Tijuana meatballs with rice | Just A Pinch Recipes

Ingredients

• ## FOR THE MEAT BALLS:
• - 1 pound or so of ground chuck 80/20
• - 1 cup salsa
• - 1 large egg + 1 large yolk
• - 2 cups panko “divided”
• - 3 cloves roasted garlic “smashed”
• - 1 medium jalapeno pepper “ ½ seeded ½ not “ chopped
• - ¾ cup parmesan cheese + 1 cup panko
• - 1 teaspoon sea salt
• - enough oil for frying the meat balls
• ## FOR THE RICE:
• - 1 cup or so of white rice
• - 1/3 package from a 12 ounce bag of baby carrots
• - 1 – 10 ounce can ro*tel “ do not drain “
• - 1 – 14.5 ounce can fire roasted tomatoes “ do not drain”
• - 1 tablespoon oil “for the rice”
• - 2 tablespoons fresh ground pepper
• - 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
• - 1 ro*tel can of water