Monday, April 21, 2008

Heavenly meatball

Yummmy

Danish Meatballs

Meatballs
  • 2 pounds lean ground beef
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 cup finely chopped onion
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg or mace
  • 3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour, divided
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 beef bouillon cube or equivalent beef base or granules
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, optional

In a large bowl, lightly combine ground beef with 1/3 cup parsley, onion, 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, nutmeg, and 1/4 cup of the flour. Add milk and egg; stir just until ingredients are blended.

Shape meat mixture into 24 meatballs, about 2 inches in diameter; roll meatballs in remaining 1/2 cup flour. Heat butter in a large heavy skillet; brown meatballs on all sides and cook for about 20 minutes, or until done. Remove to a warm platter and keep warm while making sauce.

Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of drippings from the skillet. Add flour, bouillon cube or granules, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Gradually add 2 cups water, stirring until smooth. Bring sauce to boiling point, stirring constantly. Spoon some of the sauce over the meatballs then sprinkle with parsley if desired. Serve remaining sauce at the table.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Yaki soba

I never knew it's this easy to make yaki soba. It really is quite flexible and you can put whatever veggetable or meat you like in there

1 yakisoba noodle package
1/4 cup of onion
4 oz mushroom
4 oz broccoli
4 oz green peas and carrots, chopped
8 oz of chicken
salt
pepper
Worcestershire's sauce
soy sauce
sugar
oil

Heat a tablespoon of oil in pan
Sautee all vegetables and meat until cooked through
Remove vegetables from the pan
(cook the noodle, follow instructions on package. here is what mine says)
Put 1/4 cup of water and a couple tablespoon of oil in the same pan
Add noodle and loosen the noodle up
Add vegetables back in
Add some soy sauce, worcestershire's sauce, sugar. You can just eyeball and do it by taste

Ta da. Yakisoba!