Cheezy Embutido
If you like your pork fried, try Cheezy Embutido. Made from a meatloaf recipe, this dish is savory and sweet. The pork is stuffed with cheese, onions, and herbs. It's traditionally served with white rice and ketchup. This recipe is easy to prepare and freezes well. To make a tasty version, simply mix the ingredients in a bowl and fry them until golden brown.
Ingredients
- 1 kg Minced pork
- 2 cups Breadcrumbs
- 1 cup Tomato sauce
- 1 bulb Garlic chopped
- 1 whole Onions chopped
- 1 whole Bell peppers (red and green, preferably), chopped
- 1 whole Carrots chopped
- 1 cup Pickle relish
- 1 cup Raisins
- 23 cups Cheddar cheese shredded
- 23 pieces Raw eggs
- 6 pieces Hard boiled eggs
- 750 g Hotdogs sliced in halves
- 34 tbsp Salt
- Pepper to taste
- Aluminium foil and steamer
Instructions
- Chop the garlic, onions, bell peppers and carrots to bits. If you have a food processor, put all these ingredients in and mince away.
- Put the meat, minced ingredients, raw eggs, breadcrumbs, raisins, cheese, tomato sauce, pickle relish, pepper and 3 tbsp of salt.
- Mix the ingredients altogether. Use your strong fists if you have to. I know I did! It’s just too hard to stir with all these components with a ladle.
- When all are mixed up, test the embutido mixture. Fry a spoonful portion into a pan to see if you got the flavors right. Add salt and pepper, or cheese or tomato sauce according to your preference. If so, you are ready for packing!
- Place a sheet of foil onto the table.
- Measure ¾ – 1 cup of mixture. Lay it flat on the foil.
- Place a piece of hotdogs and boiled eggs on the flattened mixture.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese onto the hotdogs and eggs.
- Embutido Recipe
- Slowly roll the foil from your side towards the other side. Make sure to roll as tightly as you can there's little air in between the meats.
- Seal the 2 sides of the foil as you make the roll.
- Steam rolled embutidos for 1 hour up to a hour and 15 minutes.
- Let it cool before serving.
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Notes
If you want your embutido rolls chunky, don't flatten them too much.
I normally cook this a day ahead to avoid the stress of it all. After cooling, I put in the fridge as I wait for serving time. Before serving, I just re-heat by either frying or steaming. (It is usually steaming for me; but you can do either.) There you have it!! Remember me when you cook!
I normally cook this a day ahead to avoid the stress of it all. After cooling, I put in the fridge as I wait for serving time. Before serving, I just re-heat by either frying or steaming. (It is usually steaming for me; but you can do either.) There you have it!! Remember me when you cook!