- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Serving: 4
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 376
- Fat Content: 11g
- Saturated Fat Content: 2g
- Carbohydrate Content: 23g
- Sugar Content: 8g
- Fiber Content: 10g
- Protein Content: 42g
- Sodium Content: 0.8g
Spicy meatballs with chilli black beans
Ingredients
- red-onion - 1 red onion, halved and sliced
- garlic-clove - 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- yellow-pepper - 1 large yellow pepper, quartered, deseeded and diced
- ground-cumin - 1 tsp ground cumin
- chipotle - 2-3 tsp chipotle chilli paste
- chicken-stock - 300ml reduced-salt chicken stock
- cherry-tomato - 400g can cherry tomatoes
- black-bean - 400g can black beans or red kidney beans, drained
- avocado - 1 avocado, stoned, peeled and chopped
- lime - juice 1/2 lime
- turkey-breast-mince - 500g pack turkey breast mince
- oats - 50g porridge oats
- spring-onion - 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- ground-cumin - 1 tsp ground cumin
- coriander - 1 tsp coriander
- coriander - small bunch coriander, chopped, stalks and leaves kept separate
- rapeseed-oil - 1 tsp rapeseed oil
Instructions
- First make the meatballs. Tip the mince into a bowl, add the oats, spring onions, spices and the coriander stalks, then lightly knead the ingredients together until well mixed. Shape into 12 ping-pong- sized balls. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the meatballs and cook, turning them frequently, until golden. Remove from the pan.
- Tip the onion and garlic into the pan with the pepper and stir-fry until softened. Stir in the cumin and chilli paste, then pour in the stock. Return the meatballs to the pan and cook, covered, over a low heat for 10 mins. Stir in the tomatoes and beans, and cook, uncovered, for a few mins more. Toss the avocado chunks in the lime juice and serve the meatballs topped with the avocado and coriander leaves.
Low-calorie dinner recipe for 4 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has red onion, garlic clove, yellow pepper, ground cumin, chipotle, chicken stock, cherry tomato, black bean, avocado, lime, turkey breast mince, oats, spring onion, ground cumin, coriander, coriander and rapeseed oil.
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