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Irish Beef Meatballs
Family Friendly
Irish Beef Meatballs

with rice and tomato spinach sauce

30 min
Difficulty: 2/3
Irish

Though the fluffy rice and tangy tomato sauce in this dish may be delicious in their own right, the juicy 100% Irish beef meatballs can't help but steal the show.

Allergens

Wheat
Soya

Utensils

Grater

Tags

Family Friendly
Classic
Ingredients
Irish Beef Mince

Irish Beef Mince

250 grams

Italian Herbs

Italian Herbs

0.5 sachet(s)

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs

1 pack(s)

Rice

Rice

150 grams

Passata

Passata

1 pack(s)

Onion

Onion

1 unit(s)

Garlic

Garlic

1 unit(s)

Baby Spinach

Baby Spinach

60 grams

Worcester Sauce

Worcester Sauce

1 sachet(s)

Beef Stock

Beef Stock

1 sachet(s)

Parsley

Parsley

5 grams

Water

Water

to taste

Oil

Oil

to taste

Salt

Salt

to taste

Pepper

Pepper

to taste

Sugar

Sugar

to taste

Preparation
1
Cook the Rice

  • Pour 300ml cold salted water (double for 4p) into a medium pot with a tight-fitting lid.
  • Stir in the rice and bring to the boil. 
  • Once boiling, lower the heat to medium, cover and cook for 10 mins.
  • Remove the pot from the heat and leave aside for 10 mins or until ready to serve (keep covered so the rice can continue to cook in its own steam).

2
Prep the Veg

  • While the rice cooks, halve, peel and chop the onion into small pieces.
  • Peel and grate the garlic (or use a garlic press).
  • Roughly chop the parsley (stalks and all).

3
Shape the Meatballs

  • In a large bowl, mix the breadcrumbs, 2 tbsp water and ½ tsp salt (double both for 4p).
  • Add the beef mince and half the dried Italian herbs (double for 4p).
  • Season with pepper and mix together with your hands.
  • Roll into evenly-sized balls, 5 per person. IMPORTANT: Wash hands and equipment after handling raw mince.

4
Cook the Meatballs

  • Place a large pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil.
  • Once hot, fry the beef meatballs until browned all over and cooked through, 10-12 mins. IMPORTANT: Meatballs are cooked when no longer pink in the middle.
  • Once cooked, remove from the pan.

5
Make the Sauce

  • Return the (now empty) pan to medium-high heat, with a drizzle of oil if needed.
  • Fry the onion and garlic until slightly softened, 3-4 mins.
  • Add the beef stock powder, passata, Worcester sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 50ml water (double both for 4p). Simmer for 5-7 mins.
  • Mix through the spinach and half the parsley. Add the meatballs and cook until warmed through, 1-2 mins.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.

6
Dish Up

  • Serve the rice in bowls.
  • Top with beef meatballs and tomato spinach sauce.
  • Garnish with remaining parsley.

Nutrition per serving

664

kcal

Energy (kcal)

2778

kJ

Energy (kJ)

20.7

g

Fat

8.8

g

of which saturates

82.6

g

Carbohydrate

9.4

g

of which sugars

1.4

g

Dietary Fiber

35.2

g

Protein

0

mg

Cholesterol

1.94

g

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