Meat "hedgehogs" are simple meatballs, in which rice with a long grain is added. Thanks to this simple addition, the texture of the meatball and its appearance change - the rice grains resemble the hedgehog needles, hence the name. As well as any other meatballs, these can be served and supplemented as you like, from various aromatic spice mixtures, to sauces and spilling from tomato and sour cream. We will try the most delicious recipes and share them with you in this material.
How to cook meat "hedgehogs" in a multivark?
Let's start with the recipe intended for multivarkers. If the fashionable kitchen gadget is not at your disposal, then you can replace the multivarker with a conventional steam cooker or its artisanal imitation - located above the boiling water stubble. In any case, the "hedgehogs" cooked for a couple will be in a better way to differ in texture from those that were stewed in sauce.
Ingredients:
- ground beef - 230 g;
- pork (podschevok) - 170 g;
- carrots - 45 g;
- rice (long grain) - 1 1/4 of a st;
- egg - 1 piece;
- flour - 25 g;
- soy sauce - 35 ml.
Preparation
In advance, about a couple of hours before the start of the preparatory work, soak the washed rice grains.
Grind the substitutes with a meat grinder, or a blender, and combine it with a beef mincemeat. Add the mixture of grated carrots. Pour in soy sauce, beat in the egg and mix all the ingredients together. The resulting mixture is divided into portions, form each in a ball and roll in soaked rice, after having dried the last. Next, place the meat balls in an oiled container for steaming, fill the bowl with hot water and, setting the appropriate mode, set the timer on the timer - half an hour.
Meat "hedgehogs" with rice - a recipe in the oven
Meatballs can not only be steamed or tinned in sauce, but also baked in the oven. Our meat "hedgehogs" will be baked with potatoes under cheese and complemented with cream sauce.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 380 g;
- minced pork meat - 520 g;
- onion - 75 g;
- clove of garlic;
- boiled rice - 55 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- bread crumb - 65 g;
- sour cream - 65 ml;
- butter - 65 g;
- cream - 135 ml;
- hard cheese - 90 g;
- chicken broth - 420 ml;
- flour - 25 g.
Preparation
Our garnish will be prepared for a kind of gratene, and therefore peel the cleaned potatoes into as thin slices and start spreading in the form layers, laying each slice of butter and seasoning.
Grind the onions and garlic, mix it with pork, season and add egg with rice and breadcrumb. The resulting mixture is divided into batches of equal size and form into balls. Each of the balls quickly fry to brown and keep the shape, and then spread over the potato substrate. Combine sour cream with salt and flour, dilute with cream and chicken broth. Pour everything over the meatballs and sprinkle with cheese. Meat "hedgehogs" with rice in sour cream sauce bake at 190 degrees 20-25 minutes.
Meat "hedgehogs" with rice - a recipe in a frying pan
Ingredients:
- ground beef - 530 g;
- rice - 1 item;
- onion - 115 g;
- carrots - 75 g;
- tomatoes (in its own juice) - 490 g;
- a handful of green parsley;
- cream - 75 ml;
- egg - 1 piece;
- garlic - 2 teeth.
Preparation
Pre-cook the rice and mix it with minced meat, egg, garlic and a generous pinch of salt. Prepare passekrovka of a mixture of chopped onions and carrots. Put the meatballs to the sausage and let them grab on all sides. Tomatoes are mashed and pour the meatballs with the resulting puree, add the cream and mix. Sauce season and leave everything to languish on low heat for about 25-30 minutes. Finished "hedgehogs" sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.