How To Prepare A Good Meatball Stew.

How To Prepare A Good Meatball Stew. 

Meatball Stew is one of the easy stew ever, it's normally use to eat White Rice and Beans, White Rice, Boiled Yam, Boiled Spaghetti, and Boiled Potatoes. 

INGREDIENTS:

* 700g Minced Beef (Grounded Beef).

* 4 Cooking Spoonful of Tomato Stew.

* 1 Teaspoonful of Thyme.

* 2 Teaspoonful of Grounded Black Pepper.

* Salt.

* 2 Stock Cubes.

* Meat stock.

* 5 leaves of Curry. 

 

"Notes on the INGREDIENTS". 

1. The Tomato Stew, should be fresh tomato puree (thick) or tomato paste that has been halfway cook to remove any traces of water or having a sour, acidic or citrus taste.

2. The Meatball  Stew doesn't contain spices or seasoning much. The only major ingredients contains are; Tomato puree, onions and vegetable oil which will be used in frying it.

3. We all familiar to a vegetable called Curry's Leaf, curry leaf in Nigerian is a close alternative to Fresh Basil. So you can get curry leaves, add to your cooking if you want to add some vegetables to your Meatball Stew. All you need to do is to hand pick them from the stalk and rinse them before using.

4. If you don't have meat stock, just get a clean water to use. Meat stock is just the water you get from boiling your meat with.

Before you proceed with your cooking of Meatball Stew!

1. Already, you have some Tomato Stew in freezer, bring it out and put it in warm water to defrost before you will need to use it in your cooking. But if you don't have, first of all, prepare some. Read on How to Prepare Tomato Stew by clicking here.

Notes "it's good to always have it in your freezer, a large quantities of tomato stew. It helps you to prepare any recipes you will need it faster than not having it".

2. Blend your meat.

Notes "the blending of the meat most not be smooth at all".

3. Hand picked the curry leaves from the stalks, rinse them properly and set aside till when needed.

Notes "You don't have to chopped the curry leaves, since they are small already".

DIRECTIONS :

1. Pour your minced (blend) meat into a bowl.

2. Now add; A teacup of meat stock, ½ teaspoon of thyme, 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper and 2 small stock cubes (crushed) to the minced (blend) meat.

3. Mix them in the bowl with your hand till all have a good and well incorporated.

4. Now before proceeding to the next step, set your oven to 150°C (350F).

5. Now start the molding of the mixed minced (blend) meat into smaller balls, not to be too small, but it should be big enough to the size of the meat you can you to serve your kids. When molding, don't add much pressure to it so that the meat balls will not be too solid when it done. Just use the tips of 

your finger to gently form the balls. 

Notes "As you are molding your minced (blend) meat, place them directly to the oven tray"

6. After molding all the minced (blend) meat, place your oven tray back into the oven and bake in for 20 minutes or more than. A question cross over your mind, "what if I don't have an oven!". Don't be panicked about that, you can also deep fry them. There are many ways you can bake when you don't have an oven, just fry the meatball and continue.

Notes "While baking, don't get to turn the meat balls round, so that they will bake very well".

7. Set up your cooker or stove, then place a sizeable pot you will like to use, add the Tomato Stew and the meat stock. If you don't have meat stock, just add water to it and cook for just 4 minutes or less.

8. Now add the remaining; thyme, ground black pepper and stock cubes, salt (to your best of taste.) you can also add grounded crayfish.

9. Stir very well, cause after adding the baked meatballs, you won't be able to stir any more.

10. Add the baked meatballs one after the other, then add the curry leaves or fresh basil.

11. Half cover the pot and leave cook blow the boiling point.

12. After like 3 minutes, it should be done by then, now the Meatball Stew is Ready to Serve.  

Serve and enjoy with: White Rice and Beans, Boiled Yam, Spaghetti, White Rice, or Boiled Potatoes.