Meatballs In Chipotle Sauce Albondigas Enchipotladas

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Very spicy meatballs.paired with rice and a salad they make a very satisfying meal.you can use beef,lamb,pork or any combination.veal makes exceptionally soft meatballs that are delicious but a little hard to work with because they fall apart so easily.the onion does need to be ve ry ,very fine or the meatballs may fall apart as well.

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Steps

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Heat a small skillet over medium-low heat.

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Add cumin seeds and toast , stirring constantly until they begin to pop and remove immediately from heat.

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Grind cumin seeds to a fine powder in a spice grinder , set aside.

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Peel all garlic cloves and the onion.

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Mince 5 of the cloves of garlic and leave 4 whole.

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Grate the onion very finely or you may mince it , but it must be very very fine or the meatballs will not hold together well.

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Mix together meat , 1 teaspoon of the cumin , the minced garlic , the onion and the rice.

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Form into meatballs using about 2 tablespoons for each meatball.

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Set aside.

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Now roast the tomatoes.

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There are several ways to do this:you may roast them in an iron skillet over medium high heat until charred in places on both sides or you may put then under a hot broiler about 15 minutes , turning halfway through until charred and softened.

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Tomatoes could also be roasted directly over a flame if you have the means to do this.

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In a blender combine tomatoes , 1 t.

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Ingredients

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cumin seeds, mexican oregano, garlic cloves, white onion, cooked white rice, ground beef, olive oil, roma tomatoes, black pepper, salt, chipotle chiles in adobo, chicken broth