Cuban Meatballs Bento
Cuban Meatballs Bento

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cuban meatballs bento. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Cuban Meatballs Bento is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Cuban Meatballs Bento is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Cuban Meatballs Bento This was the first bento I made when I started my bento series in my blog, www.diybento.com. It was nothing extremely innovative, it was nice and simple but it tasted good, and since I am Cuban, it was also comfort food. Heat oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Packing your lunch box for work is a great way to keep control of the grocery budget as well as what's in your food.

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

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

Giant Cuban meatballs that put many Italian meatballs to shame! 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.

Steps 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.

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. Once fried, the meatballs are bathed in a rich tomato sauce with sugar and dry wine. Cuban sandwich disguised as a hot stuffed meatball..

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