Best Brazilian Meat Balls Almôndegas Recipes

Meatballs and Noodle Soup (Almondigas) image

Provided by Liza Agbanlog

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 lb (450 g) lean ground pork
2 green onions, finely chopped, plus more for garnish
1 egg, beaten
3 tbsp (25 g) all-purpose flour
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
8 cups (1.9 L) chicken broth
1 tbsp (15 ml) fish sauce
2 oz (57 g) misua noodles, Japanese somen noodles, capellini noodles or angel hair pasta

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine the pork, green onions, egg and flour. Season with salt and pepper. Mix together well, then form into 1-inch (2.5-cm) meatballs. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and onion. Sauté until the onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes.
Add the broth and fish sauce, and bring to a boil. Drop the meatballs into the boiling broth and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked. Add the misua noodles and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Season with fish sauce (or salt) and pepper, to taste.
Garnish with the chopped green onions. Serve hot.

Roast Beef Brazilian Style (Carne assada) image

Number Of Ingredients 6

5 or 6 pounds sirloin tip, heel of beef or boneless beef rump roast
white wine or vinegar
chopped garlic
salt and pepper
chopped parsley
oil

Steps:

Use a sirloin tip, heel of beef or boneless rump roast- 5 or 6 pounds. Perforate several times with a fork. Season with white wine or vinegar, chopped garlic, salt, pepper, and chopped parsley. Let the roast sit over night turning occasionally. Place in a roasting pan with all of the seasonings. Add a little oil and cook at 350 degrees, basting occasionally. VARIATIONS: make holes in the raw roast beef before roasting and insert carrot spears.

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Meat Loaf (Almôndegas provincial) image

Number Of Ingredients 3

Brazilian Meat Balls (Almôndegas)
2 boiled eggs
hot oil

Steps:

Make the meat mixture as in the recipe for meatballs. Form into a loaf. Inside the loaf, hide 2 peeled whole boiled eggs. Dip the loaf into flour and deep fry in hot oil. Place the loaf in the sauce and increase cooking time over low heat so the almôndegas will be well cooked inside.

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