Best 5 Polish Meat Balls Recipes

POLISH MEATBALLS AKA KOTLETY

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for the kotlety in a bowl till everything comes together.
• Make golf-ball sized, or a bit larger, balls with the meat and place on a plate until needed.
• Heat a large skillet and use your preferred oil/fat, then turn the heat down low once it's heated all the way through.
• Put the meat on, it should sizzle lightly. If it doesn't, your heat is too low.
• Each kotlet should be cooked for a 3-4 minutes per side, then flipped. It will take a little time to heat them all the way through, slice with a knife if unsure.
• Once all the kotlety are cooked, put them to the side.
• Keep the heat low, and sautee the mushrooms in the pan, making sure all the browned bits and fat coat them.
• Once the mushrooms are cooked, add the heavy cream and deglaze the pan.
• Serve kotlely, pour sauce on top.

SCHNITZLA - POLISH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Chop onion and sauté in 1 stick margarine until very soft.
• Drain and reserve margarine.
• Mix raw pork, ground round, cooked onion, 1/4 box finely crushed cracker crumbs, and 2 eggs. Form patties with 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoon meat.
• Crush another quarter box of the saltines into very fine crumbs, coat each meatball in the crumbs and gently flatten very slightly.
• Fry in reserved margarine, keeping margarine level in pan to at least 1/4 inch.
• Drain and enjoy.

POLISH MEAT BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mix the onions and celery together in the bottom of a large roasting pan.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly mix together the veal and pork with your hands; lightly mix in cream of mushroom soup, cracker crumbs, bread crumbs, evaporated milk, eggs, salt, marjoram, onion flakes, and pepper until well combined. Form the mixture into meat balls, dipping your hands in water between making the balls. Place the meat balls gently into the roasting pan on top of the onions and celery; cover the pan with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and remove foil. Carefully separate the meat balls where they have stuck together and return the pan to the oven until the meat balls are browned, turning every 15 minutes, 30 to 45 additional minutes.

POLISH SMOKED MEATBALLS WITH SAVORY KRAUT

Steps:

• Combine meatball ingredients until smooth, then chill.
• Saute the onion, celery and juniper berries in the oil until tender. Stir in the kraut, salt, pepper, apple juice, and water. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 60-90 minutes or until most all of the liquid has cooked away. Keep warm.
• Form meat mixture into meatballs, using wet hands. Grill meatballs (you can place on soaked skewers if you like)(I like grilling them on an oiled fine-mesh grate) over hot coals or broil or bake until cooked through. Serve meatballs with kraut.

POLISH MEATBALLS IN SOUR CREAM (KLOPSK W SMIETANIE)

Steps:

• In a large bowl saturate the bread in the milk until it's completely softened and breaks apart when stirred.
• In a large skillet, saute the onion in half the butter until soft and opaque.
• Add to the large bowl along with the ground beef, dill, tarragon, salt, pepper, and beaten eggs.
• Mix together well, using your hands, and let rest while you saute the mushrooms in the rest of the butter, until tender.
• Remove the mushrooms from the pan and form the meat mixture into 1 inch meatballs.
• Dust the meatballs with flour and brown in the same skillet, adding more butter or oil, if necessary.
• Add the mushrooms and sour cream to the meatballs in the skillet, stir to coat everything well, partially cover, and simmer over very low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• These are great served over kluski noodles or tiny homemade Polish dumpling noodles.