A Mexican twist on the regular tomato beef porcupines. Mexican chicken porcupine meatballs! Would be great served on subs too - great party food 🙂
Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 5 hrs
20 mins
5 hrs
5 hrs 20 mins
Yields: 28 porcupine meatballs
Ingredients
500g chicken mince
1/2 cup raw, long grain white rice
1 large onion, grated
Salt and Pepper (1/2 tsp of each)
1Tbslp minced garlic
Flour to dust meatballs (1/2 cup approx)
1 x 400g can of crushed tomatoes
2 x 420g cans cream of tomato soup concentrate
2 x 35g sachets of taco seasoning mix
Directions
1Combine chicken mince, rice, onion, salt, pepper and garlic in a large bowl.
2Take 1 tablespoon of taco seasoning mix from one of the packets and add this to the meatball mix.
3With clean hands, combine mix well and form into small, approximately golf ball sized balls.
4Roll each completed ball lightly in plain flour to coat and place aside for now on a plate
5Combine crushed tomatoes, soups, and the remaining 1 and part packets of taco seasoning and mix well.
6Pour this sauce mix into the slow cooker.
7Gently drop meatballs one at a time into the sauce in a single layer.
8Cover and cook on low for 5hrs
9Resist stirring at all until at least half way through cooking to be sure they are firm so they don't break apart. In reality though you only need to gently move them around in the sauce perhaps two times in total during cooking if at all.
Notes
1Serve with mashed potato and vegetables or another great alternative is as meatball subs on hotdog rolls for an easy family meal or picnic lunch
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Samara
January 18, 2018
Made this tonight, absolutely delicious! Will be making it again. Thank you