Name: Cajun meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Cajun & Creole
Ingredients: 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp plain flour; 1 onion finely chopped; 1 green pepper deseeded and finely chopped; 2 celery sticks, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves chopped; 1 bay leaf; 400g can plum tomato; 1 chicken stock cube; dash of Tabasco sauce or hot pepper sauce; 4 spring onions finely sliced; handful coriander roughly chopped; rice or mash to serve; 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning; 500g pack turkey mince; 1 tbsp vegetable oil

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Cajun meatballs

Sara Buenfeld

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 35 mins

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Love meatballs? Try this low-calorie recipe that uses turkey mince, served in a hot pepper sauce

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Ingredients

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2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp plain flour
1 onion

finely chopped
1 green pepper

deseeded and finely chopped
2 celery

sticks, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves

chopped
1 bay leaf
400g can plum tomato
1 chicken stock cube
dash of Tabasco sauce

or hot pepper sauce
4 spring onions

finely sliced
handful coriander

roughly chopped
rice or mash

to serve

For the meatballs

1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
500g pack turkey mince
1 tbsp vegetable oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal306

low
fat11g
saturates5g
carbs17g
sugars8g
fibre3g
protein33g
salt1.09g

low

Method

step 1

Put the butter in a pan over a low heat. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring all the time to make a roux. Cook until the roux is hazelnut brown in colour – make sure that it doesn’t burn. Tip in the vegetables, garlic and bay leaf, stir briefly, then pour in the tomatoes and 1½ cans of water. Crumble in the stock cube, add the hot sauce, then cover and cook for 15 mins, stirring occasionally, while you make the meatballs.
step 2

Work the spice and some seasoning into the turkey mince. Try not to over-handle or it will toughen. Shape into 20 meatballs.
step 3

Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan and quickly brown the meatballs in batches until they are nicely coloured on all sides.
step 4

Stir the sauce, then drop in the meatballs and cook on a low heat for 10 mins until the turkey is cooked through. Scatter over the spring onions and coriander, and serve with some rice or mash.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2013

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