This was originally intended to be hamburgers with fresh onion and cilantro, but it needed to be transformed into a finger food.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 15 |
| Yield: | 30 meatballs |
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.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 175 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 60 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 14 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 325 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |