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Meatballs in Red Sauce

Name: Meatballs in Red Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: Ground beef (500 g); Onion (1/2); Grated cheese (150 g); Egg (1 piece); Tomatoes (5 pieces); Water (1 cup); Chipotle (optional) (1 o 2 pieces); Flour (2 tablespoons)

by Mizen Morales

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Beef meatballs cooked in a smooth, pureed tomato sauce with a hint of chipotle smoke.

Servings: 4
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 25 min
Difficulty: Easy
Category: Main course, Stews & casseroles
Cuisine: Mexican
Serve: Hot
Texture: Chunky, Smooth
Techniques: Boil
Meal: LunchDinner

Family meal
Budget friendly

Tips

You can serve them with white or red rice and tortillas.

Ingredients

Ground beef (500 g)
$62.00 MXN
Onion (1/2)
≈ $1.53 MXN
$27.90 MXN/kg
Grated cheese (150 g)
$25.00 MXN
Egg (1 piece)
$2.58 MXN
$2.58 MXN/piece
Tomatoes (5 pieces)
≈ $17.84 MXN
$29.00 MXN/kg
Water (1 cup)
$0.78 MXN
Chipotle (optional) (1 o 2 pieces)
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Flour (2 tablespoons)
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Price reference: Guadalajara, Jalisco

Estimated cost so far

≈ $109.73 MXN

≈ $27.43 MXN per serving

6 of 8 ingredients

priced

75%

Prices are approximate. · Last updated Oct 14, 2026

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Tools

Grater
Saucepan
Stove

Steps

1. Prepare your meatballs10 min
In a bowl, add your ground meat, chop a small amount of onion into small cubes and add it, along with an egg, grated cheese, salt, pepper, and flour. Now mix everything together and shape the mixture into meatballs. The flour helps keep your meatballs from falling apart while cooking.
2. Make the sauce8 min
In your blender, add 5 or 6 tomatoes cut in half or into quarters, a small piece of onion, and a chipotle pepper for a spicy kick (the chipotle is optional), and add half a cup or a full cup of water. Blend it, then pour the mixture into the saucepan where you’ll cook your meatballs.
3. Cook15 min
Heat up your sauce, add 3 Knorr Swiss seasoning cubes, and stir so that your sauce is well seasoned. Now, as it starts to heat up more, add the meatballs one by one so they don’t pile up on top of each other and all cook thoroughly.
4. Last step10 min
Carefully turn each meatball with a spoon so it doesn't fall apart and cooks all the way through. Remove one meatball and cut it in half; when you see that it's brown with no red in the middle, that means they're all cooked. You can serve them with white or red rice and tortillas.