How to easily cook meatballs with sauce

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Meatballs are something that both adults and children love. They can be served with any side dish: porridge, pasta, potatoes. But do you know how to make them tender and juicy?

Ingredients:

• minced meat (pork + beef) – 500 g
• rice (boiled until half cooked) – 100 g
• onion – 1 pc.
• egg – 1 pc.
• salt, pepper to taste

For the sauce:

• tomato paste – 2 tbsp. l.
• sour cream – 3 tbsp. l.
• water – 200 ml
• bay leaf – 1 pc.

Add an egg, finely chopped onion, rice, salt and pepper to the minced meat. Mix the mass thoroughly, form meatballs of the same size. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs until golden brown.

For the sauce, mix tomato paste, sour cream and water, add bay leaf and bring to a boil. Transfer the fried meatballs to the sauce and simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes. This sauce makes the meatballs tender and juicy.