Cooking meatballs, amateur chefs and professionals have a lot of room for imagination. For starters, meat balls can be made from different minced meat (chicken, pork, combined or turkey). Further – they can be boiled, stewed, and baked. And the most important thing, – You can also choose the sauce that your heart desires. Perfect tomato, sour cream, spicy or even cheese.
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Nutritionist Andrei Nevsky opted for minced turkey and cheese sauce. Read on to learn how to make a versatile diet meatball that goes well with any side dish.
Meatballs in cheese sauce
Ingredients:
- ground turkey – 450 grams;
- soft cheese (0% fat) – 120 grams;
- salt and spices – according to your taste;
- frying oil – 4 milliliters.
For sauce:
- cream cheese – 70 grams;
- sour cream – 80 grams;
- corn starch – fifteen grams;
- water – 200 grams;
- salt, spices – to your taste.
Cooking method:
- Combine all meatball ingredients and form meatballs with wet hands.
- Preheat the pan, grease with oil, put the meatballs and fry them on all sides until golden brown.
- Then add half the water and simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- Mix the rest of the water with the rest of the ingredients for the sauce, pour into the pan and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes, stirring regularly (the sauce should thicken).
Enjoy your meal!
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Text of Andrey Nevsky’s publication:
Meatballs in cheese sauce
Today I went to the dentist and I was forbidden to eat fibrous and very hard foods. I had to find the “softest” dish in our recipe book. Glory to mince. True, there was no chicken in our store, they took it from a turkey, but it turned out all the same bombing.
Meatball Ingredients:
minced meat (we have turkeys), 450 g
soft cheese (fat content 0%), 120 g
salt and spices to taste;
frying oil, 4 m
Sauce Ingredients:
cream cheese, 70 g
sour cream 80 g;
corn starch, 15 g
water, 200 g
salt, spices to taste.
Cooking:
Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs and form balls with wet hands.
Heat a frying pan, grease with oil, put the meatballs and fry them on all sides until golden brown.
Add half the water and simmer for 5 minutes over medium heat.
Combine remaining water with other gravy ingredients, add to skillet and simmer 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally. The sauce should thicken.
Enjoy your meal!