Pork, beef & chickpea meatballs

Name: Pork, beef & chickpea meatballs | Asda Good Living
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g can chickpeas, drained; 500g Asda Smartprice Beef & Pork Mince; 1 level tbsp mixed dried herbs; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 small red onion, chopped; 390g carton Asda Chopped Tomatoes with Herbs; 4 tbsp tomato purée; 75ml beef stock; 2 tbsp Asda BBQ Ketchup; Cooked spaghetti, to serve; 50g Cheddar, grated, to serve

Chickpeas are a cheap way to make meat go further by bulking out dishes like these tasty meatballs.

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(9 votes)

Cook: 40 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: £1.15 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 100g serving contains

Energy
2056kj
491kcal

25%

Fat
28g

High
40%

Saturates
9.5g

Med
48%

Sugars
7.9g

Med
9%

Salt
1.6g

High
27%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
2056kj/491kcal

Ingredients

400g can chickpeas, drained

500g Asda Smartprice Beef & Pork Mince

1 level tbsp mixed dried herbs

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

1-2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tbsp olive oil

1 small red onion, chopped

390g carton Asda Chopped Tomatoes with Herbs

4 tbsp tomato purée

75ml beef stock

2 tbsp Asda BBQ Ketchup

Cooked spaghetti, to serve

50g Cheddar, grated, to serve

Method

Mash the chickpeas, then remove one-third and set aside. Add the mince, herbs, mustard and half the garlic to the remaining chickpeas.

Combine well and shape into 30 meatballs. Heat half the oil and fry in batches – be careful as they break easily.

Put the remaining oil in a pan and cook the onion with the remaining garlic until soft. Stir in the chopped tomatoes, purée, stock, BBQ ketchup and chickpeas you set aside. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.

Stir in the cooked meatballs and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve with the spaghetti and cheese to sprinkle over.