Paleo Chipotle Meatballs with Guacamole

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I used a Pyrex glass dish to bake the meatballs in and well, I guess Pyrex dishes aren’t as indestructible as I thought they were. When I went to pour the tomato sauce on the meatballs….Smack, Crackle, Pop! I watched in horror and disbelief as my pan cracked into shards of glass. I managed to salvage the meatballs, but thought scraping the sauce out of the bottom of an oven that never gets cleaned would be taking things a little too far.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground meat (we used beef)
  • 1/4 c almond flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 T chipotle adobo sauce 
  • 1 t dried oregano
  • 1 t onion powder
  • 1 t garlic powder
  • salt
For the Sauce
  • 1 c chicken stock
  • 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • 1-2 finely diced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce or you could use just sauce
  • 2 t dried oregano
  • 2 t onion powder
  • 1 t garlic powder
  • salt

For the Guacamole

Method

Preheat the oven to 400ºF.

In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, almond flour, and herbs/spices. Add the ground meat and mix with your hands until combined. Form the mixture into balls and place in an oven safe dish. Bake until browned, about 15 minutes.

For the sauce

While the meatballs are browning, add the tomato sauce ingredients to a sauce pot. Let is simmer until the meatballs are done.

For the guacamole

Place all the ingredients into a bowl and smash with a fork until a chunky/creamy consistency has developed


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10 Responses to "Paleo Chipotle Meatballs with Guacamole"

  1. Mario says:

    Yummy.

    the glass was probably stress cracked prior to heating in the oven. Pyrex can survive much higher temperatures than your oven can produce, when it is not mechanically damaged.

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  2. Mike B. says:

    I made these the other night. I cut back on the chipotle peppers so my wife could eat them and they were still delicious. I’m looking forward to trying the pork butt one weekend very soon.

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  3. megan says:

    so glad you liked the meatballs! let us know how the pork turns out for you.

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  4. kt_simms says:

    Holy Snikes… that’s a spicy meatball! Tender and flavorful and quite delicious, but they’ve definitely got a kick. I might cut back one pepper next time.

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  5. jimmy says:

    Great job on this one!!! I chose to pair this up with some spaghetti squash! Once again great dish!

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  6. Virginia says:

    I made these for dinner the other night, and they were VERY spicy! We enjoyed them, but I actually cut the sauce with a little more broth and a couple of ripe tomatoes to reduce the burn. I was surprised to see, when broiling the meatballs, that it seemed like a lot of the fat rendered out. There was a half-inch of bubbling white stuff all over the bottom of the pan – did I do something wrong? Anyway, we just put the sauce with some added vegetables in the pan and went right on cooking, but the end product was flecked with the white stuff everywhere. Delicious, but a little strange looking.

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  7. Aubrey says:

    I made the meatballs last night and they were absolutely AMAZING!!! We like things spicy here in Texas, so I threw in an extra pepper which was not only delicious, but it clears your sinuses in a heartbeat! I love your blog and have already tried another of your recipes and have many more on my list to make. So glad I stumbled across you guys!

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