How to cook store-bought meatballs. Fish meatballs "Simple". The necessary products for... well, you remember, half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of rice cereal

Meatballs are a simple, filling and economical dish made with meat and rice. And if you complement them with sauce and vegetables, you don’t have to worry about what to serve as a side dish. Let's look at the basic recipes for meatballs with gravy in a frying pan.

It is believed that the most delicious meatballs are made from minced meat made from pork and beef. Meat is taken in equal proportions. Rice for this dish can be used either round or long grain.

To prepare meatballs in the classic way, you will need the following components:

250 g pork;
250 g beef;
egg;
garlic;
2 – 3 carrots;
2 onions;
50 g tomato paste;
100 ml water;
salt and seasonings.

Operating procedure:

Sort and wash the rice grains, boil until tender, drain the liquid and set aside to cool.
Grind pork, beef, garlic and one onion in a meat grinder, add salt and pepper.
Combine the meat with rice, add the egg and stir the minced meat until smooth.
Form portions and fry the meatballs in a frying pan until a crust forms.
In the same fat where the meatballs were fried, sauté the grated carrots and onion, cut into half rings. When the vegetables become soft, add tomato paste.
Carefully place the meatballs in the pan, place the gravy on top and add water if necessary. Simmer covered until done.

Just a note. Since the fried meatballs will still be stewed in the sauce, you don’t have to boil the rice for minced meat. It is enough just to scald it with boiling water - it will reach readiness during the stewing process.

Recipe for cooking in tomato sauce

Spicy and thick tomato sauce with garlic and herbs will be a great addition to meatballs.

For cooking you will need:

600 g minced meat;
100 – 120 g rice;
egg;
3 – 4 onions;
a few carrots;
2 – 3 sweet Bulgarian peppers;
hot pepper to taste;
garlic;
several large juicy tomatoes;
a bunch of greenery;
30 g flour;
25 – 30 ml vinegar 3%;
salt and spices.

Cooking sequence:

Boil the rice, place in a colander, rinse under the tap and leave to drain.
Prepare minced meat and onion, add egg, salt, seasonings and cooled rice. Mix everything thoroughly.
Form and fry the meatballs, then place them on a plate and set aside.
Chop the remaining onions, carrots, bell pepper and cloves of garlic. Send vegetable slicing sauté in a frying pan.
Remove the skins from the tomatoes, chop their pulp with a knife or grater and add to the pan. After this, add flour, table vinegar and keep on fire a little more.
Simmer the meatballs with the gravy until done.

Ready dish Divide into portions, sprinkle with herbs and serve. You can add the herbs during the cooking process, a few minutes before removing the pan from the heat.

Fried in sour cream sauce

To make the meatballs soft, tender and juicy, you should make a sour cream sauce for them.

To work you will need:

550 – 600 g minced meat;
80 g rice;
bulb;
egg;
250 g sour cream;
a bunch of dill;
salt and suitable seasonings.

Cooking process:

Scald the rice with boiling water and leave for a quarter of an hour. Then drain the water and rinse the grains.
Prepare minced meat, onions, rice and eggs, add salt and season, mix thoroughly.
Make meatballs, place them in a frying pan and fry on both sides.
Add sour cream diluted with water, sprinkle the dish with chopped dill, cover with a lid and simmer.

It is acceptable to add to sour cream sauce garlic to enhance the flavor of the dish.

Cooking from minced chicken in a frying pan

Meatballs with rice and gravy can be made not only from pork, but from poultry. This dish will cook faster and will contain less animal fat.

For the dish you will need:

700 g chicken fillet;
50 – 70 g rice;
egg;
a little flour;
carrot;
large tomatoes;
filtered water;
salt and seasonings.

Operating procedure:

Place the rice in a bowl and pour boiling water over it, and when it swells a little, remove the water and leave the cereal to cool.
Grind the fillet in a meat grinder, then add the egg, cooled rice, salt and seasonings, a little flour and mix.
Make meatballs and fry in vegetable fat.
Simmer the chopped carrots and onions until soft, then add the diced tomatoes and simmer a little over the heat.
Pour the sauce over the meatballs, add filtered water if necessary and simmer.

Before serving, let the dish sit for a while, then place it on plates, garnish with herbs and serve.

Meatballs without rice with gravy

Not everyone likes rice, and there are options for making meatballs without this grain.

To prepare “alternative” meatballs you will need:

700 g meat;
egg;
2 onions;
garlic;
green;
carrot;
tomato paste;
a slice of white bread;
warm water or milk;
salt and seasonings.

Sequence of work:

Pour water or milk over the bread and leave to soak.
Grind the meat, one onion, and squeezed bread in a meat grinder, then add the egg, salt, seasonings and mix.
Roll the meat into balls and fry them in vegetable fat until a crust appears.
Chop the onion, grate the carrots, crush the garlic with a press and simmer the vegetables in the pan.
Add tomato paste to the frying mixture, stir and pour the resulting sauce over the fried meatballs. After this, they should be covered and simmered until cooked.

A few minutes before finishing cooking, you will need to sprinkle the contents of the pan with fresh herbs and leave it covered.

How to fry with cabbage and sauce

In order not to waste time preparing meat and side dishes separately, you can simply fry the meatballs with cabbage in sour cream tomato sauce.

To work you will need:

600 g meat;
egg;
garlic;
green;
flour;
400 g fresh cabbage;
carrot;
bell pepper;
tomato paste;
fat sour cream;
seasonings and salt.

Sequence of work:

Grind the meat and garlic in a meat grinder, and then mix with the egg, chopped herbs and a small amount of flour. Add salt, season with spices and stir.
Roll the minced meat into balls and fry until a crust appears.
Chop the cabbage into thin strips, chop the carrots, cut the onion and bell pepper into half rings and fry the vegetables.
When the cabbage is ready, place the meatballs on top of it, pour the dish with a mixture of tomato paste and sour cream, add water if necessary and simmer covered over low heat.

To prepare this dish, you can take not fresh, but sauerkraut, then the taste of the side dish will be more pronounced.

Diet turkey meatballs

To prepare poultry meatballs, you take not only chicken, but also turkey fillet, and you can add mushrooms to the gravy.

To work you will need:

700 g turkey;
100 g rice;
a bunch of greenery;
egg;
400 g mushrooms;
bulb;
carrot:
200 ml cream;
salt and suitable seasonings.

Sequence of work:

Scald the cereal with boiling water and leave to swell.
Pass the turkey through a meat grinder, add the egg, chopped herbs and rice squeezed out of water. Sprinkle the minced meat with salt and seasonings and stir.
Form small balls from the resulting mass and fry them over medium heat.
Chop mushrooms, onions, carrots and cook until soft.
Level the frying with a spatula, place the meatballs on top, pour cream over them and simmer under the lid.

This dish is served in deep plates, generously poured with creamy sauce and sprinkled with herbs.

Like in kindergarten

If meatballs are prepared for children, it is preferable to add not rice, but semolina. In addition, you should not add garlic and hot seasonings to the dish.

To make meatballs for a child, you will need the following components:

400 g meat;
bulb;
70 g semolina;
100 ml milk;
egg;
carrot;
tomato paste;
salt.

Procedure:

Pour milk into the semolina and leave the cereal to swell.
Grind the meat and half the onion, then add the egg and salt.
Drain the excess milk from the semolina and add the swollen cereal to the minced meat. Mix everything thoroughly and form small balls.
Fry the meatballs in a frying pan until golden brown.
Finely chop the remaining onion, grate the carrots and simmer in a frying pan. Then add tomato paste.

For cooking you will need:

1 kg fish fillet;
bulb;
egg;
a bunch of greenery;
2 slices of white bread;
100 ml milk;
fish broth or purified water;
“bath” of processed cheese;
a tablespoon of mustard sauce;
salt and seasonings.

Sequence of actions:

Place the bread in a bowl and pour in milk to soften it.
Grind the fish fillet and onion in a meat grinder, then squeeze the bread from the milk and grind in the same way.
Add egg, chopped herbs, salt and seasonings to the minced meat. Mix the mixture thoroughly, form meatballs from it and fry them in a frying pan.
Boil water in a small saucepan or fish broth, add processed cheese and, stirring constantly, wait until it dissolves.
Enter in cream sauce mustard and stir. Then pour the resulting dressing over the meatballs, cover with a lid and simmer until done.

Meatballs are a unique meat dish that is almost impossible to spoil. They are prepared in the most in different ways and for every taste. Below you will find the most interesting and proven meatball recipes over the years.

Traditionally, meatballs are prepared from the most available products. These balls must contain minced meat, diluted with rice, and spices. In the future, you can experiment with a set of ingredients, but for now let’s master the simplest recipe from childhood.

Necessary products for a kilo of minced meat and a couple of glasses of rice:

sour cream – 1 glass;
large onion and carrots;
a couple of spoons of tomato paste;
vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
spices.

Step by step process:

Pour a couple of glasses of water over the rice, boil and reduce the heat to low.
Continue cooking until all the liquid has evaporated.
Chop the onion and carrots and fry for a few minutes.
Cool the rice and mix it in a bowl along with the minced meat and frying.
Knead the mixture well and add spices that suit your taste.
Form into balls. Please note that you need to use lean minced meat, otherwise the meatballs will fall apart when you start cooking them.
Place the meatballs and rice in a saucepan with a thick bottom.
Tomato paste and sour cream are diluted in a glass of water. You can add spices.
Fill the meatballs with the resulting mixture to about 2/3 of the pan capacity. If necessary, add more water.
Cook over low heat for 40 minutes with the lid closed.

Cooking with tomato sauce

And remember these “canteen” meatballs with aromatic gravy, which was also very tasty mixed with mashed potatoes? Let's learn how to cook this yummy dish!

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of round rice:

tomato paste – 2 tbsp. spoons;
carrots and onions – one each;
flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
sugar – 1 teaspoon;
a pair of bay leaves;
spices.

Step by step process:

First, wash the rice thoroughly several times and then cook it. Remember that our dish requires round rice - it contains more starch, due to which the meat preparations will be dense and will not fall apart.
Chop the vegetables and mix them with minced meat and rice. Add spices too.
Wet your hands and form small pieces, then roll them in flour.
If you have some onion left, add it to the meatballs and fry.
Dilute the paste in half a glass of water and combine with sifted flour, sugar and spices.
Pour the sauce over the meat preparations and simmer the meatballs and gravy for about an hour over low heat.

Meatballs with sour cream sauce in the oven

Would you like a different gravy, something more interesting? Please!

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat:

egg;
a couple of onions and a small carrot;
cheese - a piece per hundred grams;
thicker sour cream - half a glass;
flour - how much sauce will take;
celery root;
sweet pepper pod;
a pair of garlic cloves;
Spices and salt are used at the discretion of the housewife.

Step by step process:

Boil the egg and crumble it using an egg slicer.
Chop one onion and garlic and place them together with the egg crumbs in the minced meat. Stir well and form meatballs.
The pepper is cut into small strips, the remaining onion is simply chopped, the carrots are grated into smaller pieces. Add chopped celery root to the remaining vegetables and fry for 5 minutes.
Add sour cream to the vegetable mixture and bring to a boil.
Combine flour and water, mix well so that there are no lumps left. Add to the sour cream part.
Cover a baking sheet with foil and distribute the minced meat on it. Place them more closely - this way the juice will not “run away” and the dish will be juicier. Top with gravy.

Meatballs in sour cream sauce are cooked for half an hour. A couple of minutes before the end of cooking, sprinkle grated cheese on top.

From minced chicken

This dish will be less high in calories and much more tender. It is best given to children and those who are on a diet.

Necessary products for 300 grams of minced meat and half a glass of rice:

egg, onion, carrot - one each;
canned tomatoes – 250 g;
vegetable oil - a couple of spoons;
bay leaf and spices of the hostess' choice.

Step by step process:

Cook the washed cereal in boiling water and add a pinch of salt at the end.
Finely chop the onion and cut the carrots in any convenient way. Mix them and fry for 5 minutes in a frying pan.
Let the finished rice cool and mix with minced chicken.
Boil the egg and chop with an egg slicer, then add to the meat mixture.
Also add frying to the minced meat, add salt and spices.
Mix well and then form into balls.
Place them in a frying pan and cover with chopped tomatoes.
Stew meatballs from minced chicken for 50 minutes over low heat.

Diet turkey meatballs

Those who love healthy and wholesome food should definitely try this recipe!

Required products:

turkey fillet – 0.5 kg;
carrots – 1 pc.;
onion – 1 pc.;
spices;
salt.

Step by step process:

Process and chop the vegetables.
The fillet is cut into pieces and then further ground in a meat grinder. Make sure that no large parts remain.
Mix the vegetables with the minced meat and form into balls by hand. Wet your hands in advance so that the minced meat does not stick to your palms.
Take a heavy bottom pan and place the turkey meatballs in it.
Pour boiling water so that it half covers the balls and place on low heat for half an hour.

Serve with sour cream and herbs.

Steaming a dish in a slow cooker

Steamed meatballs will not cause you any difficulties in cooking. But they will definitely turn out juicy if you don’t overcook them inside the bowl.

Required products:

minced meat – 0.5 kg;
onions – 2 pcs.;
carrots – 2 pcs.;
rice – ½ cup;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

To make meatballs in a slow cooker, it is preferable to use pork or Ground beef. Mix it together with finely chopped vegetables.
Don't forget to add your favorite spices to the minced meat to suit your taste.
Wet your hands cold water and make small meatballs.
Grease the mesh of the multicooker for steaming with a teaspoon of vegetable oil.
Place the meat pieces in a basket and pour a couple of liters of hot water into the bowl.
Turn on the “Steam” program on the device for half an hour.

Wait for the sound signal to indicate the end of the mode and serve the delicate dish to the table.

Meatballs without rice, but with cabbage

Required products:

minced pork – 1 kg;
carrots – 1 pc.;
onions – 2 pcs.;
pasta – 3 tbsp. spoons;
cabbage – 0.5 kg;
sour cream – 100 g;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
rast. oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
laurel sheet;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

To make meatballs without rice, use any minced meat.
Chop the cabbage with a knife or pass through a meat grinder. Then add the vegetable mixture to the minced meat. Enter suitable spices.
Chop the onions and carrots.
Fry them in a frying pan for just a couple of minutes.
Add tomato paste, bay leaf, 2 cups of water and spices to the vegetable mixture. Stir and boil the mixture.
Add a little flour to the sour cream, mix and make sure that no lumps form. Add the mixture to the pan and bring to a boil again.
Make small pieces from the minced meat.
Place them in the prepared sauce, boil and simmer with the lid closed for 40–50 minutes.

Meat balls with mushrooms in the oven

Love unusual dishes? Then try making meatballs with mushrooms!

For three hundred grams of minced meat, take the same amount of mushrooms or a little less, half a glass of rice, and also:

cup tomato juice
a couple of garlic cloves;
sour cream - three spoons;
onion;
flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
sugar – 1 teaspoon;
cheese – 50 g;
spices, as always, to the eye and taste of the hostess.

Step by step process:

Boil the rice slightly salt water and let it cool to an acceptable temperature.
Chop the onion, garlic and pass them together with the mushrooms through a meat grinder. Or chop in any convenient way.
Stir the minced meat. Add cooled rice, mushroom mixture, finely grated cheese and spices to it.
Form into balls and place them in a suitable baking pan.
Mix tomato juice with sugar. Wait until the crystals are completely dissolved.
Then add sour cream and mix again.
Stir flour in half a glass of water.
Combine the flour part with the tomato part and pour the gravy over the workpiece.
Meatballs cook in the oven for about an hour. Don't forget to cover the pan with foil first.

Serve the meatballs in tomato and mushroom sauce with rice as a side dish or with mashed potatoes.

Beef with rice

A slightly modified recipe for classic meatballs.

Necessary products for the traditional half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of rice:

a glass of richer sour cream;
a couple of garlic cloves;
flour - 1 tbsp. spoon;
onions - 2 heads;
spices;
lavrushka

Step by step process:

Cook the rice. If you eat saltier foods, add salt to the water.
Mix rice with chopped onion and spices.
When the cereal has cooled to an acceptable temperature, mix it with the minced meat.
Roll the resulting mixture into balls.
Heat the oil well.
Dip each piece in flour and place in a frying pan.
While the beef meatballs are roasting, prepare the sauce. To do this, chop the second onion and start sautéing it in a frying pan with a little oil.
Add sour cream and a glass of boiling water, as well as salt and spices.
Pour one part of the sauce onto the bottom of the pan where the meatballs will continue to cook.
Place them there and pour the remaining sauce over them. Simmer for a little over half an hour over low heat.

Serve the finished dish with fresh chopped herbs.

Oven-baked meatballs with potatoes

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of short grain rice:

onion – 1 pc.;
potatoes – 0.6 kg;
sour cream – 150 g;
larger egg;
a couple of garlic cloves;
volume. pasta – 2 tbsp. spoons;
a piece of cheese per hundred grams;
spices.

Step by step process:

Boil the rice in salted water.
Finely chop the onion and mix it by hand with the minced meat.
Then add the cooled rice and beat in the egg. Mix well again.
Add meat spices.
Form balls and place them in a greased pan.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
Cut the potatoes into large pieces.
Next in line is the sauce. For it, chop the garlic in a garlic press and mix it with tomato paste and sour cream.
Mix the potatoes with the resulting sauce and add to the balls.

Meatballs take about 50 minutes to cook in the oven.

With cheese sauce

And this option will definitely appeal to gourmets. The aroma is simply incredible!

Required products:

minced meat – 0.4 kg;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
milk – 1 glass;
onions – 2 pcs.;
cheese – 100 g;
green;
tomato – 2 pcs.;
bell pepper pod;
spoon of vegetable oil;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Vegetables are chopped and fried for some time.
The minced meat is salted to the hostess’s taste and flavored with spices.
Small pieces of meat are formed.
Then pour milk into a bowl, add finely chopped herbs, grated cheese, flour and shake well.
Mix the resulting sauce with vegetables and boil for a couple of minutes.

Then place the meatballs there and simmer over medium heat with the lid closed for up to half an hour.

In sour cream and tomato sauce in a frying pan

Necessary products for 350 grams of minced meat:

sour cream - half a glass;
two tablespoons of tomato paste and vegetable oil;
a bunch of greenery;
spices.

Step by step process:

Combine the minced meat with seasonings.
Form meatballs and fry them. Don't overdo it with adding oil.
At the same time, make the sauce. To do this, mix sour cream with pasta and seasonings.
Pour some water into the mixture and pour it over the meatballs.
Boil and watch for some of the liquid to evaporate.

Serve with chopped herbs on top.

Meatballs like in kindergarten with gravy

This taste comes from childhood. You should definitely pass it on to your kids.

The necessary products for... well, you remember, half a kilo of minced meat and half a glass of rice cereal:

egg – 1 pc.;
onion – 1 pc.;
flour - 1 tbsp. spoon;
sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons;
laurel sheet;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Boil the rice in lightly salted water until half cooked.
Mix it with minced pork, beef or chicken.
Chop the onion and put it there too.
Next, beat the egg into the mixture and add spices.
Knead the mixture and form small balls from it.
Dip each piece in flour.
Fry with oil.
Then arrange the meatballs as in kindergarten into a saucepan and add gravy.

Simmer the dish over low heat with the lid closed for 15 minutes.

Pork meatballs with rice

Necessary products for half a kilo of minced meat mixed with a glass of rice:

onion and carrot;
eggs - a couple of pieces;
tomato paste – 2 tbsp. spoons;
green;
butter – 3 tbsp. spoons;
sour cream and flour - a couple of spoons each;
spices.

Step by step process:

Rinse the rice and boil it until fully cooked. 10-15 minutes will be enough for this.
Chop the onions and carrots and then fry them a little in a frying pan.
If necessary, pass the minced meat through the meat grinder again. It is necessary that there are no large pieces left in it.
Mix cooled rice with minced meat and egg.
Make balls of the same size and roll them in flour.
Prepare a sauce from sour cream and tomato paste. Add spices there if desired. Mix the gravy with the roast and pour it over the meatballs.

Simmer for half an hour over low heat and serve with chopped herbs.

Meatballs in pots with vegetables

Unusual and tasty option for those who love a hearty meal.

Necessary products for half a kilo of any minced meat:

potatoes – 4 pcs.;
a couple of bell pepper pods;
eggplant – 2 pcs.;
hot pepper – ½ pod;
green;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Mix the minced meat with salt and spices, as well as finely chopped herbs. Roll into balls.
Peel the vegetables and cut them into large cubes.
Grease the bottom and sides of the pots with a little oil, and then place the vegetables there. Add salt and spices.
Place the meat balls on top and fill each pot with about 80 milliliters of water.
Place the pots in the oven at 200 degrees for 40 minutes.

You can remove the meatballs when the potatoes are completely cooked.

Steamed meatballs with buckwheat and zucchini

An exquisite dish with a completely unusual taste. Be sure to try it!

Required products:

minced meat – 0.6 kg;
zucchini – 400 g;
buckwheat – 100 g;
tomato paste – 1 glass;
carrots – 1 pc.;
any vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon;
onions – 2 pcs.;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Soak buckwheat V cold water for 2-3 hours.
Chop the onions and carrots and fry them with a little oil and spices.
Finely chop the zucchini and mix it with minced meat and buckwheat. Half of the roast is also placed there.
Form into balls and place them in a steamer.
Steamed meatballs with zucchini are cooked for 45-50 minutes.
While you have time, make the gravy. To do this, mix the tomato paste and the rest of the frying.

Serve meatballs with buckwheat to the table with herbs and sour cream.

Classic “Hedgehogs” made from minced pork and beef

For half a kilo of minced pork and beef, prepare the following products:

onion and large egg;
bell pepper pod;
a pair of garlic cloves;
rice - half a glass;
full-fat sour cream and tomato paste - a couple of spoons each;
laurel;
salt;
spices.

Step by step process:

Wash the rice and cook it in salted water.
Grind the garlic cloves with onion and half the pepper. Fry the vegetable mixture with a little oil.
Add some salt to the minced meat, crush it with spices, add the roast, egg and mix well.
Make the meatballs.
Now finely chop the rest of the pepper and fry for a couple of minutes.
Place the preparations in the frying pan, add a couple of glasses of water, paste with fried peppers and sour cream.

Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat until the meatballs are cooked through.

Meatballs in tomato-garlic sauce

For half a kilo of minced meat you will need the following products:

white crumb – 100 g;
eggs – 3 pcs.;
half a glass of milk;
a pair of onions;
green;
a couple of cloves of garlic;
a piece of cheese per hundred grams;
a couple of tablespoons of pasta and vegetable oil;
spices;
salt.

Step by step process:

Finely chop the greens, grate the cheese.
Soak the bread crumb in a glass of milk. Then squeeze out.
Mix minced meat, eggs, crumbs, grated cheese and herbs in a bowl. Also add spices that suit your taste with the meat.
Mix well and form into small balls.
Finely chop the onion and garlic cloves, and then fry them for a couple of minutes.
In a liter of boiling water, stir the paste with salt. You can also use regular tomato juice.
Pour the gravy into the pan with the vegetable mixture and bring to a boil.
Immediately after boiling, add the meatballs and reduce the heat to low.

Simmer with the lid closed for 50 minutes over low heat.

Spaghetti with meatballs - a quick dinner

This is an option for a housewife who doesn’t really want to stand at the stove for a long time today. Fast, juicy and very tasty.

Required products:

minced meat – 300 g;
spaghetti – 200 g;
green;
vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
onion – 1 pc.;
ketchup and tomato sauce – 1 glass;
fresh basil;
spices.

Step by step process:

Chop the onion and basil.
Mix them together with the minced meat and do not forget to add seasonings to taste.
Form small meatballs and fry them with oil. You can visually determine readiness when they are covered with a golden brown crust.
After this, add tomato sauce to the pan and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, boil the spaghetti with a spoonful of butter until done. Place them on a plate.

Place the finished meatballs with sauce on top and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.

Fish meatballs in sour cream sauce

Necessary products for half a kilo of fish fillet and half a glass of rice:

onion and large egg;
block of cheese up to one hundred grams;
sour cream - a glass;
seasonings

Step by step process:

Rinse the rice thoroughly and cook until half cooked, add salt.
If you use fish fillet, pass it through a meat grinder so that no large pieces remain. It's even easier to buy minced fish, but only in a verified place.
Mix the resulting mass with cooled rice, egg and chopped onion.
Spices are added at the end. It is better not to add a lot of pepper to a dish that small children will eat.
Prepare sour cream sauce. To do this, mix grated cheese with sour cream and spices. If the gravy turns out too thick, add a little milk to it.
Form the minced meat into meatballs and pour the resulting sauce over them.

Required products:

minced meat – 0.6 kg;
bread crumb – 100 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
butter – 60 g;
milk – 2 glasses;
vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
thyme;
onion – 1 pc.

Step by step process:

Finely chop the onion and mix it with minced meat, egg, bread and spices.
Make small meatballs.
Heat in a frying pan and fry the meat balls in it. They should be no larger than a walnut.
When the meatballs are ready, remove them to a plate.
Add butter and flour to the remaining fat. Fry for just a minute.
Start adding milk little by little, stirring constantly.
Add spices and continue to cook the sauce until it thickens to the desired consistency.
Place the meatballs into the hot sauce.
Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.

Meatballs with cheese filling

Required products:

minced meat – 0.5 kg;
flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
onions – 2 pcs.;
cheese – 200 g;
white bread – 2 slices;
tomato paste – 1 tbsp. spoon;
green;
spices.

Step by step process:

Peel and chop the onion. Mix it together with minced meat and egg.
Use cheese durum varieties. Cut it into small cubes, about a centimeter.
Form the minced meat into balls and place a piece of cheese inside each. Squeeze tightly.
Place the pieces on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
At the same time, start preparing the sauce. To do this, chop the remaining onion and place the onion mixture in tomato paste, mix with flour and spices.
Simmer the sauce for a couple of minutes and add chopped fresh herbs.
Serve the meatballs with the gravy. Rice, buckwheat or mashed potatoes are suitable as a side dish.

Juicy meatballs- This is a favorite dish of adults and children. IN different countries housewives prepare it in different ways. For example, in the Czech Republic, meat balls are not fried, but immediately stewed in tomato sauce. Popular Swedish meatballs are made very small and served with lingonberry sauce. In our country, they are most often prepared with rice in the oven, steamed or fried in a frying pan. From our article you will learn how to cook meatballs with rice and aromatic sauce.

Classic recipe

These meatballs will remind you delicious lunches, which cooks prepared for you in kindergarten and school. If you want to revive these pleasant memories, then carefully read the recipe:

Peel one small onion and one small carrot. Place the vegetables in a blender bowl and puree. If you wish, you can grate them on the finest grater.
Boil 200 grams of rice in lightly salted water until tender.
Mix 600 grams of minced meat (pork and beef) with the prepared ingredients. Add salt and ground pepper to taste.
Form small balls from the resulting minced meat and carefully place them in rows in a three-liter pan.
In a separate bowl, mix three tablespoons of tomato paste, 150 ml of sour cream, dry basil, salt and half a liter of boiling water.

Pour the resulting sauce over the meatballs, place the pan on medium heat and simmer until the meat is cooked.

Meatballs for children

This recipe is perfect for baby food. To prepare meatballs for children with milk, you will need:

Boil 250 grams of rice until tender.
Mix it with 500 grams of minced meat, chopped onion, salt and ground pepper.
The resulting homogeneous mass should be covered cling film and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
When the required time has passed, form round balls from the minced meat and place them in a baking dish at a short distance from each other.
Pour one liter of milk into the mold so that it almost completely covers the meatballs.
Place the form with meat balls into a preheated oven and leave it there for 40-50 minutes.
When ready, pour most of the milk into a bowl and mix it with a little flour. Return the sauce and place the pan in the oven for another ten minutes.

Serve the finished dish with a side dish of pasta or stewed vegetables.

Meatballs with rice in tomato sauce

Here is another popular option for preparing delicious and juicy meat balls. If you want to diversify your menu, you can include in their composition additional ingredients. It can be sweet bell peppers, champignons or fresh forest mushrooms. To prepare meatballs with rice in tomato sauce according to classic recipe, read the instructions carefully:

Take 150 grams dry rice cereal, rinse it thoroughly and boil it until tender. To prevent the grains from sticking together, you can add a little butter to the pan at the end.
Peel the carrots and onions and then chop them using a grater and knife. Fry the vegetables until translucent in a small amount of vegetable oil.
Combine 500 grams of minced meat with one chicken egg, cooled frying and boiled rice. Add salt and pepper to them.
Mix the products until smooth, and then form the resulting minced meat into medium-sized balls.
Place the meatballs in the mold quite tightly to each other and place in a preheated oven for half an hour.
To prepare the sauce, fry the chopped onion in vegetable oil. Add salt, pepper, three tablespoons of sour cream and 200 ml of tomato juice to the pan. Simmer the sauce over low heat until done.
When the meatballs are covered with a golden brown crust, they should be removed from the oven and poured with tomato sauce. After this, return the pan to the oven and cook the dish for another half hour.

Serve the meatballs hot with any side dish, pouring the sauce over them first.

Fried meatballs

Having cooked this juicy dish according to our recipe, you will probably keep it in yours forever cookbook. How to make meatballs from minced meat and rice is described below.

Prepare 500 grams of minced pork.
Fry chopped onions and carrots in a frying pan.
Boil 60 grams of round rice.
Combine all prepared ingredients in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Mix the minced meat thoroughly and form it into medium-sized meatballs with wet hands.
Heat a frying pan, pour a small amount of vegetable oil into it and fry the balls on both sides.
For the sauce, mix two tablespoons of sour cream and tomato paste, and then dilute them with half a liter of boiled water.
Place the fried meatballs in a saucepan and pour the sour cream and tomato sauce over them.
Simmer the dish over low heat for about 40 minutes. At the end, if necessary, add salt and other spices.

Cool the meatballs slightly and serve for lunch with a salad of fresh vegetables.

Meatballs in a slow cooker

If you are expecting guests or need to prepare dinner for the whole family, then an indispensable assistant will help you out - a multicooker. This device will allow you not to be distracted by cooking, and you can take care of urgent matters. When the dish is ready, all you have to do is take it out and invite the guests to the table. The recipe for meatballs in a slow cooker is quite simple:

Prepare 500 grams of homemade minced meat from beef and pork.
Chop the onion and finely chop.
Boil half a glass of rice.
Combine the ingredients, add salt, pepper and raw egg. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Form the minced meat into balls and place them in the bowl of the device.
Mix 500 ml of water or broth with two tablespoons of flour, two tablespoons of tomato paste, the same amount of sour cream (it can be replaced with cream or mayonnaise) and chopped onions.
Pour the resulting sauce over the meatballs and place the multicooker in the “Stew” mode for one hour.

As you can see, the recipe for meatballs in a slow cooker is not at all complicated, and even a novice cook can handle it. Therefore, feel free to get down to business, and when the dish is ready, serve it to the table with your favorite side dish.

Meatballs in a steamer

If you urgently need to feed hearty lunch several hungry men, then this recipe will help you cope with this difficult task. To steam meatballs, you will need:

Prepare a mixture of 500 grams of minced meat, 100 grams of boiled rice, one egg, chopped onion, salt, pepper and a small amount of soy sauce.
Mix the ingredients well and then form them into medium-sized balls with wet hands.
Grease the steamer bowl vegetable oil and place the meatballs in it.

Cook the dish until cooked and serve it with buckwheat porridge and a salad of fresh vegetables.

Chicken meatballs

Here is a recipe for a budget dish that can be served for lunch or dinner for the whole family. Making chicken meatballs with rice is very simple:

Boil 100 grams of rice until half cooked and rinse in cold water.
From chicken breasts prepare 500 grams of low-fat minced meat.
Peel one onion and three cloves of garlic. Grind them and add to the chicken.
Mix the minced meat with rice, add salt, pepper, a couple of spoons of sour cream and Herbs de Provence seasoning.
Form balls of the same size with wet hands, roll them in flour and place in a baking dish.
Place the meatballs in the preheated oven for half an hour.
Prepare a sauce from 150 grams of sour cream, 500 ml of water and dry basil.
Remove the finished meatballs from the oven, pour the sauce over them and place them back in the oven.

Knowing how to make chicken meatballs, you can always quickly and satisfyingly feed your family.

American style meatballs

You will definitely like this look, which is not quite familiar to us. meat dish. How to cook meatballs with rice, read on:

Grind 500 grams of pork in a meat grinder along with one onion. Mix the resulting minced meat with one chicken egg, salt and pepper.
Two processed cheese or 200 grams hard cheese grate on a fine grater and mix with minced meat.
Make small round meatballs.
Place four large tomatoes in boiling water for ten seconds, then remove them, peel them and chop them finely.
Place the tomatoes in a mold, add salt, sugar, allspice and simmer until they release enough juice.
Dip the meatballs into the resulting sauce and bake them in the oven until cooked.

Hot meatballs can be served with any side dish.

Meatballs in mushroom sauce

You can make this aromatic dish from forest mushrooms or fresh champignons. How to cook meatballs with rice?

For minced meat you will need to mix 300 grams minced meat, half a glass of boiled rice, chopped onion, salt and spices.
Form balls and cook them in a slow cooker for 40 minutes.
Fry 200 grams of chopped mushrooms and one onion in vegetable oil, add one packet of cream and a couple of spoons of sour cream to the frying. Add starch mixed in water to the products.
Pour the resulting sauce over the meatballs and cook them together for another half hour.

We will be glad if you find the recipes collected in this article useful. We also hope that you received the answer to the question of how to cook meatballs with rice, and you will no longer have any difficulties with preparing dishes.

Meatballs in tomato sauce always look incredibly appetizing and have excellent taste. Meatballs can be considered an improved version of cutlets, and if they are accompanied by tomato sauce, which perfectly emphasizes the taste of meat thanks to its sweet and sour taste, then it is simply impossible to resist such a dish.

You can prepare meatballs not only from minced meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey), but also fish meatballs. In the latter case, meatballs can be very useful dietary dish, especially if you bake the meatballs in the oven. If you use minced meat, you can combine several types of meat, and to prevent it from turning out dry, you should definitely add chopped onion to it or grind the meat in a meat grinder with a small piece of lard. When you shape the meatballs, you don't want to make them too large, as this will require longer cooking time and may cause the outside of the meatballs to burn. It is also recommended to pre-fry the meatballs in vegetable oil, lightly breading them in flour - this will allow the meatballs not to fall apart during cooking. However, you shouldn’t overdo it here, as overcooked meatballs may end up dry.

There are several ways to cook meatballs in tomato sauce - fry the meatballs in a frying pan, pour in the sauce and simmer; fry the meatballs, pour in tomato sauce and bake in the oven; lightly bake the meatballs in the oven, pour in tomato sauce and bake until fully cooked. The last option is especially convenient if you are preparing a large number of meatballs. Tomato sauce for meatballs can also be prepared in different ways - from fresh tomatoes, from canned tomatoes V own juice or from tomato paste diluted with water, which is the simplest and quick option. Don't forget to add aromatic spices to both the sauce and the meatballs, and your dish will turn out amazingly delicious!

To diversify the taste of the meatballs, you can add grated cheese or finely chopped and fried mushrooms. Alternatively, you can make two batches of meatballs so you can use one immediately and freeze the other for later use. Meatballs in tomato sauce are best served with mashed potatoes, rice, vegetable side dish, noodles, spaghetti and other pasta.

Tender juicy meatballs, cooked in a thick and flavorful tomato sauce, will undoubtedly take its rightful place on your menu. Would you like to know recipes for making delicious meatballs in tomato sauce? Then we offer you several recipes for making meatballs in tomato sauce.

Ingredients:
600 g minced pork,
4 large tomatoes,
1 large onion plus 1 small onion,
1 carrot,
150 g rice,
8 allspice peas,
1 tablespoon dried basil,

1 tablespoon flour,
1 tablespoon sugar,

vegetable oil.

Preparation:
Rinse the rice, add water and boil until half cooked. Mix minced meat with grated coarse grater carrots, chopped large onion and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Form meatballs from minced meat.
Cut the skin of the tomatoes crosswise. Place the tomatoes in boiling water for 30 seconds, then rinse them with ice water and remove the skins. Cut the tomatoes into pieces, add 600 ml of water and grind using a blender or food processor. Add tomato paste, sugar, flour, salt and pepper to taste. Mix well again.
Dip the meatballs in flour and lightly fry in vegetable oil. Pour in the sauce, sprinkle with chopped onions, cover and simmer for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meatballs in tomato paste sauce

Ingredients:
Meatballs:
500 g minced meat,
1 onion,
1/2 cup rice,
1 egg (if necessary)
1/2 bunch of parsley or dill,
5 tablespoons flour, breadcrumbs or ground oatmeal,
1 teaspoon ground coriander,
1/2 teaspoon hops-suneli,
salt and ground black pepper to taste,
vegetable oil.
Tomato sauce:
1 tablespoon of tomato paste,
1.5 glasses of water,
3-4 bay leaves,
1/2 teaspoon salt,
sugar to taste.

Preparation:
Boil the rice until half cooked and cool. Mix the minced meat with grated or finely chopped onion. Add an egg, if the minced meat is not wet enough, rice, chopped herbs, seasonings and salt to taste. Form meatballs from the resulting mixture and roll them in flour, breadcrumbs or ground oatmeal. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs for 2-3 minutes on each side.
Place the meatballs in a saucepan. Dissolve tomato paste in boiling water, adding salt and sugar to taste. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and add the bay leaf. Add additional hot water until the meatballs are submerged halfway in the liquid. Simmer over medium heat for about 20-25 minutes.

Meatballs in tomato sauce made from canned tomatoes

Ingredients:
700 g mixed minced meat,
1 can (about 800 g) tomatoes in their own juice,
100 g white bread,
1 medium onion,
1/2 cup whole milk,
1/2 bunch of parsley,
2 cloves of garlic,
1 teaspoon dried oregano,
1 1/2 teaspoons salt,
1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground red pepper
vegetable oil.

Preparation:
Puree the tomatoes and juice using a blender or food processor. Transfer to a saucepan, add minced garlic, dried oregano and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook the sauce for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it thickens.
Meanwhile, soak the bread in milk and let stand for 5 minutes. Mix the minced meat well with the drained bread, chopped parsley, the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt and red pepper. Form small meatballs from the mixture.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs for 5 minutes, turning occasionally. Pour the sauce over the meatballs, cover and simmer until tender, turning occasionally, about 25-30 minutes. Sprinkle the finished dish with chopped parsley.

Baked beef meatballs in tomato sauce and cheese

Ingredients:
For the meatballs:
900 g minced beef,
1 glass of rice,
1 onion,
1 egg,
2 cloves of garlic,
5 tablespoons vegetable oil,
1 tablespoon dried herbs, such as basil, rosemary or marjoram,

For the tomato sauce:
800 g tomatoes,
1 large onion,
150 g cheese, for example Mozzarella,
3 cloves of garlic,
3 tablespoons vegetable oil,
1 teaspoon sugar,
salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Preparation:
Boil the rice until half cooked and let it cool. Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Add chopped onion and garlic. Fry for about 4 minutes until golden brown. Cool and mix with minced meat, adding beaten egg, rice and herbs. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Form meatballs from the resulting mixture.
To prepare the tomato sauce, heat vegetable oil in a saucepan and fry the chopped onion and garlic until pale golden brown. Add peeled and chopped tomatoes, sugar, salt and ground pepper. Cook the sauce for approximately 30 minutes.
Heat 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs for 10 minutes, turning occasionally. Place the meatballs in a baking dish, pour tomato sauce and sprinkle grated cheese on top. Bake in the oven for about 25-30 minutes.

Chicken meatballs with cheese in tomato sauce

Ingredients:
700 g chicken fillet,
2 eggs
200 ml milk,
200 g white bread,
200 g tomato paste,
50 g hard cheese,
2 cloves of garlic,
2-3 bay leaves,
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary,
salt, sugar and spices to taste,
green.

Preparation:
Place tomato paste in a saucepan, pour in 2-2.5 cups of water, mix thoroughly and bring to a boil. Add dried rosemary, bay leaf, salt, sugar and spices to taste. Cook for about 20 minutes.
Soak the bread in milk, then squeeze well and add to the minced meat. Also add eggs, finely chopped garlic and coarsely grated cheese. Add salt to taste, add spices if necessary, and form small meatballs. Place the meatballs in the boiling sauce and cook, covered, for about 30-35 minutes over low heat. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with herbs.

Fish meatballs in tomato sauce, baked in the oven

Ingredients:
700 g white fish fillet, such as cod,
1 onion,
1 carrot,
1 egg,
50 g butter,
2-3 cloves of garlic,
3 tablespoons oatmeal,
3 tablespoons flour,
3 tablespoons of tomato paste,
5-7 peas of allspice,
2-3 bay leaves,
salt and spices to taste,
vegetable oil,
dill greens.

Preparation:
Grind the fish fillet with a blender along with the egg, butter, oatmeal and spices. Add salt to taste and form meatballs. Dip the meatballs in flour. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and lightly fry the meatballs for a few minutes. Fry chopped onion in oil until soft. Add grated carrots and fry for another 5-7 minutes. Add tomato paste, chopped garlic, salt, spices and 1/4 cup boiling water. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
Transfer the sauce to a baking dish and place the meatballs in the sauce. Pour boiling water until it almost covers the meatballs. Add bay leaf and allspice. Add salt if necessary. Cook in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 40 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped dill and serve.

Meatballs in tomato sauce in a slow cooker

Ingredients:
500 g minced meat,
1/2 cup rice,
1 onion,
1 egg,
3 tablespoons sour cream,
2 tablespoons flour,
2 tablespoons of tomato paste,
salt and spices to taste,
vegetable oil.

Preparation:
Boil the rice until half cooked and cool. Mix the minced meat with chopped onion and egg. Add salt and spices to taste. Make egg-sized meatballs from the minced meat, bread them in flour and lightly fry in vegetable oil so that the meatballs do not fall apart during cooking.
Dilute tomato paste in 300 ml of water, add sour cream and flour, mix thoroughly. Add salt to taste. Place the meatballs in the multicooker bowl, pour in the sauce so that it completely covers the meatballs. Set the “Extinguishing” mode for 1 hour.

Meatballs in tomato sauce are an excellent dish for a tasty and satisfying meal for the whole family, which goes well with any side dishes. Bon appetit!

Ingredients:

(4 servings)

for meatballs:
500 gr. minced meat
1 medium onion
3 tbsp. rice
1 egg
1 tsp salt without top
1/3 tsp. ground black pepper
vegetable oil
for the gravy:
1 medium onion
1 small carrot
vegetable oil
1/2 tbsp. flour
2 tbsp. tomato paste without top
1 glass of water or meat broth
salt, pepper, sugar to taste
3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp. nutmeg(optional)
bay leaf

Measure out 3 tbsp. rice, take heaping spoonfuls. Wash the rice, then cook for 7-10 minutes in salted water until half cooked. We discard in a colander.
Finely chopped onion is stewed in a small amount of vegetable oil. To make the meatballs juicy, simmer the onions over low heat rather than fry them. When the onion becomes soft and transparent, turn off the heat.
For meatballs, you can use any minced meat, but the meatballs will turn out much tastier if you use mixed minced meat (pork-beef, beef-poultry, etc.).
Add stewed onion, 1 level teaspoon of salt, and ground black pepper to the minced meat. Mix the minced meat thoroughly. This is very important point, since when stirred, the meat releases juice, thereby, as it were, binding together all the components of the minced meat.
Add boiled rice and one egg. Mix everything thoroughly again.
With wet hands, form round meatballs. Roll the meatballs themselves in flour or breadcrumbs.
When all the meatballs are molded, prepare a gravy sauce for them.

Gravy for meatballs

Peel the onion and chop finely. Three carrots on a coarse grater.
On sunflower oil simmer finely chopped onion, then add grated carrots.
Add half a spoonful of toasted flour and mix everything.
We dilute the tomato paste in a glass of water or broth, pour it into a frying pan with onions and carrots.
Add ground black pepper, salt and sugar to taste, you can add two or three bay leaves. You can also add a little nutmeg to the gravy. Stirring, bring the sauce to a boil, simmer for a couple of minutes, remove from heat.

Cooking meatballs with gravy

What’s so good about these meatballs is that they can be cooked in the oven or in a frying pan. I like it better in the oven, it turns out much tastier and more aromatic.
So, grease the baking sheet with vegetable oil. We place our meatballs in one layer quite close to each other. Fill evenly with the previously prepared filling. The sauce should reach at least 1/3 of the height of the meatballs. That is why, if there are not very many meatballs, and the baking sheet is large, it is better to use a small fireproof form, where you can fold the meatballs more compactly.
Place the baking sheet with the meatballs and gravy in a well-heated oven. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees.
About 10 minutes before the end of cooking, add finely chopped garlic to the gravy. Incredibly tasty, juicy and aromatic