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My son likes these porcupine meat balls, however my daughter is not so keen on them.  So when she wasn’t eating at home a few weeks ago I decided to make them.  I usually combine a couple of recipes to make my porcupines so I thought that I should record how I make them. One recipe has cooked rice and one has uncooked rice, I usually use uncooked rice and they soak up much of the liquid as they cook.  One cooks them in the oven & the other on the stove, since the stove top method is quicker I usually do it that way.  One recipe had

Porcupines & veggies.
Porcupines & veggies.

evaporated milk and the other eggs, I use eggs.  Both used tinned tomato soup which I’m a bit iffy about using for my husband because of the ingredients, so I use a tin of tomato puree instead.

Here is my recipe:

 

What sort of meat balls do you like?

Porcupine Meat Balls

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Main Course

Ingredients

  • 500 g beef mince
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup uncooked rice 114g
  • 1/2 tsp dried herbs
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 410 g tin tomato puree
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  • Mix mince, egg, rice, herbs, salt & pepper together.
  • Mix the water with the tomato puree in a large saucepan and start to bring the mixture to the boil.
  • Form the meat into balls and drop into the tomato puree.
  • Cover the saucepan with a lid and cook gently for 30 minutes.
  • Serve with vegetables

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