Chipotle Meatballs Appetizers
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1⁄3 cup whole milk
- 1⁄3 cup fine dry breadcrumb
- 6 bacon, slices chopped
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped seeded canned chipotle chile in adobo
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3⁄4 lb ground pork
- 1⁄2 lb ground veal or 1/2 lb ground sirloin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1⁄4 cup chopped cilantro or 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley
- 16 (6 inch) wooden skewers, soaked in water
- lime wedge (to garnish)
directions
- Stir together milk and bread crumbs in a large bowl.
- Cook bacon in a 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet, then cook onion, garlic, chipotles, cumin, and oregano in skillet, stirring, until onion is softened, about 3 minutes. Add water and cook, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until water has evaporated, about 1 minute. Stir into bread crumb mixture, then add ground meats, egg, parsley, bacon and 1 teaspoon salt and mix well with your hands.
- Preheat broiler.
- Form scant tablespoons of meat mixture into balls and thread 3 balls 1/2 inch apart onto each skewer, arranging skewers on a lightly oiled broiler pan.
- Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat (do not turn) until browned and cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!