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Gnocchi-Style Potato Noodles and Meatball Skillet
Creamy skillet dish with golden-brown meatballs, potato noodles, baby spinach, and a light cream cheese and cooking cream sauce. A quick, satisfying comfort food meal with a high protein content.
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Ingredients
- 350 g reduced-fat ground beef
- Salt (to taste)
- Pepper (to taste)
- 1 large onion (chopped; according to the description, used for the meatballs and subsequently for the skillet)
- 2.5 garlic cloves (2–3 cloves, chopped)
- fresh parsley (for the meatballs or for garnish; quantity not specified)
- 1 Scheibe sliced bread (soaked in milk)
- Milk (for soaking the slice of bread; quantity not specified)
- 320 g potato noodles
- 200 ml vegetable stock (for deglazing)
- 230 ml light soy or oat cuisine (light cooking cream or plant-based cuisine)
- 70 g light cream cheese
- 100 g baby spinach (add only during the last few minutes)
- Worcestershire sauce (a splash, to taste)
- parsley for garnish (chopped; quantity not specified)
Steps
- 1
Soak the slice of bread in milk. Prepare and chop the onion and garlic.
- 2
Season the ground beef with salt and pepper. Add the onion, garlic, and soaked slice of bread, and mix everything thoroughly.
- 3
Shape the mixture into small meatballs.
- 4
Heat a large nonstick skillet and sear the meatballs over high heat until golden brown all over. They do not need to be fully cooked through at this stage.
- 5
Remove the meatballs from the skillet and set them aside temporarily. Continue cooking in the same skillet.
- 6
Add the chopped onion to the skillet and sauté briefly.
- 7
Add the potato noodles and toast them until golden brown.
- 8
Deglaze with the vegetable stock. Stir in the light cuisine and cream cheese; according to the transcript, a splash of water may also be added.
- 9
Season the sauce generously with salt and pepper.
- 10
Return the meatballs to the skillet and simmer everything in the sauce for a while so that the meatballs cook through completely.
- 11
Fold in the baby spinach during the last few minutes and cook briefly until wilted and everything is fully cooked.
- 12
Season with a splash of Worcestershire sauce, top with chopped parsley, and serve.
Notes
The description mentions one onion both for the meatballs and subsequently for the skillet; the exact division is not specified. The transcript additionally mentions a splash of water when deglazing, which is not listed with a quantity in the ingredients. The nutritional values provided by the source are approximately 660 kcal, 52 g protein, 66 g carbohydrates, and 18 g fat per serving.
Nutrition per serving
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