Meatballs with Tomato Vegetable Sauce

Name: Meatballs with Tomato Vegetable Sauce
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 onion, chopped; 2 clove garlic, finely chopped; 1 chilli, finely chopped; 1 medium zucchini, diced; 1 medium carrot, diced; 2 celery sticks, diced; 1 can tomatoes, diced; 1 cup water; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 2 beef stock cubes; 500 grams pork mince; 1/2 onion, finely chopped; 1 egg, beaten; 1/2 cup bread crumbs; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp tomato sauce or ketchup; 2 tbsp Worchester sauce; 2 tbsp mustard; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper

Saffie La Rue @cook_2963532

Pretty nice meatballs; leftovers can be frozen; use salt reduced paste and stock, and do not add extra salt to the sauce, or else it might be a bit too salty. (Pic has capsicum instead of celery, this recipe is great for substituting veggies)

Saffie La Rue @cook_2963532

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 servings

tomato vegetable sauce
1/2onion, chopped
2 clovegarlic, finely chopped
1chilli, finely chopped
1 mediumzucchini, diced
1 mediumcarrot, diced
2celery sticks, diced
1 cantomatoes, diced
1 cupwater
1 tbsptomato paste
2beef stock cubes
meatballs
500 gramspork mince
1/2onion, finely chopped
1egg, beaten
1/2 cupbread crumbs
2 tbspsoy sauce
2 tbsptomato sauce or ketchup
2 tbspWorchester sauce
2 tbspmustard
1 pinchsalt
1 pinchpepper

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Steps

1 hour

1

Mix the meatball ingredients together and roll into meatballs
2

Add a couple of tablespoons of oil to a frying pan and brown the meatballs on two or three sides for several minutes; remove from the heat
3

In the same pan as the meatballs were cooked, fry the onion for a few minutes, then add the garlic and chilli and fry for a couple more minutes
4

Add the zucchini, carrot and celery and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes
5

Add the tomatoes, water, paste, and crumble the stock cubes over the top, then mix
6

Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes or until veggies are cooked and sauce has thickened
7

Add the browned meatballs and heat through for about 5 to 7 minutes
8

Serve with pasta, cous cous or rice