Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Name: Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 g lean pork shoulder; 5 shallots; 3 cloves garlic; 2 teaspoons soup base; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 2 teaspoons fish sauce; 1 handful dried shiitake mushrooms; 3 tomatoes; 1 tablespoon tomato paste or puree; 1 cup water; 1 stalk spring onion or scallions

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Vietnam

Minced pork can be used to cook many delicious dishes and in this recipe we’ll make it into meatballs and cook in tomato sauce. The meat turns out tender and will smell delicious, and the tomato sauce goes well with rice. Sounds good doesn’t it? (Contributed by Heina Phuong)

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Ingredients

60 mins

3 servings

300 glean pork shoulder
5shallots
3 clovesgarlic
2 teaspoonssoup base
1/2 teaspoonblack pepper
2 teaspoonsfish sauce
1 handfuldried shiitake mushrooms
3tomatoes
1 tablespoontomato paste or puree
1 cupwater
1stalk spring onion or scallions

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Steps

60 mins

1

Clean lean pork shoulder and then mince or grind.
2

Thoroughly blend meat, minced shallots and garlic, 1 teaspoon of soup base, black pepper, 1 teaspoon of fish sauce and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
3

Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in boiling water to rehydrate then clean and slice them.
4

Mix the sliced shiitake with meat.
5

Set the mixture aside from 10 to 15 minutes to marinate.
6

Shape the mixture above into balls, about 4~5 cm. Heat cooking oil and then fry meatballs when the oil is hot.
7

Fry the meatballs over medium heat.
8

Fry until they browned on all sides.
9

The meatballs should be cooked through inside and crispy and chewy outside.
10

Remove the fried meatballs and put them on a dish to drain the oil.
11

Slice the tomatoes then stir-fry until they are softened.
12

Add water, tomato paste or puree, 1 teaspoon of soup base, 1 teaspoon of fish sauce and close the lid until the mixture becomes thicker and saucy.
13

Cook on high heat and drop the meatballs into tomato sauce, then gently stir.
14

Roll the meatballs in the sauce so they are evenly covered and soaked.
15

Transfer the meatballs with tomato sauce to a serving bowl and top with sliced spring onions.