Creamy Peanut Meatballs with Rice – Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

Creamy Peanut Meatballs with Rice

Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

This dish is perfect for peanut lovers. The sauce is creamy, rich and full of flavor with warm spices, peanut butter and a touch of coconut milk.

The meatballs soak up the sauce and become incredibly juicy.

Served with rice, this dish becomes a comfort food meal you will want again and again.

The peanut sauce is so delicious that you could honestly eat it with a spoon.

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Ingredients

For the meatballs

• minced meat (for meatballs)

• olive oil for frying

For the peanut sauce

• 2½ large tablespoons tomato paste

• 1 teaspoon harissa (or more if you like it spicy)

• 1 teaspoon curry

• 1 teaspoon Ras el Hanout

• ½ teaspoon cumin

• salt and pepper to taste

• 7 garlic cloves, pressed

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 3 tablespoons natural peanut butter (unsweetened recommended)

• 2 splashes coconut milk

• 500 ml water

• 1 long green pepper, finely chopped

• 2 large green peppers, sliced

For serving

• cooked rice

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Instructions

1. Fry the meatballs

Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the meatballs until nicely browned.

Remove them from the pan and set aside.

2. Build the flavor base

In the same pan add tomato paste and harissa.

Stir for a moment so the tomato paste can roast slightly.

Add curry, Ras el Hanout, cumin, salt and pepper.

3. Add vegetables

Add the chopped onion and pressed garlic.

Stir everything together and cook for a few minutes until fragrant.

4. Add the liquid

Pour in 500 ml water and let the sauce simmer for about 15 minutes.

5. Make the peanut sauce

Add 3 tablespoons peanut butter and stir well until it dissolves in the sauce.

Add a few splashes of coconut milk and let everything simmer for about 5 minutes.

6. Add peppers

Add the chopped green pepper and the sliced peppers.

Let cook for about 10 minutes.

7. Add the meatballs

Return the meatballs to the sauce and let them simmer in the peanut sauce until everything is well combined.

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Serving

Serve the meatballs over freshly cooked rice and spoon plenty of the creamy peanut sauce on top.

This sauce is incredibly flavorful and perfect for anyone who loves peanuts.

Honestly, the sauce is so good that you could eat it on its own with a spoon.