Meal Assembly Recipes

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Comfort Food at its best, delicious little meatballs with rice confetti to coat.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup    dried breadcrumbs   
1 cup    spaghetti sauce   
2 cup    beef broth   
1    egg   
24 oz    lean ground beef   
1/2 cup   cooked  instant brown rice
 
Directions: 
 
1 In a large bowl place
2 ¾ cup dried bread crumbs
3 2 egg
4 24 ounces ground beef
5 Mix well.
6 With gloved hands roll into 18 meatballs .
7 Roll in ½ cup instant rice
8 Place into a sprayed large pan
9 In a small bowl add 1 cup spaghetti sauce and 2 cups beef broth
10 Pour over meatballs in the pan

Cooking Directions:

12 Thaw completely in your refrigerator
13 Preheat oven to 350°F.
14 Bake Hedgehogs covered in a 350° oven for 1 hour or until meatballs are done through
 
15 MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS:Thaw completely
16 Place in microwave safe dish, cover and cook on HIGH for 2-5 minutes.
17.Check after 2 minutes and rotate them in the pan.
18. Return to microwave and continue cooking until meatballs are no longer pink approximately 5 minutes
Note: cooking times will vary depending on microwave make & wattage
 
 
Servings: 6

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups    beef crumbles or 1 pound of cooked lean ground beef or ground turkey 
1/4 cup    diced onions   
3/4 cup    ketchup   
1/2 cup    corn- frozen   
1/2 cup    black beans   
1/2 cup    tomato sauce   
1-2 teaspoon    chipotle paste   
1/2 teaspoon    cumin ground   
1/4 cup    fresh cilantro   
1/4 teaspoon    salt   
1/4 teaspoon    pepper   
6    whole wheat buns   
 
Directions: 
 
1 In a large ziploc bag measure
2 2 1/2 cups beef crumbles or cooked ground beef/ground turkey
3 1/4 cup diced onions
4 3/4 cups ketchup
5 1/2 cup corn- frozen niblets
6 1/2 cup black beans
7 1/2 cp tomato sauce
8 THIS IS SPICY SO TO TASTE ADD
9 1-2 teaspoons of chipotle sauce
10 1/2 teaspoon cumin
11 1/4 cup fresh cilantro-chopped
12 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
13 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper or to taste

Cooking Directions:
Thaw overnight
1. Place the sloppy joes in a crock pot and cook for 4-6 hours on high or 8 hours on low. 
2. Serve with Freezer slaw and On Whole Wheat buns!
 
  NOTE: I took the chipotle in adobo and ran it through the food processor, I then put the resulting chipotle paste on in a container in the table-just make sure your customer realize how HOT chipotle is.
Servings: 6

Secret ingredient note: We use Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce. One of the tastiest around.  Costco in our area carries it.

3 lbs ground beef
Hamburger buns

Add the following to the ground beef:
     1/2 cup diced onion
     1/2 cup scoops cheddar cheese blend
     1/2 cup crumbled bacon   
     4 Tbsp BBQ sauce
     2 tsp garlic
     1 tsp salt and pepper blend
        
Place 6 pieces of “patty paper” on the counter.

4. Blend mixture well with your gloved hands.  Divide into 6 equal portion sizes and shape into burgers about 1/2” thick.