This whole meatball thing started from me making a lot of fuss about not getting a chance to try the IKEA meatballs yet up until today. Well, sometimes even if you're in IKEA... you will tend to give up on waiting for the meatballs as the cafe is always so packed with humans everywhere, long ass lines and messy tables which are left like that because we Malaysians really don't know how to clean up after ourselves. I hate to admit that we take this as our 'culture'... LOL *shakes head*.
I think I actually left the cafe on two separate occasions, both 5 minutes after walking in, as I don't see any hope of even getting a messy table to eat on after actually getting my food. The crowd is really crazy especially on weekends. So, just one fine day, I decided to Google "How to make IKEA meatballs" and I found the perfect recipe that I committed myself to try. I cooked this recipe for the second time already, so I can safely say that it is really a good one! Take a look!
Ingredients:
For the meatballs:
900g of minced beef
1/2 cup of Japanese breadcrumbs
2 large egg yolks
1/4 tsp of ground allspice
1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg
1 large onion (diced)
Cooking oil
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
For the gravy:
1/4 cup of butter
1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
3 cups of beef broth (I used beef bouillons)
3/4 cups of sour cream
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Freshly chopped parsley for garnishing
Click the button below to see the pictorial!
STEP 1: PREPARE THE MEATBALLS
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| Heat up the cooking oil in the pan and fry the diced onion until fragrant. Once it is kind of browned, turn off the heat and set aside. |
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| Add all the meatball ingredients above and the browned onions into a large bowl. Mix well until all the ingredients are equally well-combined. Add salt and pepper based on your own preference, however much you like. |
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| Next, roll the mixture into approx. 1-inch thick meatballs as shown above. Roll all the mixture and set aside for frying later. |
STEP 2: FRY THE MEATBALLS!
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| Add sufficient cooking oil into a frying pan and heat it up. Once heated, add the meatballs in batches and fry until the insides are properly cooked. Flip them around to brown all sides nicely. I suggest to use medium heat while frying so that you don't burn the meatballs. |
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| When it is done, strain the meatballs as shown above to remove excess oil. |
STEP 3: MAKE THE BEEF BROTH
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| Well, this is simple. Simply boil 3 cups of water in a pot. Throw 1 cube of beef bouillon into the boiling water and dissolve it properly. Done. |
STEP 4: COOK THE GRAVY
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| In a clean pan, melt the butter. |
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| Add the all-purpose flour and quickly stir. It will turn into a doughy texture and can burn easily. |
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| After that, add in the beef broth and mix well. Try to dissolve the flour mixture into the beef broth as much as possible. Otherwise, there will be too many clumps of flour. Heat until it kind of thickens. |
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| Lastly, add in the sour cream and mix well. Add salt and ground black pepper to season the gravy. Again, this is up to your preference. |
STEP 5: ADD IN MEATBALLS TO THE GRAVY!
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| Add the fried meatballs into the gravy and stir well so that all the meatballs are coated with the gravy. Leave them under the heat for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, to further thicken the gravy. When it is done, serve immediately and garnish with parsley leaves. |
It will seem like there is so much to do in order to prepare this dish but it is gonna be oh-so-worth-it!
Just add in some french fries as a side dish and it is a complete meal! YUMS! ☺
Hope that you all like the recipe that I posted today. If any of you plan to attempt this recipe in the future, do leave a comment to tell me the result after making it!
Have fun, and happy cookin' ☺
Original recipe from http://damndelicious.net/
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