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🍽️ Parsley-Mint Meatballs with Braised Bell Pepper Strips, Yogurt-Lime Dip and Long Grain Rice

633 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Parsley-Mint Meatballs with Braised Bell Pepper Strips, Yogurt-Lime Dip and Long Grain Rice Cook this free in the MyFoody app →

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Peel the garlic cloves and chop them finely.
  2. 2. Wash the mint and parsley thoroughly and let them drain well.
  3. 3. Pluck the leaves from the stems and chop the herbs roughly.
  4. 4. In a bowl, mix half of the chopped garlic and herbs with the minced meat.
  5. 5. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
  6. 6. Set aside the meatball mixture for a while.
  7. 7. Put the rice in a pot and cover it with about 700 milliliters of salted water.
  8. 8. Bring the water to a boil.
  9. 9. Reduce the heat and let the rice cook covered at medium temperature for about 15 minutes.
  10. 10. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius (convection).
  11. 11. Halve the onion and peel it.
  12. 12. Cut the onion into thin strips.
  13. 13. Wash the bell peppers thoroughly.
  14. 14. Remove the stem and seeds from the bell pepper.
  15. 15. Cut the bell pepper into thin strips as well.
  16. 16. Shape the minced meat mixture into elongated meatballs, about as thick as a thumb.
  17. 17. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan at the highest temperature.
  18. 18. Fry the meatballs firmly on all sides for about 2 minutes.
  19. 19. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet.
  20. 20. Finish cooking the meatballs in the oven for about 7 minutes.
  21. 21. Let the pan cool down briefly without cleaning it.
  22. 22. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the pan's cooking fat at medium heat.
  23. 23. Fry the onion strips and the remaining garlic for about 2 minutes.
  24. 24. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper.
  25. 25. Add the bell pepper strips and fry them for another 5 minutes.
  26. 26. Halve the lime.
  27. 27. Squeeze the juice from the lime.
  28. 28. Put the yogurt in a bowl.
  29. 29. Season the yogurt with salt and pepper.
  30. 30. Stir 2 teaspoons of lime juice into the yogurt.
  31. 31. Fluff up the cooked rice with a fork.
  32. 32. Season the rice with salt to taste.
  33. 33. Add the remaining herbs to the braised bell pepper strips.
  34. 34. Mix everything well.
  35. 35. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper if necessary.
  36. 36. Plate the vegetables, rice, meatballs, and yogurt dip.
  37. 37. Enjoy your meal.

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