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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For meatballs: Make crumbs of crackers. | 2. Combine crackers, salt, chili powder, pepper flakes, milk, and egg. | 3. Stir in onions and green pepper. | 4. Add ground beef and mix well. | 5. Form into 30-35 meatballs. | 6. Heat oil in a skillet. | 7. Add meatballs and fry over medium heat until done. | 8. Remove from pan. | 9. Drain grease from pan and wipe out with a paper towel. | 10. For the sauce: Heat oil in same skillet meatballs were cooked in. | 11. Saute garlic, onion, and celery until soft. | 12. Stir in the flour. | 13. Gradually stir in the beef broth, stirring well. | 14. Stir in tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, and pepper. | 15. Cook until well combined and bubbly. | 16. Add meatballs. | 17. Simmer, uncovered, 15-20 minutes, until sauce is a suitable consistency. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
saltine cracker	12		unsalted	3511.2	622.02	79.464	72.57600000000001
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
chili powder	1 1/2	1/2		11.421	2.0129	0.5451	0.5783
red pepper flake	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
milk	2	tablespoons		18.3	1.4340000000000002	0.945	0.981
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
onion	1	tablespoon	minced	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
green pepper	1	tablespoon	minced	1.86	0.4315	0.08	0.0158
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
garlic	1	clove	minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
onion	1/4	cup	chopped	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
celery	1/4	cup	chopped	4.04	0.7499	0.1742	0.0429
purpose flour	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
beef broth	1	can		30.45	0.174	4.959	0.9570000000000001
water	1	can		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato sauce	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
chili powder	1	teaspoon		11.421	2.0129	0.5451	0.5783
cumin	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.