November 6, 2007
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Meatballs!
Tonight, I winged dinner. Sort of. You see, ground lamb was on sale at the grocery store. I was checking it out, and another customer asked if I'd ever cooked with it before. I said no, but I'd eaten plenty of lamb. She said "I'm from Africa, and we eat a lot of lamb. If I had my way, I'd buy all of it!" She then proceeded to give me instructions on how to cook it. So here's what I did:
- 2 1/2 pounds ground lamb
- 3 jalapeno peppers
- Fresh cilantro
- Chopped garlic (I just used what I had in a jar in the fridge - two large spoons full)
- Chinese 5 spice
- Sea salt to taste
Mix all the above ingredients; shape into meatballs (or triangles or hats or whatever you'd like.) I then chopped 3 medium tomatoes and added approximately 1 medium thinly sliced onion into a sauce pan with the meatballs, and cooked on medium. (I also added a few more shakes of 5 spice a few times.) I cooked 2 cups of jasmine rice, and, when the meatballs and sauce were done, served over the rice. It was DELICIOUS. Hell, I'd marry me after eating that. I wish I had that woman's phone number to call her and thank her. It was almost the easiest damned meal I've made in forever! And it was with an ingredient I've never used!
God, I'm hungry again.
Comments (4)
the lamb stayed together without any filler? crackers? or bread crumbs? hmmmm.......why i can't my friggin meatloaf to stay together then?
it sounds..........adventurous! i'd say yummy, but then i'd be lying.
Nope, no filler. I was going to use bread crumbs, but I don't usually in meatballs anyway, so I didn't this time around, either. No eggs, either. I don't use filler in anything but my burgers (Italian bread crumbs for the taste)...unless you count all the glue I put in everything!
hee hee hee!
ryc: yes, kc freecycle. i haven't been officially accepted yet.
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