Comments | cook_with_cel: Chipotle Meatballs

celandineb in cook_with_cel

Chipotle Meatballs

Oct 07, 2006 18:07

Recipe: Chipotle Meatballs
From: Rick Bayless, Mexican Everyday
Serves: 4

( Meatballs that don't fall apart, hurrah! )

pork, main dishes, celandineb, mexican, beef

Comments 4

jelazakazone October 9 2006, 19:05:07 UTC

I've been playing with this recipe because it doesn't have enough chipotle flavor/heat for us. I have been putting the chipotle in adobo sauce in both the sauce and the meatballs. I think it works better that way.

I have never used the mint. Don't know if I'd miss it or not.

I would think it would not be nearly as good without the fire-roasted tomatoes.

And I cannot imagine skipping on the bacon. I think of these as "bacon" meatballs with chipotle because the bacon just infuses the meat. (I wonder if I use more bacon than what he was thinking of because I use a very thick bacon that is about 1 oz/slice.)

Yum. Too bad we just made them. I think I could eat these and sichuan tofu every week and never get sick of them. Sichuan tofu is one of the few recipes I've been making for a long time (10 years maybe?) that we haven't gotten tired of.

Glad you enjoyed them!

celandineb October 9 2006, 19:29:10 UTC

I did use the mint and it has a very interesting flavor -- good, but unusual. For me there was enough chipotle, or nearly so (I actually had more ground buffalo, like 1-1/2 lb., so was a little light on the proportions of other stuff, but it worked okay). Putting some in the meatballs might be interesting to try though.

Agreed that without the bacon it would be very different and less good! That adds a lot of dimension to the flavor. The tomatoes -- another time I might try half fire-roasted and half regular, the intensity of the those was a bit on the strong side for me.

Since SO wouldn't eat these unless I made them with ground turkey, I figure I can play with them as I like another time...

Thanks for the recipe! It reminded me to look in that cookbook for other possibilities, too.

that's a spicy meatball! verdenia December 20 2006, 13:17:09 UTC

Cool, I've *memory*'ed this to my 'recipes' tag for later use... I found out that oatmeal makes a much more moist meatball than bread crumbs, so you may want to try that, too.
Cheers!

Re: that's a spicy meatball! celandineb December 20 2006, 17:16:25 UTC

These were reasonably moist as I recall, probably because of the bacon fat in there. It's not a recipe I've made more than a couple of times yet as my SO doesn't eat red meat, but I'll keep that idea in mind for next time. They were quite spicy but not so hot I couldn't cope, and very flavorful.