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🍽️ Crispy Meatballs with Fresh Celery-Tomato Salsa
520 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 stalk celery
- 2 tomatoes
- 1.5 red onions
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tsp sambal oelek
- 2 garlic cloves
- 700 g ground beef
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tbsp tomato paste (15 g)
- 1 egg
- 30 g whole wheat breadcrumbs (3–4 tbsp)
- Fleur de sel
Instructions
- 1. Wash the celery thoroughly and cut it into small cubes.
- 2. Roughly chop the celery greens and set them aside.
- 3. Pour hot water over the tomatoes to loosen the skin.
- 4. Peel, core the tomatoes, and cut the flesh into small cubes.
- 5. Peel the onions and dice them finely.
- 6. Combine the celery cubes, tomato cubes, and one-third of the onions in a bowl.
- 7. Add lime juice, one tablespoon of oil, salt, pepper, and Sambal Oelek.
- 8. Stir the mixture well and let it sit for a moment to blend flavors.
- 9. Peel the garlic and dice it finely.
- 10. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan.
- 11. Sauté the remaining onions and garlic over medium heat for three to five minutes.
- 12. Allow the onion mixture to cool down slightly.
- 13. Place the minced meat into a large bowl.
- 14. Add one teaspoon of salt, pepper, soy sauce, mustard, tomato paste, and one egg.
- 15. Add the cooled onion mixture to the minced meat.
- 16. Mix everything with breadcrumbs until a moldable dough forms.
- 17. Shape twelve small meatballs from the mixture.
- 18. Heat the remaining oil in a large pan.
- 19. Fry the meatballs in batches, cooking each side for about five minutes over medium heat.
- 20. Remove the meatballs from the pan and let them drain on kitchen paper.
- 21. Season the salsa with a little more pepper to taste.
- 22. Arrange the meatballs on a serving plate.
- 23. Top the meatballs with some salsa and fleur de sel (flake salt).
- 24. Serve the meatballs and provide the remaining salsa on the side.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 520
- Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 36 g · Carbs: 10 g