Meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven? Start by preparing the required ingredients according to the list. Meatballs are dietary, so low-fat minced chicken is used, but you can take minced meat of other types. If you need the least calorie meatballs, then it is better not to buy minced meat, but to make it yourself from a couple of chicken fillets, trimming all the fat from them and mincing them through a meat grinder or grinding them in blender.

2. STEP 2

   

   Cut off the crusts from yesterday's slice of white bread, pour milk over the crumb and leave to swell, then squeeze thoroughly.

3. STEP 3

   

   Finely chop the onion. You can add onions to the minced meat fresh or fried. I added it fresh.

4. STEP 4

   

   Combine minced meat, egg, bread crumb, onion, salt and pepper. If you wish, you can also add chopped parsley or dill to the minced meat, a pinch of paprika, special spices for meatballs or minced meat dishes, etc. Take a small egg for meatballs, because it can greatly liquefy the minced meat.

5. STEP 5

   

   Mix the minced meat thoroughly until smooth. Put the minced meat in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes so that the mass becomes denser and the meatballs do not fall apart during cooking. If your meatballs do not hold their shape even after cooling, add a couple of tablespoons of semolina to the minced meat. It will absorb excess moisture.

6. STEP 6

   

   While the mince is cooling, prepare the sauce. You can use any broth: chicken, meat or vegetable. If you don’t have broth, you can replace it with plain water. I used sour cream with a fat content of 15%, but you can use any fat content to your liking.

7. STEP 7

   

   Dissolve corn starch in 50 ml of cold broth. If you only have potato starch, add half as much because it is stronger than corn starch.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour broth with starch into cold sour cream and stir well. Add the remaining broth, salt and pepper and stir everything again. The sauce is ready.

9. STEP 9

   

   With wet hands, form the minced meat into meatballs no larger than a walnut.

10. STEP 10

    

    Fry the meatballs in vegetable oil for about 4-5 minutes until light golden brown, turning on different sides. It's important not to brown them too much because they will darken even more and become tougher when baked in the oven. But we need to maintain a tender and juicy texture. We fry the meatballs because the minced meat is very tender, it does not have a binding element like rice, and it will disintegrate during baking if you do not fry it.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place the meatballs in a baking dish in a single row. For such a number of meatballs, it is desirable to have a large form with low sides so that there is a small distance between the meat pieces and all the sauce can be accommodated. In this case, the meatballs themselves should be almost completely covered with sauce.

12. STEP 12

    

    Pour sour cream sauce into the mold. Place the meatballs in an oven preheated to 180°C for 25-30 minutes. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

oksa

27.11.2023

4.9

I add a spoonful of tomato paste to the sour cream. I like meatballs better this way.

Corason

27.11.2023

5

I wanted to make meat balls for my child for dinner and I found an interesting recipe. It's completely simple to prepare and quite quick. I used ready-made minced chicken, added a yolk instead of a whole egg, chopped onion, and bread soaked in milk. I didn’t cut off the crust from the leba, it’s quite soft. Of the spices, I put salt and ground coriander into the minced meat. The chilled minced meat did not hold its shape well, so I added semolina as recommended by the author. With wet hands, I formed balls and fried them in vegetable oil. I made a sauce from sour cream, potato starch and water. I placed the meat balls in a mold, poured in sour cream sauce and baked for 25 minutes in the oven. The dish turned out great. It looks very appetizing and smells fragrant. The whole family liked the meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven. They are juicy, soft and just melt in your mouth. We ate it with pasta and potatoes. Great dish! Many thanks to the author 😊

Olya1989

27.11.2023

4.9

Meatballs in sour cream sauce in the oven - a simple recipe for a hearty dish that I prepared for dinner, supplemented with fresh vegetables. I chose pork and beef minced meat for cooking; the meatballs from it turn out very juicy, soft and tasty. Great recipe, my family is full and happy. Thank you very much!