Cuban Meatballs Bento
Cuban Meatballs Bento

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cuban meatballs bento. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

For a Bento try to keep them relatively small. We are just trying to brown the outside. If you want to do it the really authentic Cuban way, fry the meatballs instead of baking them.

Cuban Meatballs Bento is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cuban Meatballs Bento is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cuban meatballs bento using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cuban Meatballs Bento:
  1. Prepare 1 lb ground beef
  2. Make ready 1/2 red onion diced
  3. Take 1/3 green pepper diced
  4. Get 5 garlic cloves finely chopped
  5. Prepare 1 tsp cumin
  6. Get 1 lime juiced
  7. Take 1 egg
  8. Get 1/2 cup panko
  9. Make ready 1 can tomato sauce
  10. Get 1/4 cup white wine
  11. Make ready 1 Tbsp parsley chopped
  12. Prepare Olive oil for cooking
  13. Get Salt & Pepper

This is a traditional dish we can prepare in minutes and, at the same time, we can enjoy it in different ways. In Cuba, we've liked making homemade meatballs for as long we can remember; the memories of our grandmothers preparing them in the kitchen are within living memory. Meatballs, loved universally, can be found around the world in places like Italy, Sweden, and in this case - Cuba. This traditional recipe for Cuban Meatballs or Albondigas, includes surprising ingredients like mustard and milk.

Instructions to make Cuban Meatballs Bento:
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a bowl mix ground beef, diced onion (reserve a tablespoon of chopped onion), all the diced green pepper, half of the chopped garlic, cumin, half of the lime juice, egg, salt & pepper to taste, and the panko. Mix everything really well. Shape meatballs to desired size. For a Bento try to keep them relatively small.
  3. Place meatballs in an oiled baking tray and bake for 25 minutes. We are just trying to brown the outside. If you want to do it the really authentic Cuban way, fry the meatballs instead of baking them.
  4. In a saucepan add some olive oil and sautée remaining onions and garlic for about a minute. Immediately add tomato sauce and salt & pepper to taste. Add the remaining lime juice and white wine. Simmer for 10 minutes.
  5. Add meatballs to sauce and let simmer in medium heat for 15 minutes.
  6. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving. Note: Let cool to room temperature before putting in Bento box.

While the meatballs are baking, make the sauce. In a small sauce pan melt the butter over low heat. This is a recipe By Three Guys From Miami Cook Cuban that I adapted a tiny bit. Here is what they state: Giant Cuban meatballs that put many Italian meatballs to shame! I can't wait to try this version of meatballs, sounds delicious!!

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