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Meatballs in Spicy Chorizo Sauce




Source of Recipe


Land O Lakes Appetizers


Recipe Introduction


I made a few modifications; see notes in text below. (Laurel)


List of Ingredients




*Sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
2 (4-ounce) chorizo sausages, casing removed, finely chopped
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh garlic
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes (I had a slightly bigger bag of meatballs so used 2 cans of Rotel tomatoes...the blue cans with lime and cilantro)
1 (2-ounce) jar diced pimientos
1/2 teaspoon crushed cumin seed
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

Meatballs:
1 (18-ounce) package (36) fully cooked frozen meatballs, thawed
1/4 cup chicken broth
3 tablespoons dry white wine

Recipe



Melt butter in 12-inch skillet until sizzling; add sausages and garlic. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink (3 to 5 minutes). Drain. Reduce heat to low; add tomatoes, pimientos, cumin, paprika and red pepper. Cook until mixture is slightly thickened (5 minutes). Place sausage mixture in food processor bowl fitted with metal blade. Cover; process until smooth (1 to 2 minutes).

*Laurel note: I didn't actually do all of the above for the sauce. The chorizo I used was in a casing, but it was ground. I just took the casing off and cooked the ingredients (didn't need the butter). Using the ground, saved me the step of grinding it in a food processor. (I also used ground cumin, instead of seed.)

Reduce heat to medium-low. Place meatballs in same skillet; pour sausage mixture over meatballs. Add chicken broth and wine.** Cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through (10 to 12 minutes).

You can keep appetizer warm in a slow cooker or chafing dish.

Serving suggestion: Serve meatball mixture over shredded lettuce in crisp taco salad shell. Top with chopped tomatoes and sour cream. You can also serve the meatball mixture in crusty French rolls.

**I dumped everything, but the chicken broth and wine in the slow cooker and heated. I didn't use broth or wine, but did toss in another can of Rotel tomatoes because it looked a little dry.

(about 12 servings)