{"id":16990,"date":"2019-01-31T11:42:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T18:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=16990"},"modified":"2021-01-25T18:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:24:42","slug":"albondigas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/albondigas\/","title":{"rendered":"Albondigas with Chepil Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Albondigas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 LB ground turkey<br \/>\nPLUS 1\/2 LB ground pork, ground beef or ground veal<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C bread crumbs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp <\/li>\n<li>2 TBL minced onion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mix above by hand, but don&#8217;t overmix<\/li>\n<li>Sear on hot skillet and set aside<\/li>\n<li>Prepare Guajillo Sauce (See below)<\/li>\n<li>Put meatballs into Guajillo sauce and simmer 35 minutes uncovered<\/li>\n<li>Add splashes of water or chicken stock if it gets too thick<\/li>\n<li>Serve over chepil rice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Guajillo Sauce<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 dried and toasted Guajillo chiles &#8211; seeds removed<br \/>\nshould be dried, but still pliable.\u00a0 If brittle, discard.<\/li>\n<li>3 tomatillos &#8211; peeled and rinsed<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic &#8211; minced<\/li>\n<li>Put above into a pot with just enough water or chicken broth to cover them<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a boil and simmer 10-12 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Remove from water and crush with a fork or potato masher and put into a blender.\u00a0 SET THE WATER ASIDE<\/li>\n<li>Puree the pieces &#8211; no need to strain &#8211; Add water by the tablespoon ONLY IF you need more liquid to puree.<\/li>\n<li>Saute 1\/2 onion in 1 T EVOO<\/li>\n<li>Deglaze pan with 1\/4 C of the cooking water<\/li>\n<li>Put the blended sauce back onto heat with the minced and sauteed onion<\/li>\n<li>Discard the remainder of the water<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 C chicken broth and bring to a simmer<\/li>\n<li>Add the meatballs and simmer 35 minutes uncovered &#8211; which is Step 4 above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li value=\"5\">Add splashes of water or chicken stock if it gets too thick<\/li>\n<li>Serve over chepil rice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Chepil Rice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup long-grain rice<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 small onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 cups chicken or pork stock<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons chepil leaves stripped from stems<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 teaspoon salt, or to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prepare as you would normally prepare rice.\u00a0 Add chepil halfway through when the water starts to be absorbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albondigas INGREDIENTS 1\/2 LB ground turkey PLUS 1\/2 LB ground pork, ground beef or ground veal 1 egg 1\/4 C bread crumbs 1\/2 tsp 2 TBL minced onion STEP BY STEP Mix above by hand, but don&#8217;t overmix Sear on hot skillet and set aside Prepare Guajillo Sauce (See below) Put meatballs into Guajillo sauce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/albondigas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Albondigas with Chepil Rice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beatitudes","category-world-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21133,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16990\/revisions\/21133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}