Description
This started off as hamburgers with fresh onion and cilantro but needed a way to make this family favorite into a finger food.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds ground beef
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- ½ cup dried minced onion
- 2 tablespoons dried cilantro
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 11 ounces chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Mix beef
- bread crumbs
- dried onion
- cilantro
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- salt
- and black pepper together in a bowl.
- Finely chop chipotle peppers and add peppers
- adobo sauce
- and egg to meat mixture. Mix well. Roll into 1 1/2-inch meatballs.
- Heat a skillet over high heat. Brown meatballs in the hot skillet
- turning as needed
- 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers
- 8 to 10 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 15