Tomato Meatballs with Mozzarella Cheese
Juicy and appetizing stuffed meatballs. Mozzarella can be replaced with any other cheese, cut into small cubes. Rice, pasta or potatoes would make a great side dish. This amount of ingredients makes 20-25 meatballs.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 20
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 20 servings
- chicken fillet 500 g
- mozzarella mini balls 20-25
- onion 150 g
- salt
- pepper
- tomatoes 350 g
- onion 150 g
- thyme sprig 5-7
- garlic clove 2-3 clove
- vegetable oil
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
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Grind the onion and fillet through a meat grinder.
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Add salt and pepper.
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Mix thoroughly.
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Form small patties from the resulting mixture.
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Place one mozzarella ball in the center of each patty.
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Shape into meatballs.
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Grease a baking pan with oil, place the meatballs inside and put them in the oven. Bake for 15–20 minutes at 180 degrees.
Preparing the sauce
Step 8 of 15
Finely chop the onion.
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Finely chop the garlic.
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Cut the tomatoes into small pieces (it is permissible to peel them beforehand).
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Sauté the garlic and onion in vegetable oil.
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Add the tomatoes and simmer for 3–4 minutes.
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Add thyme leaves to the tomatoes, removing the stems. Salt and pepper. Simmer for another 2–3 minutes.
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Remove the meatballs from the oven.
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Pour the sauce over them and return to the oven. Bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.