I was going to make burgers for dinner and I thought Peruvian Inspired Meatballs would be more interesting so that is what I made. I happen to have Peruvian Peppers in my refrigerator that I purchased from Sprouts. I also winged salsa verde and happened to have some frozen portions of Peruvian Style spicy yellow pepper sauce so that is how I came to making these meatballs. You can find the spicy cilantro sauce recipe here…just plug on on the search, Peruvian Style Chicken Breast in Spicy Cilantro Sauce. You can find a similar salsa verde recipe on this site too. Search Richard Blais’s Salsa Verde is Forking Delicious…..I didn’t make the exact same recipe because I had different things around the house but it came out just as Forking Delicious anyway.
Ingredients for two servings
8 oz ground beef, chicken or turkey (you might need a little extra breadcrumbs with turkey and maybe chicken)
1 egg – beaten
1 garlic clove – ground to paste or microplane
2 Tablespoons sweet onion – grated
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon hot smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground Nora pepper (skip if you don’t have but Aleppo is similar)
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon soy sauce (this is most of your salt)
1/2 teaspoon vegetable soup base (instead of salt and adds better flavors)
5 Tablespoons whole wheat panko
1 key lime (just the juice…or around a 1/4 of a small regular lime juice)
1 teaspoon honey
non stick spray
Directions
Set oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray a baking sheet with non stick spray and set it to the side.
In a large mixing bowl add all the ingredients except for the non stick spray….
Mix well and make it into 9 even meat balls.
Space the balls on your sprayed baking sheet and place in your 350 degree f preheated oven on the middle shelf.
Cook till the balls are cooked threw. (this always takes in my oven 15 minutes but yours could differ slightly.
Serve with Peruvian style sauces.
Most people are going to love this!
