Since the dawn of family meals, meat and potatoes has been on the menu, cropping up in any number of ways, and our family loves any variety that involves a kebab style meal. Finger food at its best made with soft fingerling potatoes and a mixed medley meatball; this dish is just as great right out of the oven as it from the fridge. Add a variety of fingerlings to give it color, and pair with your favorite dip. This dish is the best way to get everyone around the dinner table on a busy mid-weeknight.
Ingredients:
12 Idaho® Fingerling Potatoes
½ pound of ground pork
½ pound of ground beef
½ cup of breadcrumbs
1 egg
2 tablespoons of olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Chipotle Dipping Sauce
1 cup of plain yogurt
½ cup of cream cheese
juice of ½ a lemon
2 tablespoon of chipotle sauce (the liquid from the can, the whole peppers if you want more heat).
1 roasted garlic clove
Instructions:
Wash your fingerling potatoes and then toss them in a large mixing bowl with olive oil and salt while your oven pre-heats to 425° F.
Tip your potatoes onto a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
While your potatoes bake, add the ground pork and beef, egg and breadcrumbs to a large mixing bowl and blend together with your hands. Form them into golf ball size balls and then place them onto a baking sheet evenly spaced.
Remove the potatoes from the oven, cover with foil, and allow them to rest at room temperature.
Turn the heat down to 350° F and bake your meatballs for 15 minutes, or until fully cooked.
While the meatballs bake, prepare you dip by adding the mayo, chipotle, lemon juice and garlic to a food processor and blitz until smooth and creamy.
Add your meatballs and fingerlings to a kebab stick, and serve with a chipotle lemon mayo or your favorite dipping sauce.
Notes:
Time Saving Tip: Make this a family cooking experience by enlisting your children to prepare the kebab sticks.