Carnitas Meatballs
Servings: 43 Meatballs
I watched the movie called Chef – I fell in love with it and it made me want to buy a food truck and travel the country making foods that inspired me from local recipes that you find in different regions of our country. The most inspiring part of that movie to me was when he got his hooptie food truck and the first thing they made as carnitas for Cuban sandwiches. Whoever made that for the scene where they fed the workers is my hero – it looked amazing!! I have been a little obsessed with making that ever since that movie and my love of carnitas is also found its way into the form of a meatball, an area of cooking that I have become really comfortable with. I found a recipe years ago that used orange juice, lime juice, and chipotles in adobo to give the meat a little heat. I had never used chipotles in adobo before and they have some kick! It’s great for me since I love spicy food but if you're not a fan of heat you will need to use them lightly.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
- 1 orange juiced
- 1 lime juiced
- 3 chipotles in adobo seeded and minced
- 4 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground corriander
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit
- In a bowl combine ground meat, breadcrumbs, eggs, minced garlic, minced chipotles in adobo, cumin, and coriander. Season to taste salt and pepper.
- Take a pinch of the meat mixture and roll it into a ball. For this particular recipe, I made the meatballs a little smaller to serve them as little sliders.
- Place your meatballs on a greased baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 22 mins.