a little and chop finely. Sprinkle the dill on the meatballs and return to the oven. Let the dish simmer for another 10-15 minutes.

9. This dish is best served with a side dish of vegetables, or can be eaten as a separate dish.

10. Bon appetit!

Juicy meatballs with gravy and potatoes

A quick and easy option for a hearty dinner when you don’t want to cook the meat dish and side dish separately.

Ingredients:

• Meat (beef or pork) – 350-400 g
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1-2 pcs. (depending on size)
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Salt, spices, ground pepper - to your taste
• Sweet bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Water – 300 ml
• Ketchup or tomato paste – 2-3 tbsp. l.
• Garlic cloves – 2 pcs.
• Potatoes – 8-10 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 50 ml
• Rice – 1/3 cup

Cooking process:

1. First you need to boil the rice in salted water until half cooked.When the rice is ready, drain the water and rinse it with cold water (by the way, before you start cooking, the rice also needs to be thoroughly rinsed several times, otherwise you risk getting not crumbly rice, but sticky porridge).

2. Rinse the meat under running water, cut into portions of such a size that they can easily fit into a meat grinder.

3. Peel the onion and garlic cloves and pass them together with the meat through a meat grinder. It is better to choose a nozzle that is not small. If you want the minced meat to be more tender, then mince the meat a second time.

4. Combine boiled rice and minced meat. Add one chicken egg to them and mix everything thoroughly.

5. Pour some cold water into a plate. Wet your hands in it before taking a new portion of minced meatballs. Water will help the minced meat not stick to your hands, and the meatballs will acquire the correct round shape.

6. Cut the second onion into small cubes. Peel the carrots, rinse under cold water and grate on a coarse grater. Also rinse the bell pepper with water, remove the stem and seed box and cut into medium-sized cubes.

7. Pour a little vegetable oil into a frying pan and fry the chopped carrots, onions and peppers. Fry until the vegetables are soft (about 10 minutes). Finally add some ketchup/tomato paste.

8. While frying is being prepared, peel the potatoes and cut each tuber into 4-8 pieces (depending on the size of the potatoes).

9. The oven must first be preheated to 200 degrees.

10. Transfer the chopped potatoes and frying into a baking dish, add sweet paprika, spices and salt. Pour in 1.5 cups of water.Place the pan in the oven and wait for the contents to boil.

11. After boiling, place the meatballs on top of the potatoes. Place the pan back in the oven and let the contents simmer for about 50 minutes.

12. A tasty and satisfying dish is ready. When serving, if desired, you can add a little finely chopped dill to the meatballs with potatoes.

13. Bon appetit!

Delicious fish balls with gravy

Meatballs are a great way to introduce fish to children. All mothers know that babies don’t particularly like fish, plus there are a lot of bones there. But there is a way out: prepare fragrant fish meatballs from fish fillets with gravy. Even the most picky gourmets will appreciate this dish.

Ingredients:

• Cod fillet – 0.3 kg
• Chicken yolk – 1 pc.
• Garlic cloves – 1-2 pcs.
• Odorless vegetable oil - for frying
• Salt, spices - to taste
• Fresh parsley – 20 g
• Tomato paste or ketchup – 2-3 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. First, rinse the greens in plenty of cold water. Then dry it by draining it in a colander. When all the excess liquid has drained, chop the parsley using a sharp knife. Only chop the tender leaves; cut off the hard branches and discard.

2. Rinse the fish fillet and carefully inspect for the presence of bones; try to select all the bones as much as possible, even the smallest ones (although there should not be very many of them in the fillet).

3. Pass the fish through a meat grinder. To be 100% sure that there are no bones left in it, pass the fish through the meat grinder one more time. This way you will get rid of the bones and the minced meat will become more tender.

4. Add chicken yolk to the twisted fish (the white can be frozen or used to prepare another dish) and finely chopped parsley.Mix all ingredients well. If the minced meat falls apart, you can add a little flour or semolina. Don't forget to add the right amount of salt and spices that are intended for fish dishes.

5. Instead of flour, you can add breadcrumbs. The exact amount will depend on the quantity and consistency of the minced meat, but usually about 1 tablespoon of breadcrumbs is required. Mix everything thoroughly again.

6. Let's start forming the meatballs. Minced fish may stick to your hands, so to avoid this, wet your hands with water and with wet hands pinch off small pieces of minced fish from the total mass. Dredge each meatball in flour.

7. Heat the oven to 200 degrees. Pour a small amount of vegetable oil into a baking dish and transfer. Now it's time to start filling. To do this, add a few spoons of tomato paste or ketchup to the meatballs (depending on what taste you prefer: sour or sweet). Add the amount of water you need (the amount depends on how thick and how much sauce you want to achieve). If the consistency seems runny to you, you can add a little starch or sifted flour.

8. Place the pan with the meatballs in the preheated oven and let the meatballs simmer for about 45 minutes.

9. Fish balls are ready. In our opinion, they go best with mashed potatoes. But you can also cook pasta, stewed vegetables or porridge as a side dish.

10. Bon appetit!