Protein Swap | Spicy Buffalo Beef Meatballs
with Green Beans & Feta Crumble
Cooking time
20 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
830 /serving
Suppertime will be smooth and spicy, with Buffalo sauce and butter clinging to the outside of tender beef meatballs. To balance each plate, there’s fluffy quinoa and green beans roasted with BBQ spices, plus a final fling of salty feta.
We will send you:
- 250g Canadian-raised lean ground beef
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 300g Green beans (or string peas)
- 30g Panko
- 95g Red & white quinoa
- 30ml Buffalo sauce
- 60g Feta
- 10g Sweet & Smoky BBQ spices (brown sugar, paprika, salt, onion, cumin, coriander seeds, mustard, canola oil, cellulose fiber (anti-caking agent), Cayenne pepper, black pepper, hickory smoke flavour)
Contains: Eggs • Milk • Mustard • Sulphites • Wheat
You will need:
Large pan
Medium pot
Oil
Parchment paper
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Sheet pan
Strainer
2 or 4 tbsp Butter
1 or 2 Eggs
Total Fat
47 g
Saturated Fat
20 g
Sodium
1100 mg
Total Carb
59 g
Sugars
7 g
Protein
44 g
Fibre
8 g
Preparation
Cook the quinoa
- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Using a strainer, rinse the quinoa.
- In a medium pot, combine the quinoa, 1 cup water (double for 4 portions) and a pinch of salt; bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover and simmer, 16 to 18 min., until tender. Fluff the quinoa.
Prepare & cook the meatballs
- Meanwhile, mince the garlic.
- In a large bowl, combine the turkey, garlic, panko, 1 egg (double for 4 portions), ⅔ of the spices and S&P.
- Form into 8 meatballs.
- In a large pan, heat a drizzle of oil on medium-high.
- Add the meatballs* and cook, partially covered, turning occasionally, 8 to 10 min., until browned and cooked through.
- Add 2 tbsp butter (double for 4 portions); stir well.
- Off the heat, add the Buffalo sauce; toss well.
Roast the green beans
- Meanwhile, remove the stem ends of the green beans; halve crosswise on an angle.
- On a lined sheet pan, toss with a drizzle of oil, the remaining spices and S&P.
- Roast, 5 to 8 min., until crisp-tender.
Plate your dish
- Divide the quinoa between your plates.
- Top with the green beans and meatballs.
- Spoon any remaining Buffalo sauce over the meatballs.
- Garnish with the cheese. Bon appétit!
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*Health Canada recommends cooking ground beef to a minimum internal temperature of 71°C.
