Mama's Meat Patties
"Every family has their version of meat patties but my grandma's love made these extra special. The sauce tastes great over white rice. Easy weeknight dinner."
photo by Chef Sarita in Aust
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
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For Patties
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
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For Sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1⁄4 onion, sliced into rings
- 1⁄4 green bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 8 ounces water
- 1 teaspoon ketchup
- 1 dash cumin
- salt
- 2 -3 sprigs cilantro
directions
- In a large bowl, mix all ingredients for patties. Mix well. Take about 1/4 cup meat mixture and form into a ball. Flatten ball into 2 1/2 inch evenly round patties.
- In a large frying pan under medium high heat, cook patties until brown on each side. Place on a paper towel. Finish cooking the rest of the patties and also place on paper towel.
- Discard fat rendered from patties and place the same frying pan under medium high heat.
- Melt butter. Add onions and bell pepper. Saute about 2 mins scraping the bottom of the pan.
- Add can of tomato sauce and water. Add ketchup, dash of cumin and salt to taste. Mix to incorperate.
- Bring to a quick boil and taste to make sure that it has enough salt. Add patties back to pan and simmer on medium heat about 15 mins or until sauce has thickened a bit.
- Add cilatro sprigs lasts and give it a stir before serving. Serve with/over white rice.
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I was born in Honduras, Central America. I came to the states when I was about 2 yrs old and now currently have a full time job in the medical field. I have a family of 100+ relatives also living in Austin and we all share a passion for good food. I am known for the foods that I prepare for my dinner parties and special occassion gatherings. Weekends at my house are packed with family and friends because we usually have the grill going. I also have a knack for baking. I have been told by several people that I should open my own bakery or restaurant...which I am seriously considering in the near future. I absolutley love to cook and this is why Zaar is a heaven sent! I like to take other peoples feeings into consideration when rating recipes so my rating system reflects that. I do not rate below a 3 just for the simple fact that everyones taste is different and what might taste magnificant to some, might not be too great for others. I always give everything a second try unless I absolutley hate it (then I take a second look at the recipe and find out what attracted me to this recipe and how can I alter it a bit to my taste). I usually spend my free time brainbstorming recipes and creating them with my beautiful daughters (pictured above)!
