EASY VEGAN MEATBALLS
Plant-basedRecipes
These Easy Vegan Meatballs are tender, yet firm enough to hold up in sauce. Simple dish made of cupboards ingredients: rice, chickpeas, spices and condiments. You can season as you like and easy transform it into a meatloaf.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 38 kcal
2 cup cooked rice 1 can chickpeas 1/4 cup oats 1/4 cup nuts( pecans or walnuts) 1/4 bulb onion 3 tbsp tomato sauce 3 tbsp nutritional yeast 1 clove garlic 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp dijon mustard 1 tsp dried thyme 1 tsp dried sage salt and pepper (to taste)
Heat a skillet over a medium heat and cook onions and garlic.
Put oats and nuts into a food processor and pulse until the are finely minced. Add chickpeas, onion and garlic, and pulse until they mixed together.
Add the rice and mix well. Mix in tomato sauce, soy sauce, nutritional yeast, dijon mustard and dried herbs.
Form the mixture into a meatballs using a ice cream scoop.Sprinkle breadcrumbs on the top.
Bake 20-25 minutes (365F) until browned.
Calories: 38 kcal Carbohydrates: 7 g Protein: 2 g Fat: 0.2 g Saturated Fat: 0.03 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1 g Sodium: 80 mg Potassium: 52 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 0.2 g Vitamin A: 15 IU Vitamin C: 0.3 mg Calcium: 5 mg Iron: 0.3 mg