Meatballs in Morita Sauce with Rice

Name: Meatballs in Morita Sauce with Rice
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked rice (about 400 grams); 1/2 medium onion; 5 cloves garlic; 2 1/4 cups cold water (about 530 ml); 3 medium tomatillos, chopped; 1 medium tomato, chopped; 1/2 onion; 2 cloves garlic; 6 sprigs fresh mint; 4 whole black peppercorns; 4 allspice berries; 4 whole cloves; 2 pinches ground cumin; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 pound ground beef (about 450 grams); 1 pound ground pork (about 450 grams); 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 3 hard-boiled eggs; 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (about 30 grams); 1 cup cold cooked rice (about 200 grams); 2 pounds tomatillos (about 1 kg); 6 dried morita chiles; 2 tablespoons oil; 4 cups boiling water with 1 pinch of salt (about 1 liter); 1 pinch salt; as needed cooked rice; as needed beans

Rogelio Ramos Rivera @enfetum1335

My grandmothers and my mom made delicious meatballs. I learned from all three of them, each in their own way, and now I’m sharing the recipe here. Enjoy!

Rogelio Ramos Rivera @enfetum1335

My grandmothers and my mom made delicious meatballs. I learned from all three of them, each in their own way, and now I’m sharing the recipe here. Enjoy!

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Ingredients

1 hour

10 servings

Cooked rice
2 cupsuncooked rice (about 400 grams)
1/2medium onion
5 clovesgarlic
2 1/4 cupscold water (about 530 ml)
Sauce for the meat
3medium tomatillos, chopped
1medium tomato, chopped
1/2onion
2 clovesgarlic
6 sprigsfresh mint
4whole black peppercorns
4allspice berries
4whole cloves
2 pinchesground cumin
2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
1 tablespoonsalt
Meat for the meatballs
1 poundground beef (about 450 grams)
1 poundground pork (about 450 grams)
3 tablespoonsvegetable oil
3hard-boiled eggs
1/2 cupbreadcrumbs (about 30 grams)
1 cupcold cooked rice (about 200 grams)
Morita sauce
2 poundstomatillos (about 1 kg)
6dried morita chiles
2 tablespoonsoil
4 cupsboiling water with 1 pinch of salt (about 1 liter)
1 pinchsalt
to serve
as neededcooked rice
as neededbeans

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Steps

1 hour

1

Cook the rice with the garlic and half the onion, adding a pinch of salt. You can do this the day before or the morning of.
2

For the sauce that goes into the meat, sauté the chopped onion and garlic.
3

Add the tomato and tomatillos (both red and green) to the pan and sauté. Blend the peppercorns, allspice, cloves, cumin, and finely chopped mint leaves.
4

Prepare this sauce at least 20 minutes ahead so it has time to cool.
5

In a bowl, mix the ground beef and pork with the sauce.
6

Chop the hard-boiled eggs and add them to the bowl, along with the breadcrumbs and two raw eggs.
7

Add the cup of cooked rice to the mixture.
8

Blend the tomatillos with a wedge of onion, one clove of garlic, and a pinch of salt. In a hot skillet with one tablespoon of oil, toast the morita chiles. Add them to the blender and blend with the tomatillos, then fry the mixture.
9

Add half a quart (about 2 cups) of boiling water with a pinch of salt to the pot, cover, and bring to a boil.
10

Form the meatballs and, once the tomato sauce is boiling, add them one by one.
11

Let them cook for 10 minutes. Serve alone or, as I do, with previously heated cooked rice.
12

Serve with some beans on the side for extra flavor.
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Cook with love and enjoy your meal!