Meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven: recipe with photos
Meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven: recipe with photos
Meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven - a dish that evokes childhood memoirs. Indeed, in kindergarten this was one of the favorite foods, eaten without a trace. Well, the rarest adult will refuse a plate of fragrant meatballs prepared with love. This hearty dish is not only very tasty, but also easy to prepare. Products for it can be found in every housewife’s refrigerator, and the result will always be excellent. Meat, fish, chicken - there can be many options, but the result is always the same: excited exclamations from the family and a demand for more. The recipe for meatballs, cooked in the oven, in sour cream sauce, will be analyzed most thoroughly in the article.
Traditional recipe: main ingredients
In order to prepare hearty, delicious meatballs, a simple set of products will be useful. What needs to be prepared so that the meatballs baked in the oven in sour cream sauce come out excellent.
- Chopped meat. We will touch on how to make it correctly in subsequent sections, but for now we’ll just say that it’s better to create it without the help of others - such a dish can probably be given even to very young children, without fear of causing allergic reactions and indigestion of a store-bought product. You will need 700 gr.
- Chicken eggs are also irresistible. They will give the mass stickiness and prevent it from falling apart during heat treatment. 2 pieces will be completely enough.
- One piece of vegetables each: carrots, onions, and almost all housewives add bell peppers.
- Low fat sour cream for making sauce.
- Favorite spices. The traditional recipe requires the presence of salt and dark pepper (preferably freshly ground).
- Also, a little flour and vegetable oil will be useful during the manufacturing process.
Making minced meat
The best minced meat from which you can cook meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven is made independently from beef and pork pulp. Their approximate ratio is 50 to 50 percent.
You can use beef or pork, but then in the first case the meatballs will turn out to be harsh and dry, and in the second case they will turn out to be very fatty. Another successful combination is minced chicken and pork, also 50/50.
The minced meat should be salted and freshly ground pepper added to taste. If you don’t have a mill on your farm, industrial ground dark pepper will do. A mixture of 5 peppers, also freshly ground, will give an even greater smell. You also need to add an egg to the minced meat.
Some housewives, after frying vegetables in butter, also add half to the minced meat - this can be created as desired. After this, set the minced meat aside so that the ingredients “bind” with each other.
Sour cream sauce
The sauce is the most important component of the dish. Although it is prepared on the basis of sour cream, there can be several options. Let's sort them out.
Traditional meatballs in sour cream sauce are prepared in the oven with this sauce. To the fried vegetables (remember that half of them can be put into minced meat if desired), you need to add a glass (approximately 200 g) of sour cream and mix well.
Next, mix sour cream with fried vegetables. Separately, leave a tablespoon to dissolve in a glass (250 ml) of water, and add a little flour here (a tablespoon is also enough). To avoid lumps, you can use a jar with a screw cap. After adding sour cream, water, salt and pepper, shake everything well. Pour the mixture into the vegetables and bring to a boil.
Manufacturing process
When the minced meat and sauce are ready, you can begin preparing the actual dish. The recipe for meatballs in the oven in sour cream sauce is as follows:
- We make small balls from the minced meat (not much bigger than meatballs).
- Grease the refractory mold with vegetable or butter. The dishes can be different: glass, clay, Teflon coated. The main thing is to have space for the sauce.
It’s also worth saying that if for any reason the oven is out of reach, you can use an air fryer or multicooker in baking mode - the effect will be the same.
Meatballs with rice
Another option that will diversify the meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven (photo of them below) is adding rice to them. Let's look at the production.
In addition to the ingredients listed in the traditional recipe, half a glass of rice and a bun of white bread soaked in milk will also come in handy.
The rice needs to be boiled until tender, at which time you can start making minced meat, to which you need to add the squeezed out soggy crumb of snow-white bread, eggs, your favorite seasonings and some fried vegetables. Once the rice is ready, add it to the mixture and form meatballs.
Further production does not differ from the traditional recipe: fill everything with sauce, put in the oven for 20 minutes.
This recipe is an opportunity to feed those household members who do not accept rice as side dishes. This type of meatballs is a completely independent dish, in principle, not requiring a side dish. It was popularly called “meat hedgehogs.” Children especially adore them, and almost all mothers decorate the dish with dark peppercorn eyes, then, with the rice sticking out, they really resemble little hedgehogs.
We use minced chicken
Chicken meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven are excellent for dietary nutrition. Almost all housewives do not dare to cook them, believing that the dish will turn out extremely dry. But there are little tricks that will help us avoid this problem.
Firstly, it is worth using not only chicken breast for minced meat, but also fillets from thighs and drumsticks.
Another trick - in an indispensable order, add to the minced meat, in addition to the egg and vegetables, also an onion and a clove of garlic. Almost all chefs recommend adding a teaspoon of sugar there. But you need to put more dark ground pepper than in meatballs - then the chicken dish will turn out to be the most fragrant.
Otherwise, making chicken meatballs is no different from ordinary ones. They can also be prepared with the addition of boiled rice, or use tomato paste or ketchup in the sauce. At the same time, the oven is ideal for making chicken meatballs specifically - they will not overcook and dry out, as could happen when stewing in a frying pan, and they will also acquire a delicious, appetizing crust.
Fish meatballs
We also recommend cooking fish meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven. This is an excellent option to feed those household members who do not like fish. Also, the recipe is perfect for children, because the mother will not worry that the baby will get a bone in the fish - this is completely excluded in meatballs made from minced meat.
So, how to cook fish meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven?
First you need to prepare the minced meat. Any fish fillet will do, but it’s better to stick to white species, such as cod, pollock, and hake. Meatballs made from pike will also be excellent. Grind the fillet, while adding vegetables: onions, carrots. The fact is that the fish is very tender, so vegetables chopped with a knife will stand out against its background. In addition, chopped vegetables will add juiciness.
Next - production according to the usual recipe: add eggs and a loaf of bread soaked in milk to the minced meat. We form meatball balls, fill them with traditional sour cream sauce and put them in the oven. Manufacturing time is also 20 minutes at 180 degrees.
Which side dish is suitable?
Meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven are traditionally served with mashed potatoes. But other options are also possible: rice or buckwheat. Some people prefer simply a vegetable salad seasoned with vegetable oil as a side dish.
Meatballs to which rice is added can be eaten without any side dish.
Adding spice to the dish
From time to time I want meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven to have a special taste, better than usual. Options with sauces will come to the rescue. To vary them, you can, for example, prepare it from a combination of sour cream and tomato paste. The steps will be the same, only in the process of frying the vegetables before adding sour cream to them, you need to add a tablespoon of tomato paste.
Another option is sour cream and garlic sauce. It is the easiest to prepare: to the already prepared and boiled mixture, just add a clove of garlic, passed through a press or grated on the smallest grater. If you don’t have fresh garlic, dried (granulated) garlic will come to the rescue - one teaspoon will be enough.
You can also add finely chopped mushrooms to the sauce, as well as to the minced meat itself. Champignons are ideal. If they are canned, there is no need to fry them ahead of time. Raw mushrooms are sauteed together with all vegetables.
Meatballs with garlic and sour cream filling (in the oven)
I love dishes cooked in the oven. Therefore, this time I decided to create meatballs not using my usual method, but bake them in the oven under cheese.
It turned out to be a very tasty dish. Any meatball is soaked in garlic and sour cream sauce, which we pour over the side dish when serving. “Just lick your fingers” - assessment of the prepared dinner.
Production time: 60 minutes.
Degree of difficulty: low.
To make meatballs with garlic and sour cream filling, we will need:
Production method:
Boil the rice until half cooked in salted water.
I used minced meat that was prepared in advance. If you don’t have minced meat, then take pork and grind it in a meat grinder together with onions.
Salt the minced meat to taste, add the egg. Mix.
Add cooled boiled rice. Mix.
Pour flour into a saucer. We form round meatballs from the minced meat. Roll in flour on all sides.
Fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown.
Cover the baking dish with foil. Place the cooked meatballs in a single layer.
Now let's prepare the garlic-sour cream filling. To do this, take a few cloves of garlic. Cleaning it up. Grate on a small grater (or use a garlic press).
Add salt to taste and dark ground pepper to the garlic.
Mix with sour cream.
Pour in 100 ml of water. Stir until the mixture is homogeneous. Taste for salt and add more salt if necessary.
Fill the meatballs so that they are actually completely covered with the filling.
Place in the oven to bake at 250 degrees for 30 minutes.
Grate the cheese.
After 30 minutes, remove the pan from the oven. Sprinkle the meatballs with grated cheese. Place in the oven again for 10 minutes.
Serve the finished meatballs with any side dish, topping it with garlic and sour cream sauce.
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Meatballs in the oven in sour cream sauce
Ingredients
Minced meat (mixed, chicken or beef) – 700 g
Rice (dry) – 100 g
Onions – 170 g
Garlic – 2-3 medium cloves
Pepper, h.m. – to taste
Sour cream sauce:
Sour cream (10 or 15%) – 250 g
Broth (or water) – 0.5 l
Butter – 35 g
Pepper, h.m. (or a mixture of peppers) - to taste
Seasoning - to taste
- 261 kcal
- 1 hour
- 1 hour
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Step-by-step recipe with photos
Here are the products for making meatballs in sour cream sauce. You can use any kind of minced meat for the meatballs: beef, mixed or chicken. Boil the rice ahead of time until almost done.
In a bowl, mix minced meat, egg, rice, onion (passed through a meat grinder), salt, pepper and garlic (passed through a press).
We make meatballs and place them in a mold lightly greased with vegetable oil. Place the pan in an oven preheated to 200 degrees and bake for 20-30 minutes until lightly browned.
Let's start making the sauce. In a frying pan, mix the broth with sour cream, bring to a boil over heat and turn off.
In a second frying pan, melt the butter, add flour, stirring constantly to prevent the formation of lumps. Warm up for 1 minute.
Combine the contents of 2 frying pans and add seasoning. Place on the heat and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 3-5 minutes.
Carefully pour the sour cream sauce into the mold with the meatballs, cover with foil and place in the oven. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
Oven-baked meatballs in sour cream sauce turn out juicy and tender. Bon appetit!
Meatballs with sour cream sauce in the oven
Tender and melt-in-your-mouth meatballs in a fragrant sour cream sauce, baked in the oven, require a minimum of time and effort to make. With all this, they mix perfectly with almost any side dish.
Ingredients
- 700 g minced pork and beef
- 2 onions
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 carrot
- 100 g hard cheese
- 5 tbsp. sour cream
- 1 testicle
- 1 tbsp. flour
- small piece of celery root
- 2 cloves garlic
- salt, pepper to taste
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