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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Argentine

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Slice meat thinly; mix with pepper, salt, cornstarch, oil, and baking powder. | 2. Let meat stand for 1 hour, then place meat in a plastic ziplock bag and set in freezer for 45 minutes, turning each 10 minutes to keep from freezing. | 3. Remove from freezer and mince very fine in small quantities, or grind in a mortar. | 4. Boil 2 cups of water in a saucepan, then reduce to a simmer. | 5. Mix 1 cup of cold water with 1 teaspoon salt; oil your hands, and place about a tablespoonful of meat in your palm and squeeze tightly. | 6. Dip soup spoon into salty water, then use to lower meatball into boiling water; remove meatballs when they turn white or rise to the surface. | 7. Repeat method until all meatballs are finished. | 8. After all the meatballs are done, add 1 quart of water and 1 teaspoon of salt to the water and bring to a boil. | 9. Skim off the foam. | 10. Reduce the heat to low, add the beef balls to the stock and simmer for 3-5 minutes. | 11. To serve, put 5-6 beef balls and some soup in a bowl and sprinkle with some green onions, chopped cilantro, and 1-2 drops of sesame oil. | 12. Make 3 bowls of dipping sauces for the meatballs: 1 with hoisin sauce, 1 with black bean sauce, and 1 with Sriracha chile sauce and lemongrass stirred together. | 13. Sip the soup and dip the meatballs into the bowls of dipping sauces. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chuck steak	1	lb		725.335	0.0	96.6056	37.5814
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cornstarch	1	tablespoon		30.48	7.3016	0.0208	0.004
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
green onion	1/3	cup	chopped	6.39	1.3585	0.2296	0.1112
cilantro stem	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
sesame oil				-	-	-	-
hoisin sauce	1/4	cup		140.8	28.2112	2.1184	2.1696
black bean sauce	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
lemongrass	1	tablespoon	minced	4.752	1.2149	0.0874	0.0235
hot chili sauce	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-

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