There are a huge number of ground meat dishes. One of the most satisfying and delicious are meatballs. Cooked in the oven, they are also useful. Representing meat balls with rice, they can be a good snack on a holiday or a full-fledged independent dish. In addition, even small finickies are happy to eat them.
There are several recipes by which you can cook meatballs in the oven. To do this, take a pound of pork or ground beef (it is better to do it yourself), salt is added to taste and a raw egg. The crumb of the loaf is soaked for some time in milk, after which it is slightly wrung out and sent to the minced meat. It is also necessary to put half a glass of boiled rice here. Everything mixes well. Round meatballs are molded from the resulting mixture, which are slightly fried in a pan from all sides, after which they are laid out in a prepared mold. To prepare the gravy, onion is finely chopped, carrots are grated, everything is fried in a pan with the addition of tomato paste. To make the gravy thicker, you can put a teaspoon of flour in it. The mixture is poured onto meatballs. This dish is cooked in a preheated oven at low temperature until browned (usually it takes about 20 minutes). Before serving, it is recommended to sprinkle with finely chopped dill or parsley. It is good to take boiled potatoes or pasta for a side dish.
Speaking about how to cook meatballs in the oven, it is impossible not to note the important role of the sauce in which they will be cooked, since the taste of the prepared dish depends on it in many ways. For example, in addition to tomato, you can put a little sour cream or mayonnaise here. This will give the dish a more delicate taste. Spices can be added different, depending on the type of minced meat, however, if the dish is prepared for children, then it is better not to get carried away with them, but do with chopped onions or garlic added to the gravy.
To cook meatballs with rice in the oven, you can use the following recipe. A raw egg, a small amount of rice, which is pre-cooked until half cooked, chopped onions, salt and a raw egg are added to the minced meat. If desired, you can add a small amount of semolina to make the minced meat more uniform in consistency. After this, small meatballs are fashioned and laid out in a mold. The flour is fried for several minutes in sunflower oil, tomato and sour cream (the same amount) are added here. If the sauce is too thick, a little water is poured into it. To taste, you can put salt, spices, herbs. For a while, everything is boiled, after which meatballs are poured with the resulting sauce and sent to the oven.
No less tasty meatballs in the oven made from minced chicken. 3 slices of white bread or loaf must be crushed into small pieces and soak for several minutes in milk. 100 grams of finely chopped ham is fried in a pan, onions, garlic, salt and pepper are added here. A raw egg, half a kilogram of minced chicken, ham with onions, a tablespoon of tomato paste, chopped parsley are added to the bread. Everything mixes well, after which small balls roll out of the resulting meat. They are laid out on a baking sheet, and greased on top with a mixture of olive oil and tomato paste. After that, the meatballs in the oven are baked for about 20 minutes.
I must say that the meatballs in the oven are cooked quite quickly and not too laborious, and almost any garnish will suit them, either cereal or vegetable. Therefore, this dish is so popular. They should be served hot on the table, immediately after cooking, or preheated in the oven or microwave.