Every housewife probably cooks meatballs often. Of course, we make them in gravy, with the addition of rice. It turns out very tasty and satisfying. And today I wanted to cook meatballs with raw cabbage added to the minced meat. It gives the minced meat tenderness and softness, so the meatballs simply melt in your mouth. These meatballs are also called lazy cabbage rolls, but only by their composition of products can they remind us of. That is why they have the prefix “lazy”. Believe me, having prepared these “stuffed cabbage rolls” at least once, you will probably start making them much more often. Moreover, the dish itself becomes more healthy with cabbage, and we steam it, so, provided that we use lean pork (or even beef and any other meat), even a child can eat such meatballs. After all, all the fat drains into the bowl during cooking. The most common sauce served in lazy cabbage rolls is ketchup (tomato sauce) and of course sour cream (or mayonnaise).
Required:
- Pork - I have the shoulder part - 1 kg.
- Cabbage - 1/4 - 1/3 of a small fork.
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Garlic - 3-4 cloves.
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Salt and pepper - to taste
How to cook steamed meatballs in a slow cooker:
To be honest, I cooked meatballs with cabbage for the first time and I liked them so much that now I think I will add cabbage very often to the minced meat, because the meat dish turns out even tastier, juicier, with the aroma of cabbage. Well, very tasty. I make it with shredded cabbage. Shredded cabbage is also added to the minced meat and wrapped in roll dough and also steamed.
The dish is simple and tasty. So it is with my cabbage meatballs, they taste very similar to lazy manti, only there is not enough dough. Therefore, I hasten to tell you how to cook meatballs with cabbage or, in other words, many housewives call them lazy cabbage rolls. Everything is extremely simple and fast. We pass the chopped, prepared meat with onions, garlic and of course cabbage through a meat grinder. Then add eggs, salt and pepper to taste to the resulting minced meat.
Mix thoroughly. I beat the minced meat a little more directly in the bowl, simply dumping the minced meat into the bowl. I do this for about 2-3 minutes. When I have minced the minced meat, I immediately put on the multicooker, pour water (about 1 liter) into the bowl and turn on the STEAM COOKING mode for 25 minutes. I roll fairly large balls of minced meat and place them in a steamer bowl.
I get 6 meatballs each. Perhaps you will make smaller meatballs - this is at your discretion, but then the cooking time for steaming our meatballs will decrease slightly, by at least 5 minutes. The power of my new multicooker is 860W. We close the lid and wait for the multicooker to notify us that the meatballs are ready.
I put frozen broccoli in the first portion of meatballs; I served it as a light vegetable side dish. When the multicooker notified us that the dish is ready, carefully open the lid and remove the cabbage meatballs onto a plate. Then we add the next batch of meatballs and steam them again. Of course, you can cook the meatballs in a double boiler at once, adding all the meat balls at once. You do this at your own discretion.
Serve at home with any favorite side dish or as I do - with steamed vegetables and fresh tomatoes. I also suggested tomato sauce and mayonnaise for the meatballs (it can be replaced with sour cream). Decorate the dish with fresh herbs on top. This is the portion my husband received.
And this is my portion, which I shared with my son.
He also eagerly ate tender meatballs with cabbage. I'm sure everyone will like these meatballs. Especially this recipe should be used by those loving mothers whose children do not eat cabbage well. And here you can safely offer the little bully a whole meatball, which he will gobble up with great pleasure, and maybe ask for more.
Svetlana and my family wish you all a bon appetit website!
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Steamed meatballs are a dietary dish, but nevertheless they can be not only healthy and nutritious, but also tasty. Recipes for steamed meat and fish meatballs in general are not very diverse, the result depends on the quality of the meat or fish, and also, do not overcook them in a steamer, otherwise they will be dry and tasteless. We will tell you how to cook steamed meatballs in our selection today.
Steamed meatballs
If the minced meat is frozen, then defrost it first. Add rice and finely chopped onions to the minced meat. Soy sauce, herbs and egg. Mix everything well, form meatballs and place in a steamer. We cook in accordance with the mode for cooking meatballs provided in your steamer. You can prepare tomato sauce separately.
Steamed meatballs for a child
- minced pork and beef – 1 kg;
- chicken egg – 1 pc.;
- onion – 2 pcs.;
- bread without crust – 100 g;
- rice – 100 g;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- milk – 0.5 cups;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- salt, pepper, bay leaf - to taste.
Pass 1 carrot and 1 onion through a meat grinder and mix the vegetables with the minced meat. First boil the rice, soak the bread in milk, then add all this to the minced meat, break the egg, add salt and pepper. Mix everything well and form meatballs. Next, cook in a double boiler. Separately, prepare the sauce for the meatballs: lightly fry 1 finely chopped onion and 1 carrot in oil, add chopped tomatoes. Simmer for a little while, then pour in 0.5 cups of water, salt, pepper, and add bay leaf. Boil it a little more. The finished meatballs can be stewed a little in this sauce, or they can be served separately.
Steamed fish meatballs
- fish fillet – 600 g;
- breadcrumbs - 0.5 cups;
- milk – 1/4 cup;
- chicken egg – 1 pc.;
- olive oil – 3 tbsp. spoons;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- parsley;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Soak the crackers in milk, grind the fish fillet and garlic in a meat grinder or blender. Add the egg, soaked crackers, salt and pepper, mix the minced meat well. We form small balls, sprinkle each with olive oil and place in a double boiler. Steam for 10 minutes. Serve fish meatballs with boiled rice, stewed vegetables or mashed potatoes, garnished with herbs.
Recipe for fish meatballs in a steamer
- cod fillet (pollock, hake, haddock can be used) – 500 g;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- rice – 1/3 cup;
- salt, pepper, seasonings to taste.
Grind the fish and vegetables in a meat grinder and mix with rice, salt, pepper and add seasonings to taste. We form the meatballs and place them in a steamer; cook according to the instructions for your steamer. Serve with chopped herbs and sour cream.
Meatballs are one of the most common main dishes, pairing perfectly with any side dish. They can be prepared not only from meat and rice, but also from other products if the person is a vegetarian. However, meatballs were originally made from meat. They can be fried, baked in foil in the oven, stewed with gravy and steamed.
Everyone chooses the cooking method that they like best, but health does not always allow you to eat fried or fatty foods. In cases where you have to follow a diet, the best option would be meatballs cooked in a double boiler.
Diet dishes
Diets involve avoiding any foods that can harm the body. It can be prescribed by a specialist for various diseases, such as gastritis, kidney and liver disorders, diabetes, etc., and can also be used for weight loss. This is especially true for women who watch their figure.
The steamer can be used to cook food for any diet. Steamed food does not lose its beneficial and tasteful qualities and remains low-fat. If you don’t have a double boiler, you can use a regular saucepan with a lid and a strainer that can fit into a pan of boiling water. The main thing is that the food does not touch the water, but is cooked by steaming.
A dish that is not only tasty, but also healthy, especially for various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and digestive organs, is steamed meatballs.
They are suitable for children and adults, and thanks to various recipes, you can choose to suit your taste - from meat, chicken or even fish! Meatballs are good either by themselves or with gravy and side dishes. Their preparation does not require special skills, and the main thing is that this is a dietary dish.
An easy recipe
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| a mixture of minced pork and beef - | 750 grams |
| round rice - | 1 cup |
| fine salt - | 1.5 teaspoons |
| ground pepper - | optional |
| egg - | 2 pcs. |
| small onion - | 1 PC. |
| tomato paste - | 1.5 tbsp. spoons |
| Wheat flour - | 2 tbsp. spoons |
| sunflower oil - | for frying |
| Cooking time: 60 minutes | Calorie content per 100 grams: 280 Kcal |
Here is a very simple way to make steamed meatballs that are eaten with great pleasure.
Rinse the round grain rice well, place it in a saucepan and fill it with half a liter of cold water. Put on gas and when boiling, add half a teaspoon of salt.
After this, it should be cooked for ten minutes until fully cooked, then the gas is turned off, and the rice stands under the lid for another 15 minutes so that the water is completely absorbed into it. Now take out the rice and place it in a deep plate to cool.
Cooked glutinous rice works very well for meatballs. When the temperature reaches room temperature, add two raw chicken eggs to the rice and mix thoroughly.
Add a teaspoon of salt, ground pepper, and boiled rice to the minced meat. Stir and beat the resulting mixture, so the minced meat will become dense and the meatballs will stick together well. To do this, you need to pick it up and throw it back into the bowl hard, after five or six times it will be ready to mold.
Now the cutlets will be dense and will hold their shape. For steaming, you can use a special pan insert. Grease its surface with sunflower oil, and pour water into the pan until it boils.
At this time, form the meatballs and place them in a steamer container. When the water boils, place everything in the pan and cook for 30 minutes. In the meantime, you can make the gravy.
To fill, chop the onion and fry in sunflower oil until golden brown. Add tomato pata and sifted flour to the onion. Stirring well, sauté for another three minutes and add cold water. When the sauce boils, salt it and add spices. Ready.
Remove the meatballs from the pan and pour the sauce over them. The finished dish is delicious served with mashed potatoes and sprinkled with fresh herbs.
Dietary steamed chicken meatballs
Cooking in a slow cooker is simple and pleasant. You can make diet meatballs with rice by steaming them using a special insert in the bowl. If there is no such device and mode, then the meatballs are cooked using the stewing mode. Chicken meat itself is a dietary product, namely the breasts contain a minimal amount of cholesterol. That's why we use them for the dish.
For preparation you need the following ingredients:
- minced chicken breasts - 800 gr.;
- long grain rice - 100 gr.;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- ground pepper to taste;
- table salt - 2 teaspoons.
Cooking time: 55 minutes.
Calorie content: 240 kcal.
Mix the washed rice, minced meat, egg in a deep bowl, salt and pepper the resulting mass.
Now we form the meatballs, there will be about 16 of them from this amount of products. Pour one and a half liters of water into the multicooker bowl, and place the raw products on a special insert for steaming.
Place the bowl and insert in the multicooker, select the “steam” mode and set the timer for 45 minutes. At the end of cooking, a beep will sound and the dietary dish is ready.
Serve with fresh or stewed vegetables. Meatballs made in this way will turn out juicy and especially tasty.
Fish meatballs recipe for baby
Children do not really like to eat fish, despite all its usefulness. After all, there are bones in the slices, which kids really don’t like. An excellent alternative to stewed fish are meatballs made from low-fat white fish. For minced meat, fillets of cod, pollock, and hake are suitable. Ingredients:
- fish fillet - 250 gr.;
- loaf - 20 gr.;
- milk - 50 ml;
- yolk - 2 pcs.;
- vegetable oil;
- salt.
Cooking time: 45 minutes.
Calorie content: 230 kcal.
To cook steamed fish meatballs in a slow cooker for a child, you must first prepare the minced meat. Remove the crust from the loaf and soak the pulp in milk. Pass it through a meat grinder along with the fish fillet.
Add a couple of yolks, salt and stir well. Make small meatballs from this mass and place them in a special insert for steaming food. Pour a liter of water into the bowl and place everything in the multicooker.
Select the “steam” mode and set the timer for half an hour. When finished, take it out onto a plate and treat your baby to meatballs with rice or pasta.
How to cook meatballs with potatoes in a slow cooker
The good thing about a slow cooker is that you can immediately make the meatballs themselves and a side dish for them. Here is a simple recipe for meatballs with potatoes:
Ingredients:
- minced meat - 400 gr.;
- potatoes - 5-6 pcs.;
- onion head - 1 pc.;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- salt, pepper to taste.
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Calorie content: 250 kcal.
First, finely chop the onion, and then mix it with the egg and minced meat. Add spices and salt to the resulting mass to taste. Peel the potatoes and cut into medium-sized cubes. Salt the cubes and brush with vegetable oil.
Place everything in the multicooker bowl so that the potatoes are at the bottom, and form the minced meat into meatballs and place on top in a special insert for steaming. After this, add 200 ml of water to the bowl and set the “steam” mode for 45 minutes.
At the end of cooking, all the water usually evaporates, and the potatoes acquire a golden crust, soaked in the juice from the meatballs. Tasty and simple, you can have a complete dinner or lunch in just an hour.
Steamed meatballs in a steamer
Dishes in a steamer are always dietary and healthy. They are prepared without adding oil and are suitable for both children and people with digestive problems. It is better to choose lean meat for this recipe for steamed meatballs: chicken breast or veal.
Ingredients:
Cooking time: 65 minutes.
Calorie content: 225 kcal.
Pour boiled water over the washed rice and let it stand for about 15 minutes. Then drain the water and let cool slightly. Mix the mixture with minced meat, rice and salt. Add carrots, grated on a coarse grater. Form small meatballs and place them in a steamer pan. They are cooked in a double boiler for 45 minutes and served to the child with pasta or buckwheat.
- If you are preparing meatballs for a child, then it is not recommended to add spices and pepper; it is better to take a little dill and crumble it into the minced meat;
- Before forming the cutlets, place the meat mixture in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes, this will make it easier to form them;
- When making minced meat balls, wet your palms with cold water and the meat will not stick to your hands;
- Serve the balls lightly sprinkled with fresh chopped herbs. It stimulates the appetite and contains many vitamins.
Steamed meatballs are a healthy and appetizing dish, try making them for your family. Both adults and kids will love them. Eat with or without a side dish.
Cooking meatballs in a steamer with meat and rice:
Since we will be preparing a meat dish, it is necessary to pay special attention to the choice of the main ingredient - meat. To cook meatballs in a steamer with meat and rice, it is best to use minced meat made from lean beef.
Grind the meat in a meat grinder - it is advisable to use a not very fine grate. Please pay special attention that we do not add onions to the minced meat, so the meatballs turn out incredibly tender and have a bright taste of meat.
Rice can be taken raw, or steamed. For the best taste of dietary meatballs, do not cook the rice, but pour boiling water over it and leave for about 15 minutes.
After the rice has been sufficiently nourished, it can be added to the meat - there should be half as much rice as minced meat.
Mix very well, add salt and your favorite spices.
You can add one fresh egg to the minced meat to prevent the meatballs from falling apart, but if you cook without eggs, the meatballs will be more tender and juicier. But to do this, you will need to knead the minced meat very well, and then keep it in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
From the finished minced meat we form small meatballs - about 3 centimeters in diameter and place them in a steamer dish.
While you're cooking the meatballs, turn on the steamer to heat the water - this will reduce cooking time and keep the meatballs intact. When the meatballs are placed in the mold, close the lid tightly and set to cook.
Usually it takes 30-35 minutes to prepare the dish - it all depends on the degree of readiness of the rice. Ready-made meatballs can be served with a side dish of boiled potatoes; if you are on a diet, use buckwheat, boiled in water, without adding oil.
For a brighter taste, you can add a spoonful of low-fat sour cream and fresh herbs - wash well in running water and finely chop with a knife. A homemade recipe would also be an excellent addition to these meatballs.
Bon appetit.
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