Meatballs - small patties made from minced meat, meat or fish, with the addition of additional ingredients. This dish, cooked in the oven, can significantly save time on its preparation. After all, you can not pre-fry meatballs, but simply put them in shape and bake until done. In addition, this dish turns out more useful and is suitable for children and diet food.

Meatballs are made from beef or pork, fish or minced chickenwhich is combined with boiled grits, for example, rice or a soaked bun, onions, eggs, spices. Sometimes different vegetables are added to meatballs: chopped zucchini or grated carrots. From the resulting mass form small balls, put them in a form, pour sauce and bake.

Sauce options may also be different: spicy tomato or tender creamy - everything will depend on your preferences and desires. To make meatballs especially tender, they can be baked under foil. And for a nice brown crust  dish can be sprinkled with cheese.

The secrets of cooking perfect meatballs in the oven

Secret number 1. Stuffing for meatballs is better to cook yourself, rather than buying ready. So the dish will taste better.

Secret number 2. Meatballs cooked in the oven can be offered even to small children. At the same time it is necessary to reduce the amount of spices and salt.

Secret number 3. As a side dish for the dish is well suited vegetable salad, boiled potatoes, rice, pasta, steamed vegetables. For example, it goes well with meatballs black Eyed Peas, eggplant, zucchini or vegetable stew.

Secret number 4. If when baking meatballs under the foil you want to get a ruddy crust, then the foil must be removed 15 minutes before the dish is ready.

Secret number 5. So that the meatballs do not fall apart during baking, minced meat wrapped in cellophane can be pre-battered on the chopping board within a few minutes.

Secret number 6. Cream when preparing the sauce can be replaced with sour cream or milk with the addition of eggs.

Secret number 7. Instead of tomato paste, you can use fresh tomatoes, which are pre-removed skin, and the pulp is cut into cubes.

Secret number 8. If the meatballs are baked in the sauce, then you should make sure that they are completely covered with liquid, so the meatballs will be juicier.

Secret number 9. Bun for cooking meat should be used stale, not fresh and lush. Fresh bread  will make the dish sticky.

Secret number 10. If onions are added to the mince, then it should be cut very finely.

Especially juicy and tender are obtained in the oven. Fast and tasty option  dinner or lunch for the whole family. The dish is suitable even for children - after all, meatballs are not fried in a pan, but are baked in the oven right away.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat - 800 g;
• Rice - 0.5 cup;
• Egg - 2 pcs .;
• Carrots - 1 pc .;
• Sour cream - 0.5 cups;
• Vegetable oil - 40 g;
• Water - 1.5 cups;
• Onions - 2 pcs .;
• Garlic - 5 cloves;
• Spices, salt.

Cooking method:

1. Wash rice cereal, boil over low heat. Cook until half ready. Water is drained, rice washed.
2. Vegetables are peeled and chopped.
3. In a separate container lay out the stuffing.
4. Add eggs, rice, salt, spices for meat.
5. We form small balls of minced meat, which we lay out in a baking dish (you must first lubricate it).
6. Fry onions and carrots in a pan until soft.
7. To the vegetables add sour cream, water, salt and pepper. All mix well. Gravy bring to a boil, turn off.
8. In the form of meatballs pour pouring. The liquid should completely close the meatballs. If this does not work, you can add broth or water.
9. The form is closed with a sheet of foil, put in the oven (220 0). We will prepare 60 minutes.
10. Serve the meatballs with any side dish as desired.

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Fish looks great on holiday table. Fish for cooking choose any, well suited pollock.

Ingredients:

• Fish fillet - 800 g;
• Rice - 0.5 cup;
• Squash - 300 g;
• Onion - 2 pcs .;
• Tomato paste - 3 tablespoons;
• Carrots - 1 pc .;
• Thyme, salt, pepper;
• Greenery.

Cooking method:

1. Boil rice, wash it well.
2. Grind the fish fillets with a blender or skip through a meat grinder.
3. Chop greens.
4. Zucchini cleaned, grated.
5. In a separate container, mix the fillet with rice, add the greens, zucchini, salt and pepper. All mix well.
6. Mince form small balls.
7. Prepared meatballs lay out in the form (lubricate the oil beforehand).
8. The form is placed in the oven (180 0). We will cook for 20 minutes.
9. Cut onions into half rings, rub peeled carrots on a grater.
10. Vegetables fried in vegetable oil. Add thyme, salt, tomato paste  and water. Stew for 7 minutes.
11. The resulting sauce is poured into the form of meatballs, add water: meatballs must be completely covered with liquid.
12. Cooking in the oven (180 0) 20 minutes.
13. Serve with boiled potatoes.

The dish is convenient because both meatballs and a side dish are baked at the same time. Therefore, the time to prepare a full lunch or dinner will be spent less.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat - 800 g;
• Potatoes - 1 kg;
• Egg - 3 pcs .;
• Milk - 1.5 cups;
• Bread - 200 g;
• Cheese - 150 g;
• Onions - 2 pcs .;
• Spice, salt;
• Olive oil - 5 st.lozhek;
• Sour cream - 0.5 cups;
• Dill greens.

Cooking method:

1. Peel potatoes, cut into large slices.
2. In a bowl, combine the pepper, spices to your taste, add salt, herbs and olive oil.
3. Potatoes coated with the resulting mixture.
4. White bread (can be a savory bun) soaked in milk (half a cup).
5. In a separate container, mix the minced meat, finely chopped onion, pressed bread, egg, pepper, and salt. Mix well.
6. From the meat mass we form small balls, which we fry in a pan with the addition of butter until golden brown.
7. Place the meatballs in shape (need to be oiled), put the potatoes between them. Sprinkle with olive oil.
8. Sent to the oven. Bake until cooked potatoes.
9. Grate cheese.
10. Mix milk (1 cup), sour cream and beaten eggs.
11. Pour meatballs with milk and egg mixture, sprinkle cheese on top.
12. The form is sent to the oven (180 0). We will cook for 30 minutes.

Delicious meatballs with cheese under a delicate creamy sauce - tasty dishwhich can please both guests on a holiday, and loved ones at a regular dinner. Chicken can be replaced with turkey.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet - 800 g;
• Onions - 2 pcs .;
• Egg - 1 pc .;
• Bun - 150 g;
• Milk - 0.5 cup;
• Cream - 600 g;
• Garlic - 5 cloves;
• Cheese - 300 g;
• Greenery;
• Pepper, salt.

Cooking method:

1. Slightly beat the fillets, cut into small pieces.
2. Soak the bun in the milk.
3. Finely chop the onion, squeeze the garlic through a press, chop the greens.
4. In a separate container, mix the sliced ​​fillet, pressed bun, onion, egg, salt, pepper. All mix well.
5. We form meatballs of slightly minced walnuts from the minced meat.
6. Meatballs put in the form (need to grease).
7. Bake in the oven (180 0). We will cook for 20 minutes.
8. Prepare the sauce. Mix grated cheese, garlic, herbs and cream. Mix well.
9. Meatballs pour cream sauce.
10. Send the form to the oven (180 0). We will cook for 30 minutes.
11. Serve the dish with pasta, boiled potatoes or rice.

Now you know how to cook meatballs in the oven according to the recipe with a photo. Enjoy your meal!

What are meatballs? Delicious meat flavored balls, stewed in sauce! Surely, most of us at the word "meatballs" immediately recall Carlson, who was dragging meatballs from the oven of the Baby Mother. Also meatballs are often mentioned in other works by Astrid Lingred, and not by chance, because meatballs come from Austria.

Meatballs in the oven is very easy to cook. You will spend only 30-40 minutes and get hearty meal, useful for both adults and children. After all, the basis of this dish is meat (pork, poultry or fish). Meat is rich in proteins, which are simply necessary for everyone to fully function and renew the body. In addition, meat in the meatballs is complemented by vegetables, cereals, which only increases the energy and nutritional value  meatballs. What to serve meatballs? You can eat them in pure form  (as in most recipes, meatballs are made along with barley), served with a side dish. Do not forget about the sauce, eat it together with meatballs or pour a side dish with it.

Meatballs in the oven - preparing food and dishes

Meatballs in the oven can be prepared from various components. But whatever recipe you choose, in any case, before preparing the dish, prepare minced meat, rice, onions, carrots, tomatoes, and spices. For the sauce, you will also need water, cream, mayonnaise, sour cream, tomato paste.

Meatballs in the oven is most convenient to stew in a deep form. For cooking, set a temperature of 180 degrees on the oven.

Meatball recipes in the oven:

Recipe 1: Meatballs in the oven

You will enjoy the classic version of this dish with tomato flavor and meaty meatball flavor. For this recipe you do not need cereals, meatballs will consist of minced meat and vegetables. All vegetables take medium size.

Ingredients Required:

• Minced pork 400 grams
• Carrots 1 piece
• Bulb 1 piece
• Tomatoes 2 pieces
• Tomato Paste
• Sour cream
• Spice
• Pure water 250 ml
• Sunflower oil

Cooking method:

1. Prepare the vegetables. Wash and peel them, finely chop the onion, and grate the carrots.

2. Heat the pan, fry the onions first, then add the carrots and tomatoes. Let the vegetables cool slightly.

3. Stir in minced roasted vegetables, salt and pepper. Blind out the resulting mass of balls.

4. Make the sauce. Mix a glass of water, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, 3 tablespoons of sour cream, salt.

5. Set the oven to warm up - 180 degrees. Lubricate the form with sunflower oil and put meatballs on it. Put them in the oven for 5-6 minutes. After that, remove, pour the sauce and put it in the oven again, now for 25-30 minutes.

Serve classic meatballs in the oven with any side dish, watering tomato sauce, or eat pure.

Recipe 2: Meatballs in the oven with prunes

This dish has an unusual savory taste. No wonder, because these meatballs in the oven contain a little prunes! Do not be confused by the presence of this dried fruit in the main dish, it will not spoil the meatballs with its sweetness and aroma. If you wish, you can also add some chopped prunes to the sauce.

Ingredients Required:

• Minced pork 400 grams
• Carrots 1 piece
• Bow 1 piece
• Prunes 100 grams
• Tomato 1 piece
• Tomato paste 1 tablespoon
• Sour cream 1 tablespoon
• Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons
• Pure water 250 ml
• Spice

Cooking method:

1. First of all, prepare prunes. You need to pour it warm water  for ten minutes, then rinse with running cold. Cut prunes as small as possible.
2. Wash and peel the onions and carrots, finely chop them. Fry in sunflower oil  until soft and then cool.
3. Mix minced meat, vegetables, prunes, salt and spices. From this mass sculpt balls.
4. Turn the oven on 180 degrees. Grease the form with oil and put balls of meatballs on it for 5-6 minutes.
5. Cook the sauce. Scale the tomatoes with boiling water, peel them and mash them with a blender. Add sour cream, tomato paste and mayonnaise to puree, mix, dilute with water, salt. Pour the meatballs with sauce and let them stew for half an hour.

Recipe 3: Meatballs in the oven with rice

Cook rice croquettes in the oven. Meat balls prepared in this way will be very satisfying, as they combine beneficial features  rice and meat. AT this recipe  minced pork is used, but you can mix it with beef or chicken, so meatballs will be tastier.

Ingredients Required:

• Minced pork 300 grams
• Rice 100 grams
• Tomato 2 pieces
• Carrots 1 piece
• Pure water 250 ml
• Sour cream 2 tablespoons
• Spice

Cooking method:

1. Boil rice until cooked, pre-washing the grits (cook for about 10 minutes after the water boils). Chill.
2. Peel the onions, finely chop and fry in a pan until golden brown.
3. Mix minced meat, fried onions, cooked rice cereal, salt and spices. Make balls from the resulting mass.
4. Preheat the oven. Grease the form with vegetable oil and put meatballs on it. Place the meatballs in the oven for 5 minutes.
5. Cook the sauce. To do this, wash the vegetables. With a tomato peel and chop in a blender. Grate carrots. Mix tomato puree, carrots, sour cream, tomato paste, water, salt. Pour the sauce in the oven and cook for about twenty minutes.

Recipe 4: Fishballs in the oven fish

Meatballs can be cooked not only from pork or beef, but also from minced fish. For this dish you will need minced fish of white varieties and rice. And you will cook meatballs in the oven in cream sauce.

Ingredients Required:

• Minced white fish 300 grams
• Rice 50 grams
• Carrots 1 piece
• Sour cream 3 tablespoons
• Cream 200 ml (fat content of 10 percent)
• Spice

Cooking method:

1. Wash the rice cereal and cook until ready. Cool it down.
2. Mix the minced fish with cooked rice groats, salt and pepper. From the resulting mass blind balls.
3. In the preheated oven, place the meatballs for 5 minutes. To do this, grease the form with butter and put meatballs on it.
4. Cook the sauce. Wash the carrot and rub it on a fine grater. Mix sour cream, cream and carrots, salt. Pour the sauce over the meatballs in the oven and simmer them for about 20 minutes.

Recipe 5: Meatballs in the oven chicken

Unusual to taste meatballs made from chicken mince. They differ from meatballs made from pork with special tenderness. Cook unusual sauce  with olives and greens.

Ingredients Required:

• Minced chicken 300 grams
• Rice 50 grams
• Bow 1 piece
• Bulgarian pepper 1 piece
• Black olives without stones 100 grams
• Tomato paste 2 tablespoons
• Sour cream 2 tablespoons
• Pure water 200 ml
• Spice

Cooking method:

1. Rice cereal should be washed and cooked until ready in salted water. Cool the rice.
2. Peel onion and chop finely, fry in a frying pan.
3. Mix minced chicken, rice and onions, add salt and spices. Blind round meatballs.
4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease the form with butter and place the meatballs on it. Put them in the oven for 5-6 minutes.
5. Cook the sauce. Wash the peppers, remove the seeds. Grind peppers and olives in a blender. Mix chopped vegetables with tomato paste and sour cream, add water, salt.
6. Pour the sauce with meatballs and simmer them for 25-30 minutes.

Recipe 6: Meatballs in the oven in German.

Meatballs are considered a dish that came to us from Austria. Therefore, prepare a dish according to an old German recipe with the addition of sliced ​​smoked sausages.

Ingredients Required:

• Minced pork 300 grams
• Rice 50 grams
• Smoked sausages 100 grams
• Low-fat cream 200 ml
• Green olives without pits 100 grams
• Capers 50 grams
• Sour cream 2 tablespoons

Cooking method:

1. Wash rice and boil until ready in salted water. Cool on readiness.
2. Smoked sausages cut into smaller cubes.
3. Mix minced meat, sausages, rice porridge, salt and spices. Blind out the resulting mass of balls.
4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease the form with butter and place the meatballs on it. Put them in the oven for 5-6 minutes.
5. Cook the sauce. Finely chop the olives. Mix the cream, olives, capers and sour cream, salt.
6. Pour the sauce over the meatballs in the oven and simmer them for about 30 minutes.

1. What is the difference between meatballs and meatballs and meatballs? Cutlets are prepared exclusively from minced meat with the addition of onions and eggs, meatballs add spices and spices, and meatballs - cereals and vegetables. In addition, a part of such dishes as meatballs in the oven is the sauce.
2. For roasting vegetables and meatballs do not use olive oil, when it is heated, it loses all its value. Give preference to vegetable oil.
3. To make meatballs easier to sculpt, add egg or cereal to mincemeat. Another secret chopped meat  repel.
4. Meatballs can be cooked from one type of minced meat, but it will be more tasty if you mix beef mince with pork or chicken.
5. If you are cooking meatballs in the oven, do not limit your imagination in preparing the sauce. Mix vegetables, cream, tomato paste, flour. It is from the gravy that the taste of the prepared meatballs will depend, and not on the mincemeat from which you sculpt them.
6. You can pour the meatballs immediately with the sauce when you put them in the oven, but it is better to first let them stew in the pure form for five minutes, and then pour the gravy.
7. The sauce should completely cover the meatballs during cooking, then they get more juicy and fragrant.

According to the Turkic tradition, it is from this kitchen that food is borrowed, meatballs were served on a large common dish with a thick gravy. Nowadays, balls are prepared without it (for example, Italian rice arancini), but the gravy is still not surely losing popularity. The most simple and common version of this dish are meatballs in tomato sauce. However, there are many other variations, including dietary in the oven and a slow cooker.

It is useful to know a few nuances:

1. The most suitable stuffing for meatballs - from lean meat. It is better if it is cooked on its own from a piece that did not freeze. In the meat grinder with him you can throw the chopped fresh herbs and onions.
2. In addition to the meat and cereal components, meatballs can be used as the basis for any vegetables — tomatoes, bell pepper, vegetable marrows, peas, haricot. They not only give juiciness and create shades of taste, but also loosen the structure, which provides quick cooking  the dishes.
3. To meatballs do not break up, you must add a binder ingredient - starch, flour, mashed potatoes, egg. Create mass better hands, trying to achieve homogeneity, and then beat off 3-4 times to compact the consistency. Shaped balls need to be moistened cold water  hands to avoid sticking.
4. It is permissible to add both raw and boiled meatballs with rice grits. In the first case, after swelling, rice grains will stick out of the stuffing, resembling hedgehogs, which attracts children.
5. Greens are put both in mince and gravy. Any suitable: dill, parsley, cilantro, green onions. Gravy is prepared both in water and broth.
6. Bitter garlic can be removed by putting it in boiling water for a few minutes. If chopped onion is used for the base, it is possible to roast it. This technique is especially successful in chicken meatballs.
7. Instead of tomato paste, any tomato-based sauce will do. Poison will give adzhika spoon.
8. For cooking meatballs, you will need dishes with high sides so large that you can put the meatballs in one layer. For the oven is perfect heat resistant glass container with a lid.

Meatballs from multicooker

Cooking meatballs in a slow cooker is very simple. This device will save time and allow the use of a minimum amount of oil. The following are common meatball recipes adapted for the multicooker. They are designed for the volume of the bowl 4-5 l.

With cream sauce

This taste is loved by many more with kindergarten. Preparing them in the following way will take very little time, but will not go to the detriment of the taste familiar from childhood.

We will need:

• beef and pork - 250 g each;
• rice cereal - half a glass;
• 1 egg;
• sour cream or mayonnaise - 5 tbsp. spoons;
• white bread - 80 g;
• flour - 1 tbsp. spoon with a slide;
• 2 slices of bread;
• carrots - 1 pc .;
• butter;
• 4 onions;
• seasonings and spices.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. Grain slices leave soaked in milk or water.
2. Boil rice (until half cooked) for 10 minutes.
3. Prepare minced beef and pork.
4. Soaked bread mash in mush.
5. Cut 2 onions as small as possible. You can also pass it through a meat grinder, but it should be noted that the shredded onion does not lose juiciness and makes meatballs in sour cream sauce  more fragrant.
6. Bread, onions, rice and mince mix well with your hands, seasoning with salt, pepper and other spices as desired. Try to achieve maximum uniformity. Beat off the mass, then with wet hands blind round identical meatballs.
7. Carrots and two other onions, cut and fry in butter in a bowl in the "Frying" mode for 10 minutes.
8. In a bowl, mix the sour cream with water and flour, season with salt. After cooking the passages, pour the contents of the bowl into the bowl.
9. Put the balls on the bottom. They should be ¾ immersed in liquid. If necessary, pour in some water or cook some more sauce.
10. Cover and turn on the Quenching mode (40 minutes). Serve immediately after the signal of readiness.

In tomato sauce

Lovers of savory taste will certainly appreciate meatballs with rice in tomato sauce. To begin, we will prepare all the necessary:

• minced meat (beef and pork) - 500 grams;
• rice cereal - 150 grams;
• 2 onions;
• frying oil;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• egg;
• salt, seasoning, laurel, greens;

1. Wash rice several times. Chop onions finely.
2. Combine minced meat, washed rice, chopped onion, egg, salt and mix thoroughly with your hands.
3. Beat the mixture on the table to seal its structure. So finished goods  will not disintegrate.
4. Form balls about 4 cm in size.

1. Heat oil in a bowl in the Fry mode.
2. On it in the same mode, fry the resulting meatballs until brown crust. It takes no more than 10 minutes.
3. Mode "Frying" off. Put in a cup bay leaf  and chopped greens.
4. In a bowl, dissolve pasta with a glass of boiling water and pour in the multicooker. If the sauce covers meatballs less than half, pour more boiling water over the wall.
5. Cook in Quenching mode for 30 minutes.

Meatballs from the oven

Another hassle-free dietary main course is meatballs in the oven with gravy. To do this, you need a deep pan or baking dish of the appropriate size.

Classic recipe come from childhood

The recipe for cooking meatballs with gravy is passed on in each family from generation to generation. This option - the traditional, come from childhood.

1. On a pound of minced meat, take 1 large onion, half a cup of rice, 1 egg.
2. Rice should be brought to half-cooked, and chop the onion as small as possible. Then mix the homogeneous components of the components, gradually adding salt.
3. Before cooking meatballs, preheat the oven to 190ºC.
4. Blind the balls and arrange them in a row on a baking sheet greased with butter. Place the baking tray in the oven and leave until a crispy crust.
5. In the meantime, get some gravy. Cut the half rings onions and carrots into strips.
6. In a vegetable oil in a saucepan, stew the vegetables on low heat until the onions are transparent.
7. At the end of frying, add a glass of tomato base (pasta, ketchup or tomato puree) and 2 glasses of water.
8. After 5 minutes, add 2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream or mayonnaise, and after a couple of minutes, remove from heat.
9. Brown meatballs pour the mixture, add a little water so that it covers the balls on шари. Wrap the form with foil and bake for 40 minutes at 180ºC.

Try to cook nutritious and low-fat chicken meatballs. Chicken perfectly combines mushrooms and creamy taste of cheese.

1. Crush mushrooms and onions. Looking for small, but tangible pieces. For convenience, do it in a blender.
2. Mix the mixture in minced meat with boiled cold rice, cheese and dill. Spice up. Mix everything well.
3. Blind thick meatballs. Put them in shape - and in the oven until done.
4. Pour a glass into a bowl. tomato juice. Sweeten with a teaspoon of sugar, put 3 tablespoons of sour cream.
5. In another glass in 100 ml of water, dissolve the flour and pour in the juice and sour cream.
6. The contents of the bowls are evenly distributed on the meatballs so as to cover a little more than half. Cover with foil and set in oven for 50-60 minutes at 180 ° C.

Original sauces from mushrooms and citrus

If you are a supporter of traditions, you probably wondered how to cook meatballs with rice - a time-tested recipe, but in a new way? An excellent way out is an unusual sauce.

1. Of mushrooms: A beautiful sauce is obtained if the mushrooms are cut into thin slices. Onion and garlic finely chop. All together fry on butter  10 minutes. Pour a glass of meat or mushroom broth  and soak on fire as much. Then put 5 tablespoons of sour cream, stir. Add bay leaf and spices. Five minutes - and refueling is ready.
2. Citrus: It will take an orange or lemon rind. Rinse the citrus well and put it in boiling water for a minute. Then, using a grater, separate the zest. Try not to touch the white layer, otherwise the sauce will be bitter. Squeeze the juice from the fruit in a bowl. Add half a teaspoon of ground pepper and the same rosemary, zest, a tablespoon of honey, and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste. B 0.5 Art. water dissolve the flour and slowly pour it into the juice. To taste add the missing spices. This sauce for meatballs will turn a regular dinner into a festive meal.

Cooking in a creamy sauce

Delicate juicy meatballs in a creamy sauce are cooked without cereal and just melt in your mouth.

1. Soak a bun (100 grams) in milk.
2. Make minced pork (250 grams) and chicken fillet (250 grams), mince also 2 onions. Knead well with salt, tamp, beating in a bowl.
3. Dampen your hands with cool water and prepare the balls, which should be laid out in pre-oiled form. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. at 180ºC.
4. In the meantime, get some dressing. Squeeze 2 cloves of garlic into 450 grams of low-fat cream, and finely chop one Bulgarian pepper. Rub 150 grams of cheese on a fine grater. Salt if needed. The aroma will add a pinch of saffron.
5. Spread the mixture over the meatballs and keep the dish in the oven for another 20 minutes at the same temperature. Serve on top of the side dish, generously seasoned with dressing.

Fishballs - an excellent option for diet

If you strictly follow the diet, and meat products for you heavy food, baked fish meatballs - the perfect solution.

In terms of dietary quality, such an element even surpasses meatballs made from minced chicken. The fish product is digested twice as fast as meat, and also has a mass of the most valuable substances: calcium, phosphorus, essential fats and light proteins.

And most importantly, useful delicacies  cook quickly in the oven!

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1. Shredded carrots and onions should be passaged before browning. Together with fish fillets  (any, 500 g) put in a meat grinder.
2. Beat the egg separately in a bowl, chop the greens and add everything to the mass. When salted, mix and cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Of them sculpt balls, sealing in the palm of your hand.
3. Well, for the richness of taste is responsible, of course, sauce for meatballs. Blanched 5 tomatoes grate. Shred onion, fry with butter, after 5 minutes add the resulting pasta from tomatoes, simmer until onion is ready. Pour the juice of half a lemon, broth, sweeten, salt to taste.
4. On a baking tray with meatballs pour sauce, put bay leaf, cover and put in a cold oven. Bake for about an hour at 160ºC. Meatballs can also be put in a heated cabinet and then the manufacturing time will be reduced to 40 minutes.

How to make meatballs in a multicooker from fish? Elementary.

As in the case of meat products, fry the vegetable component of the gravy for 10-15 minutes until cooked, put the meatballs on it, pour in your favorite sauce and put on the “Quenching” mode for about 40 minutes.

Do not forget that fillets of bony fish need to scroll in a meat grinder at least three times to grind bones.

From green to fishballs harmoniously fit dill. Meatballs with gravy in a slow cooker are no less sophisticated than in the oven

Meatballs are a great alternative to meat

It is not necessary to make meatballs from mince, a nutritious dish can be cooked without meat.

Do you know that buckwheat contains up to 12 grams of protein, iron and vitamins of group B, PP, calcium? So, this is a great alternative. meat products. In addition, by next recipe  It will make a very tasty dish.

1. Prepare grated carrot roast. Wash and bring the cereal to readiness separately. Pure buckwheat in a blender. Combine puree with rice and roast. Salt, make balls.
2. Onion half rings, grated carrot, squash in small cube fry in oil until soft with your favorite spices. Add tomato paste. After 5 minutes, pour 2 glasses of water and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
3. While cooking the gravy, preheat the oven to 180ºC.
4. Pour a small amount of prepared gravy into the form, lay the meatballs in a layer, cover with the rest of the sauce.
5. Protect from sticking with foil and bake for 20 minutes.

Such a dish will easily put a competitor, if not meat, then surely chicken meatballs with gravy.

Ease of preparation, delicious sauces, unusual combinations  products ... Ancient oriental food will be enjoyed by gourmets, vegetarians, and those who are on a diet. Many enticing recipes convincingly prove that delicious meatballs  with sauce can be cooked without frying. This dish will find a decent place on each table! Enjoy your meal!

Meatballs in the oven  Cooking is much easier than it is considered at first sight! First and foremost, it’s probably worth saying that meatballs are ordinary meatballs made from minced meat, with various additional ingredients added to it: boiled cereals, vegetables, spices, etc. Cooking meatballs in the oven has an undeniable advantage, which is that we are spared from the need, in most cases, to pre-fry the meatballs in a frying pan, and we can immediately send them to the oven in the form of baking.

For cooking meatballs use the most different kinds  minced meat: pork, beef, fish, chicken. The latter is perfect in those cases when you pursue the goal to prepare a dietary dish.

Not unimportant role plays the sauce that you will pour meat balls. You can opt for both delicate sauce - creamy, and more acute - tomato, with the addition of favorite spices.

If you prefer meat dishes, which seem to melt in your mouth, it’s pretty simple to achieve this effect with meatballs, just cover the form with foil.

Homemade meatballs with buckwheat in the oven

Perhaps one of the most simple ways  cooking meatballs is the addition of washed buckwheat to ground beef. The taste of such meatballs is very familiar from school, for surely each of you feasted on a similar dish in the dining room.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. buckwheat
• 1 + 1 onion (1 - fried, 1 - raw)
• 500 g pork
• 1 chicken egg
• Salt, pepper, herbs and seasoning to meat to taste

• 100 ml sour cream
• 1 tbsp. tomato paste
• Salt, black pepper and herbs to taste
• 2 tbsp. water

Cooking method:

1. Chop the pork with the peeled onion into ground beef using a blender or a conventional meat grinder.
2. Add to the mass of egg, salt, seasonings and herbs to taste.
3. Buckwheat to sort, wash and pour water. Leave for a couple of hours, and then drain the excess water.
4. Finely chop the second onion and fry in vegetable oil, then add to buckwheat.
5. Thoroughly mix buckwheat and mince with each other and form meatballs from the resulting mass.
6. Putting meatballs on a greased vegetable oil  form.
7. Cooking sauce. Mix with each other sour cream, pasta, water, spices with herbs and salt.
8. Pour meatballs sauce and send them in the oven for 40-50 minutes. Cooking temperature 180C.

Tasty meatballs with rice in the oven

Continuing the topic of meatballs, it is impossible not to mention meatballs with boiled rice. The recipe is as simple as the previous one, and it also produces tasty, juicy and fragrant meat balls.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. rice
• 2 tbsp. rice cooking water
• 400 g minced pork
• 2 carrots
• 2 onions
• 2 tbsp. l tomato sauce
• 200 ml sour cream
• 3-4 sprigs of parsley and dill
• 3 bay leaves
• ½ tsp seasoning for meat
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil for frying

Cooking method:

1. Pre-washed rice pour water, add salt to it to taste. Boil rice until cooked.
2. Onions and carrots cleaned and washed. Three carrots on a grater, and finely chop the onion. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil.
3. In a deep bowl lay out the fresh or thawed minced. Add to it rice, half of fried vegetables, salt and seasoning to taste. Mix everything well until smooth.
4. To the remaining vegetables add sour cream, sauce and greens. Fry everything for about 1 minute.
5. Salt to taste and add water after boiling - turn off.
6. We form meatballs of minced meat and put it in the form in which we will bake.
7. Fill the meatballs with the obtained sauce from the pan so that it covers them completely. If anything, you can add boiled water.
8. We ship the meatballs in an oven heated to 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Meatballs with vegetables in the oven

A simple combination of vegetables and minced pork, you can enjoy the taste of homemade vegetable meatballs. A simple meal for a family lunch or dinner, which goes well with any side dish.

Ingredients:

• 600 g minced pork
• ½ zucchini
• 1 carrot
• 2 onions
• 1 chicken egg
• ½ tbsp. rice
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• Salt, black pepper to taste
• Flour (for hanging meatballs)

• 500 g tomato
• 1 tbsp. water
• 1-2 bay leaves
• Pinch of sugar
• Salt to taste
• A few sprigs of dill and parsley
• Black pepper and herbs to taste

Cooking method:

1. Pork chop into minced.
2. Carrots clean and three grated. Zucchini peel, three on fine grater  and squeeze the juice well.
3. Add salt, herbs and black pepper to the minced meat.
4. Clean, wash and finely cut onions.
5. Add vegetables to the stuffing. We drive in an egg and skip garlic through a crush.
6. Boil rice until cooked in salted water.
7. Mix rice with minced meat and mix well. We form meatballs and roll them down in flour.
8. Grease the baking dish with vegetable oil and lay out the meatballs.
9. Tomatoes cut into pieces and put in a saucepan. Cook for about 5 minutes, then grind through a sieve. Add salt, sugar, herbs, black pepper and bay leaf. Bring to a boil and throw in chopped greens.
10. Pour the meatballs tomato sauce  and cover with foil.
11. Sent in the oven at 180 ° C for 40 minutes. Then, remove the foil and keep the meatballs in the oven for about 10 minutes.

Meatballs in cream sauce in the oven

In front of you classic version  meatballs in sour cream sauce. That sauce is their main feature, which makes fall in love with this dish again and again.

Ingredients:

• 400 g pork
• 200 grams of rice
• 2 onions
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp. flour
• Salt pepper
• Coriander
• Curry pinch
• Rosemary

• 1 carrot
• 3 onions
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Bay leaf
• 1 tbsp. sour cream
• 1 tbsp. water
• 2 tbsp. white wine
• Pepper
• Dill, parsley

Cooking method:

1. Wash meat and onions and twist through a meat grinder.
2. Wash rice, add to stuffing with egg.
3. Add salt, spices and herbs to taste. Mix the stuffing until smooth.
4. We form meatballs and roll them down in flour.
5. Fry in sunflower oil until golden brown.
6. Put the meatballs in the form in which we will bake them, and proceed to the preparation of the sauce.
7. Three carrots on a grater, and finely chop the onion. Add the chopped parsley and dill. Fry in sunflower oil until tender.
8. Add sour cream and water. Salt to taste, add herbs and spices. Add garlic passed through the garlic press. Pour in the wine and let it boil for 2 minutes.
9. Fill the sauce with meatballs and send them to the oven for 30 minutes. Cooking temperature 170C.

Meatballs in tomato sauce in the oven

Lovers more hot sauces  Will appreciate the delicious combination of meatballs and tomato sauce. Such a dish is great option  To diversify your daily menu, regardless of the side dish, which you and your loved ones prefer.

Ingredients:

• 200 grams of rice
• 400 grams of meat
• 2 onions
• 1 carrot
• 1 tbsp. tomato paste
• 3 tbsp. water
• 1 egg
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 3 bay leaves
• 4-5 pieces allspice
• 3-4 sprigs of dill
• Pepper
• Coriander
• Thyme
• Curry
• Mix "Italian herbs"

Cooking method:

1. Wash rice and pour water for 15-20 minutes.
2. Finely chop the onion and fry in a frying pan. Peel and grate carrots coarse grater. Mix vegetables together.
3. Meat twist through a meat grinder. Add the rice, beat the egg and ½ of the onion with the carrots. Mix the stuffing thoroughly with your hands.
4. Form the meatballs, roll each in flour.
5. Fry the meatballs in sunflower oil so that they become slightly golden.
6. The second half of carrots with onions mixed with tomato sauce, spices. Add bay leaf, garlic, pepper, curry, water, salt and finely chopped dill. Mix everything evenly.
7. Put the meatballs in the form in which we bake them, pour the mixture with tomato paste.
8. Sent in the oven at 180 ° C for 30-40 minutes.

Now you know how to cook meatballs in the oven. Enjoy your meal!

So you have a chance, dear readers, to familiarize yourself with most of my cooking options for cooking meatballs in the oven. I hope you will like the recipes, and you will definitely use them. Finally I want to give a couple of tips:

• Try to use for meatballs minced meat, which you cook yourself, and not shop analogue;
• If the recipe has onions, then chop it finely, and scrub the carrots on a fine grater;
• Carefully ensure that the sauce is completely covered with meatballs during baking;
• While cooking, you can replace the tomato paste fresh tomatoes, pre-boiled them in water, and then pereterev through a sieve.

Meatballs - simple and tasty dish on a quick handthat you can feed the whole family. There is a huge variety of options for their preparation. Meatballs are formed from meat, vegetable or fish mince with a variety of additives, baked, fried or stewed in sauce. Properly cooked dish turns out very juicy and tender, so it is suitable for feeding even the smallest.

The advantage of meatballs is also the fact that they are suitable for diet food. In this case, for the stuffing you need to take chicken breast  without skin, you can add vegetables, and for stewing use low-calorie sauce, such as tomato. In any case, whatever version of this dish you choose, the result will delight the whole family. Below are best recipes  cooking meatballs.

Culinary ideas: fried and stewed meatballs

Meatballs in a creamy sauce

It takes about 30 minutes to prepare this dish. About 15 meat balls are obtained from this amount of products. Meatballs made according to this recipe have a delicate taste and aroma.

Ingredients:

• Stuffing (beef or chicken) - 500 g,
• White bread - 3 slices,
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.,
• Onion - 1 pc.,
• Flour - 3 tbsp.
• A bunch of fresh herbs (dill, parsley),
• Milk - 200 ml,
• Cream - 200 ml,
• Melted cheese - 100 g,
• Water - 100 ml,
• Sunflower oil for frying, salt to taste.

Soak white bread in water. Peel and chop the onion in a blender or chop into small cubes. Mix minced meat, onion, soaked bread, egg, add salt. Then you need to form the meatballs in the form of small balls, put on a preheated pan, first roll in flour.

Fry meat balls for about 4 minutes, then remove from heat. Pour the milk and cream into a separate saucepan, add chopped greens and processed cheese. Heat the contents over low heat, stirring until the sauce is smooth. Then add meatballs and simmer for 10-15 minutes. A couple of minutes before being ready, add a little flour (about 1 tbsp) and mix. Serve meatballs with potatoes or rice.

Meatballs with rice

The average number of servings - 6. In accordance with this recipe for cooking takes about 40 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Rice - 1 cup,
• Pork and ground beef - 500 g,
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.,
• Onion - 1 pc.,
• Garlic -3 cloves,
• Cream - 50 ml,
• Tomato paste - 1 tbsp.,
• Water - 400 g,
• Vegetable oil for frying, salt, pepper.

Rice wash well and boil, let it cool. Peel the onions, chop them in a blender or chop the garlic through a press. Add to mince, egg, rice, onion, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything thoroughly. Form small balls and put them in a pre-heated pan, greased with oil. Fry from all sides. Prepare the sauce. To do this, pour boiling water into the pan, add tomato paste and cream, salt, pepper. Put the meatballs in the sauce, simmer them under the lid for 15 minutes. Tasty dinner  ready, it can be served with any side dish.

Meatballs in cheese sauce

The approximate cooking time is 40 minutes. Servings Per Container - 5. Meatballs made using this recipe have refined taste  by adding nutmeg.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat - 500 g,
• White bread - a couple of slices,
• Onion - 1 pc.,
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.,
• Sweet before - 1/2 pcs.,
• Grated nutmeg  - 1/4 tsp,
• Broth (chicken or meat) - 500 ml,
• Hard cheese - 50 g,
• Milk - 1/2 cup,
• Butter - 30 g,
• Flour - 1 tbsp.
• Cream - 1 tbsp.,
• Salt, pepper to taste.

Soak the bread in water, then squeeze. Peel and chop the onion in a blender along with the bread, add to the mince. Add finely chopped bell pepper, egg, nutmeg. Salt, pepper. Form small balls, throw them into boiling broth, cook for 10 minutes. Prepare the sauce. To do this, in a preheated pan, greased with butter, you need to pour flour, sauté a couple of minutes. Then, stirring constantly, pour in hot milk and 1 cup of broth. Stir the sauce well, remove from heat. Add finely shabby cheese and cream. Meatballs put on a plate, pour cheese sauce. Garnish mashed potatoes  or rice, you can decorate the dish with greens.