Description
All the amazing flavors of Carne Asada in easy meatballs that are perfect for batch cooking. Served over roasted yellow cauliflower rice!
Scale
Ingredients
Carne Asada Marinade
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 teaspoons fine salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 large onion, small diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or avocado oil
Meatballs
- 2 pounds grass-fed ground beef
- 2 tablespoons pastured gelatin (I use this one) or one large egg
- 2 tablespoons psyllium husk (or flax meal)
- 1 tablespoons bacon fat
For Arroz Amarillo/ Yellow Rice
- 6 cups frozen riced cauliflower
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 3 tablespoons bacon fat
- Extra Fresh cilantro, for garnish
Instructions
- Mix all of the marinade ingredients in a small bowl and let it sit in the fridge overnight or at least one hour.
- When ready to cook, pre-heat oven to 400F.
- Add the marinade to a large bowl with the meat, gelatin, and psyllium husk. Mix well. Shape 18-20 2 inch meatballs. Brush with bacon fat.
- Put meatballs in the oven, center rack. Set a timer for 25 minutes.
- Right after you put the meatballs in the oven, get the rice ready.
- Toss the frozen cauliflower with the rest of the yellow rice ingredients all together on a sheet pan, then spread the rice flat out all over the sheet pan. Pop the rice in the oven too, top rack.
- When your timer goes off, remove the meatballs from the oven. Set the oven to broil the rice for 5 minutes. Then remove that from the oven.
- Serve 3-4 meatballs over the rice. Spoon the pan sauce over everything (yum) and sprinkle with fresh cilantro!
Recipe Notes:
- If you don’t to psyllium husk or flax you can use 1 tablespoon of coconut flour or 1/4 cup almond meal instead.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4 meatballs
- Calories: 426
- Fat: 26g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 36g