Charito's Chipotle Meatballs

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs lean ground chuck
• 1 small onion, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, diced
• 15 leaves chopped cilantro
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 teaspoons soy sauce
• 20 saltine crackers, crumbled into bowl
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 pinch dried oregano
• 1 pinch of dried pizza seasoning
• 1 (8 ounce) can chipotle peppers
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (11 ounce) can diced tomatoes, including juice
• 1/2 small onion, cut in half
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1 cup water
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 in a really large bowl combine all of the meatball ingredients, mix well with your hands. heat olive oil in a large frying pan. make medium size meatballs and add them to the hot pan. you will need to make about 3 batches, the good thing about this is all the good stuff that's left on the pan will make the next batch taste even better. fry the meatballs until fully cooked insided, you can test one by cutting it in half to make sure it's been cooked all the way through. place cooked meatballs in a large serving dish and keep frying the rest until all done. in a blender combine all the sauce ingredients. blend til all ingredients come together. heat sauce in a large saucepan and serve over warm meatballs. serve over rice.