Best 18 Chipotle Meatballs Recipes

CRANBERRY CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Place the meatballs into a slow cooker. In a bowl, mash the cranberry sauce roughly, and mix with the pineapple chunks, brown sugar, and chipotle chile. Pour the sauce over the meatballs, and stir to combine. Cover the cooker, set to Low setting, and cook until the sauce is thickened and the meatballs have absorbed the sauce flavors, 4 to 5 hours. Serve with toothpicks.

ALBONDIGAS (MEATBALLS) EN CHIPOTLE

Steps:

• Blend tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 clove garlic, and adobo sauce in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir tomato mixture in hot oil until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Stir in chicken stock and continue to cook for 10 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, blend tomatillos, eggs, 1 small onion, chipotle peppers, 2 cloves garlic, chicken bouillon, and cilantro in a blender or food processor until smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and add beef, pork, and rice; stir to combine. Roll meat mixture into walnut-sized balls.
• Transfer meatballs to tomato mixture; simmer until meatballs are no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes.

CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix beef, bread crumbs, dried onion, cilantro, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl.
• Finely chop chipotle peppers and add peppers, adobo sauce, and egg to meat mixture. Mix well. Roll into 1 1/2-inch meatballs.
• Heat a skillet over high heat. Brown meatballs in the hot skillet, turning as needed, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers, 8 to 10 minutes.

MEATBALLS IN CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine pork, onion, zucchini, egg, breadcrumbs, oregano, cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; mix well with a fork. Form into 16 (2-inch) balls; transfer to a plate, and place in freezer until firm, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine tomatoes and chiles in a blender; process until smooth, and set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large, straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the meatballs; cook until brown, turning often, 4 to 5 minutes; transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining oil and meatballs.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Add pureed sauce and return all meatballs to skillet. Cover; simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Uncover, and simmer until sauce is thickened, 5 to 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over rice, sprinkled with cilantro, as desired.

MEXICAN MEATBALLS IN CHIPOTLE CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• For the meatballs, combine all meatball ingredients in a large bowl, mix with hands. Refrigerate and cover for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile for the sauce, if using fresh tomatoes, place on a cooking sheet and broil, turning once or twice until the skins bister and blacken, about 10 minutes. Peel the skin off tomatoes and place the peeled (or canned tomatoes) in to a blender or food processor.
• Put the garlic and onion into a hot, dry skillet and cook, turning occasionally, over medium heat, until the garlic is lightly browned and the onion is lightly scorched,.
• Add to the blender along with 1/2 cup broth, chipotles to taste (start with 1), cinnamon, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth, Taste, and add more chipotles if desired.
• Heat oil in a large , heavy and deep skillet over medium heat until quite hot but not smoking. Add the tomato mixture and "fry" until it thikckens (it will splatter), about 10 minutes.
• Stir in the remaning 2 cups broth and heat to a boil. Stir in mint. Taste again, adjust salt and pepper, and add some adobo from the canned chilies if not spicy enough.
• Shape the meat mixture into meatballs (about 1 inch diameter), the mixture should make 60 meatballs. Add the meatballs to the sauce, Shake the pan once or twice in the first 5 minutes of cooking to prevent sticking. Simmer slowly until the meatballs are done, about 30 minutes.

HONEY-CHIPOTLE TURKEY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix together turkey, onion, garlic, salt, and ground pepper until combined (do not overmix). Form into 16 meatballs. In a small bowl, stir together honey, chiles, and vinegar.
• In a large ovenproof skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high. Add meatballs and cook until browned on all sides, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven and bake 5 minutes. Remove from oven, pour honey mixture over meatballs, and swirl skillet to coat; bake until liquid is reduced and meatballs are glazed, 5 minutes, swirling halfway through.

MEATBALLS IN CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir the masa harina and hot water in a large bowl. Add the beef, pork, onion, garlic, oregano, salt and black pepper and mix thoroughly. Shape the beef mixture firmly into 16 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs.
• Heat the oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and cook for 10 minutes or until well browned and cooked through. Remove the meatballs from the skillet.
• Stir the soup and water in the skillet and heat to a boil. Return the meatballs to the skillet and stir to coat. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook for 5 minutes or until the meatballs are hot, stirring occasionally.

CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Stir together milk and bread crumbs in a large bowl.
• Cook bacon in a 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet, then cook onion, garlic, chipotles, cumin, and oregano in skillet, stirring, until onion is softened, about 3 minutes. Add water and cook, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until water has evaporated, about 1 minute. Stir into bread crumb mixture, then add ground meats, egg, parsley, bacon, and 1 teaspoon salt and mix well with your hands.
• Preheat broiler.
• Form scant tablespoons of meat mixture into balls and thread 3 balls 1/2 inch apart onto each skewer, arranging skewers on a lightly oiled broiler pan. Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat (do not turn) until browned and cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.

MEATBALLS IN CHIPOTLE SAUCE(ALBONDIGAS ENCHIPOTLADAS)

Steps:

• Heat a small skillet over medium-low heat.Add cumin seeds and toast,stirring constantly until they begin to pop and remove immediately from heat.Grind cumin seeds to a fine powder in a spice grinder,set aside.
• Peel all garlic cloves and the onion.Mince 5 of the cloves of garlic and leave 4 whole.Grate the onion very finely or you may mince it,but it must be very very fine or the meatballs will not hold together well.
• Mix together meat,1 teaspoon of the cumin,the minced garlic,the onion and the rice;form into meatballs using about 2 tablespoons for each meatball;set aside.
• Now roast the tomatoes.There are several ways to do this:you may roast them in an iron skillet over medium high heat until charred in places on both sides or you may put then under a hot broiler about 15 minutes,turning halfway through until charred and softened.Tomatoes could also be roasted directly over a flame if you have the means to do this.
• In a blender combine tomatoes,1 teaspoon cumin,1 cup broth, and all remaining ingredients for the sauce.Blend to a smooth sauce.
• Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet or dutch oven over medium heat until a drop of sauce sizzles in the oil.Add all of the sauce at once and stir for about 5 minutes.Sauce should be simmering.
• Carefully drop in about 1/3 of the meatballs and reduce heat to medium.cook for about 6 minutes,stirring the sauce occasionally without disturbing the meatballs.Carefully turn all the meatballs and cook another 4-6 minutes until they are cooked through.Remove to a covered dish.
• Add 1/2 cup broth to the pot,mix well.When sauce returns to a simmer cook a second batch of meatballs in the same manner.
• Repeat for last batch of meatballs.Add all meatballs back to the pot and warm through.Serve over rice,if desired.

DRUNKEN CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Iin a large bowl add the ground beef, 3 or more chopped chipotle (add.
• also some of its adobo sauce), oregano, garlic, adobo powder,egg, wheat flour and the whiskey; mix well.
• Make medium size balls by using a ice scream scoop and then rolling with both your palms. While doing this put the oil in a deep frying pan and heat the oil before adding the meat ball. Add as many meat balls as fit in pan. Leave each side for about 5 to 7 minutes or medium brown.
• While the meat ball is cooking start preparing the sauce in a deep pot add the tomato paste, some adobo powder, some adobo sauce from the chipotles, garlic paste, some oregano, a lil bit of whiskey, chopped onions, and thyme.
• Once all the meatballs are done, put them on the side.
• Turn on the heat. Once the sauce starts sizzling stir and then add a cup of water. Add the meatballs and let it boil until the sauce is thick to your preference.
• Serve with white rice or white pasta.

CHIPOTLE TURKEY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all of the ingredients for the meatballs, except canola oil, in a bowl. Mix well. Roll into about 20 meatballs.
• Heat a thin layer of canola oil in a pan over medium heat. Once hot, fry meatballs until browned on all sides. Fry in batches if necessary. Transfer browned meatballs to a baking dish and finish baking in the oven until cooked through. About 10 - 15 minutes.
• While the meatballs are cooking combine all of the ingredients for the dipping sauce in a bowl. Mix well.
• Once meatballs are cooked through, place toothpicks in the top (if desired) transfer to a serving platter and serve with dipping sauce.

SPAGHETTI AND CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Mix the ground beef, chipotle peppers with the adobo sauce, green onions, bread crumbs, garlic powder, salt, and pepper together in a bowl until evenly mixed. Roll the mixture into balls the size of cherry tomatoes. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through, about 30 minutes.
• While the meatballs bake, bring a large pot of lightly-salted water to a boil. Add the spaghetti and return to a boil. Cook until tender but still firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
• Pour the spaghetti sauce in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook until hot, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the cooked meatballs and stir to coat. Ladle over the drained spaghetti and top with the grated Parmesan cheese to serve.

SLOW-COOKER CRANBERRY CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In 8-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onions in oil 3 to 5 minutes or until translucent and softened; add garlic. Cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• In large bowl, soak bread crumbs in milk. Add cooled onion mixture, beef, egg, salt, pepper and allspice. Mix well. Shape mixture into about 30 walnut-size meatballs; place in slow cooker.
• In another bowl, mix cranberry sauce and chipotle chiles with adobo. Pour mixture over meatballs in slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 8 hours. Serve using toothpicks and/or with bread.

CHICKEN CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients; mix well.
• Roll meatballs and freeze or cook.

MEATBALLS IN CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine pork, beef, ground cumin, garlic, eggs, bread crumbs, salt & pepper. Mix well. Shape into medium size meatballs. Bake for 10-15 minutes (or until firm enough to "stew").
• While meatballs are in the oven, combine the chilies, 1/2 can of en adobo sauce, tomatoes, broth, garlic, cumin seeds, oregano and lard in a blender. Puree until smooth.
• In a large pot, bring sauce to a boil. Add meatballs and simmer for 25 minutes.

CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS - EL NARANJO RESTAURANT, OAXACA, MEXICO

Steps:

• Puree first 5 ingredients in blender in batches until almost smooth. Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add tomato mixture. Cover and boil 10 minutes to blend flavors and thicken slightly, stirring occasionally. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.).
• Combine ground beef and next 6 ingredients in large bowl. Add 1/2 cup cooled tomato sauce and stir until well mixed. Using hands, form 1 rounded tablespoonful meat mixture into ball. Optional: Insert 1/4 t. capers into center of meat; reshape meatball. Repeat with remaining meat mixture and capers.
• Bring sauce to simmer over medium heat. Add meatballs to sauce. Cover and simmer until meatballs are cooked through, about 20 minutes.

PRESSURE-COOKER CHIPOTLE PORCUPINE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine egg, rice, 1/2 cup pumpkin, soup mix, 1-1/2 tablespoons chipotle pepper and 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into twelve 2-in. balls., Combine oil and garlic; place in a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Combine soup, stock, water, lime juice, remaining 1/2 cup pumpkin, 1-1/2 tablespoons chipotle pepper and 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Pour 1-1/2 cups sauce into pressure cooker; top with meatballs. Pour remaining sauce over top., Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure cook on high for 15 minutes. Quick release pressure. Let stand 5 minutes before serving., Freeze option: Freeze cooled meatball mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, stirring gently; add a little water if necessary.

CHIPOTLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• 1. Fry the dried chipotles in a cooking pot with oil, they will start to get darker and bloat. Set aside and reserve the oil in the pot. Mix the ground meat with the egg and salt (just that!). Make the meatballs about medium size and set aside.
• 2. Place potatoes in medium pot and cover with cold water and 1/2 tablespoon salt, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer until just tender. Drain and run under cold water to cool. Drain well and pat dry, then halve. Set aside.
• 3. Roast tomatoes in a pan without any oil, when start to get black spots, peel off the skin. You can also use raw tomatoes with skin (You can try both ways and taste what you prefer)
• 4. Put the fried chipotles, tomatoes, garlic cloves and salt in a blender, with a bit of water just to make it easier to mix. Add this sauce to the cooking pot with the oil reserved and let it boil.
• 5. When the sauce starts to boil add the meatballs and cook in medium-low heat. If you see it is getting dry, add some water just to let it cook even. When almost cooked, add the cooked potatoes just to let them have the chipotle flavor.
• 6. You can serve as side any classic white rice recipe. The chipotle sauce will do the rest!