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After cooking meatballs in the air fryer, I will never bake them in the oven again as these Air Fried Spicy Meatballs are the best.
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Air Fried Spicy Meatballs
Now I remember why I bought sumac! It’s for the middle eastern flavor to the ordinary meatballs.
(Afrikaans: Frikkadel)
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Air Fry Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hours
- Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 portions 1x
- Category: Dinner Recipes
- Cuisine: South African
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg minced lamb/beef
- 1 red onion
- 1 green pepper
- 1 tbsp garlic/ginger garlic minced
- 1 tsp sumac
- 1 tsp red chili flakes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- Handful chopped coriander
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
Instructions
- Process the onion and green pepper.
- Add to the mince with the remaining ingredients.
- Mix until combined but do not over mix.
- Set aside for an hour.
- Shape into meatballs.
- Preheat the air fryer for 10 minutes.
- Set your Air fryer at 180C / 350F for 10 minutes.
- You can also bake at 80C / 350F for 25 minutes – or shallow fry.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Melanie Kramar from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SATasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 545
- Sugar: 4
- Sodium: 223
- Fat: 33
- Saturated Fat: 13
- Unsaturated Fat: 17
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 19
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 43
- Cholesterol: 186
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