Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chiftele (romanian meatballs). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Romanian Meatballs, known as "Chiftele" are one of the most popular Romanian dishes. Learn to make the mother of all meatballs, nothing beats these meatballs. Chiftele are meatballs that are a variant of the famous keftas served throughout the Balkan countries and North Africa. The specificity of the Romanian version is that the meat is ground with raw vegetables and the meatballs are fried.
Chiftele (Romanian meatballs) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Chiftele (Romanian meatballs) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chiftele (romanian meatballs) using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chiftele (Romanian meatballs):
- Make ready 400-500 g pork mince (or any other fatty minced meat)
- Make ready 2 medium-sized potatoes (or sweet potatoes)
- Make ready 1 carrot
- Take 1 egg
- Get 3 garlic cloves
- Prepare 1 onion
- Take 3-5 tbsp dill
- Make ready salt
- Get pepper
- Take flour
Meatballs are popular all around the world, I can imagine that there is hardly any country that doesn't have a traditional recipe. Chiftele are crispy, deep-fried Romanian meatballs traditionally made from minced pork or chicken, bread crumbs, and mashed potatoes, flavored abundantly with onions, garlic, lovage, and parsley leaves. Apart from the traditional meat-based chiftele, there are also those made from vegetables such as potatoes, peas, or mushrooms These meatballs are so quick and easy to make and taste absolutely delicious! You can serve them with a sauce, cook them in a soup, have them with noodles or.
Steps to make Chiftele (Romanian meatballs):
- Peel the potatoes and grate them. Then take the grated potato in your hands and squeeze out all of the excess water in the sink (you should have around 150g of potato after this). Repeat these actions for the carrot. Then finely chop the onion and crush the garlic cloves.
- In a large bowl combine all your ingredients: the mince, grated potato, grated carrot, onion, garlic, and egg. Add a large amount of dill (fresh if you have it, otherwise dried will be fine), followed by salt and pepper to suit your tastes.
- Using your hands or a large spoon, mix everything together well.
- Roll the mixture into evenly sized ball or burger patty shapes. These can be as big or as small as you want but bear in mind the bigger they are the longer they will take to cook. Roll each meatball in flour until coated.
- In a large frying pan or wok, heat up a good amount of oil and fry the meatballs in it until cooked through. This will take 10 minutes or more, depending on size. Serve hot or cold.
Apart from the traditional meat-based chiftele, there are also those made from vegetables such as potatoes, peas, or mushrooms These meatballs are so quick and easy to make and taste absolutely delicious! You can serve them with a sauce, cook them in a soup, have them with noodles or. Oh, how I love meatballs with tomato sauce! My grandmother used to make these all the time when I was a kid, but she always prepared them with pork or veal meat. Since I don't enjoy eating pork THAT much, even if it's common for Romanians to do so, I used plain chicken breast for these meatballs.
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