Recipe - Swedish Meatball (Köttbullar)

Mince pork (or any kind of mince meat) is a versatile ingredient. It can be made into won ton or just steam as in steam mince pork with salted egg. In this recipe, I made them into meatballs.

Meatball is a popular recipe for families in Sweden and is made famous by Ikea.  I adapt some of the ideas from Ikea with a different touch.

The first difference is that I use only mince pork. I did not mix the pork with beef.  The Ikea recipe uses sauteed onions for flavour. I use crispy shallots which achieve the same purpose. One other big difference is I cut the potato into strips, like french fries and grill them till fragrant (or you can fry them). The potato is then mashed and mix with the pork.  This make the pork very fragrant.

Ingredients
250 grams mince pork
2 tbs of crispy shallots (or saute onions)
1 potato, cut into strips like french fries and grill till fragrant
1 tbs of oyster sauce
1 egg, beaten
Dash of pepper

Method
Prepare the onions or crispy shallots and the french fries separately
Then mix all the ingredients together.
Roll the pork into balls.
The meatballs can be pan fried or grill if you want to use less oil.
Enjoy with a sauce for the extra touch.
The sauce can be as simple as yogurt.

    
I am attaching 2 videos so you can have some ideas on making the sauce.

A 5 minute video on making Köttbullar (meatball) the Ikea way



A 4 minute video on making meatballs, a simpler way





Laura gives her take on how to make Swedish meatballs.