Bison Meatballs with Sage Onion Gravy

worldofbison — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:04:29 +0000

Serves 4
Bison has fewer calories and a lower fat content than beef, making it a good choice for the health conscious meat eater. Serve these meatballs with rice or potatoes to soak up the gravy.Ingredients
1 pound onions, peeled and quartered
6 cloves garlic, peeled
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 pound ground bison
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1 cup dry breadcrumbs, such as Panko
1 egg
2 tablespoons chopped sage
2 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons flour

Method
In the bowl of a food processor, pulse onions and garlic until finely chopped. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture. Preheat a tablespoon of the oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Transfer remaining chopped onions and garlic from the food processor to the hot pan and cook, stirring often until caramelized, about 15 minutes. When onions in pan are caramelized, transfer to a bowl and set aside.

Meanwhile, make meatballs. Combine reserved onions and garlic with bison, pepper, salt, soy sauce, ketchup, oregano, cayenne, breadcrumbs and egg. With a spatula, toss lightly to combine. Overworking mixture will create a heavy paste, so use a light hand. Roll into 12 balls and transfer to a plate.

Return pan to medium heat and add remaining olive oil. Add meatballs and brown them on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Whisk beef broth, flour and sage into bowl with caramelized onions. When meatballs are browned, stack to one side of the pan. Pour in broth mixture and stir, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Redistribute meatballs evenly in pan and simmer over medium heat, turning meatballs occasionally with a spoon. Cook until gravy is thickened and meatballs are cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. To serve, arrange meatballs on a plate and spoon gravy over them.

Nutrition
Per serving (About 13oz/371g-wt.): 310 calories (100 from fat), 11g total fat, 2.5g saturated fat, 30g protein, 24g total carbohydrate (2g dietary fiber, 7g sugar), 125mg cholesterol, 770mg sodium

Tasty Bison Balls Recipe

worldofbison — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:04:24 +0000

A classic meat ball recipe with a low-fat twist. Using tasty bison meat instead of beef gives these meat balls a low calorie count with a high calorie taste.

INGREDIENTS

1 Lb ground bison meat

1/2 cup oatmeal ground up in blender

1 cup finely chopped onion

1-2 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp thyme

1 tsp marjoram

1 tsp oregano

1/4 cup egg beaters

2-3 splash worcestershire sauce

salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

Pre heat oven to 350 and spary a cookie sheet with pam. Let pan heat in oven while you form meat balls.

Grind oat meal in blender to almost a powder.

Mix all above ingredients.

Make meat mixture into 16 golf ball sized balls.

Cook for 10 minutes then turn over for the last 6 minutes to brown on all sides.

Feel free to add a zingy BBQ sauce once out of the oven or any sauce you like..

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Bison Meatballs with Sage Onion Gravy

Tasty Bison Balls Recipe