Vegan Meatballs
Vegan meatballs made out of onions, mushrooms, oats, beans and flax-meal along with light spices
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Air fryer or oven
Ingredients
Sautéed Onion Mushroom
- ½ cup Finely Chopped Yellow Onions
- 18 oz Baby Bella Mushrooms Stems removed, chopped very finely
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
Vegan Meatballs Ingredients
- ½ cup Rolled Oats Flour
- ½ cup Boiled Red Kidney Beans
- 2 tbsp Flaxseed Meal
- 2 tbsp Tomato Paste
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Dry Basil
Sauce
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 3 cloves Sliced Garlic
- 1 tsp Crushed Red Peppers
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 cup Marinara Sauce
- 1 cup Cherry Tomatoes
- ¼ cup Chopped Fresh Basil
Instructions
Prepare Mushrooms
- Heat up 2 tbsp olive oil. Saute minced garlic and finely chopped onions with ½ tsp of salt.
- Once onions are completely translucent, add finely chopped mushrooms.
- Keep sautéing until all the moisture from mushrooms evaporates.
- Once mushrooms are cooked, take it off the heat and let it cool down.
Prepare Vegan Meatballs
- Process rolled oats in a food processor to make a coarse oats flour. Take it out in a wide bowl.
- Process boiled red kidney beans in a food processor to make coarse/grainy paste. Take it out in the same bowl as the oats flour.
- Add everything else listed under "Vegan Meatballs Ingredients" along with prepared onions and mushroom mix.
- Mix it well to form vegan meatball dough.
- Make 15 ish even sized balls from the dough. Spray some oil on the balls.
- Pre-heat air fryer on 375° F and air fry them for 12 minutes. Moving balls around couple of times in between.
- If you are baking the vegan meatballs, preheat oven on 375° F and bake the balls for 20-25 minutes, moving the balls couple of time in between.
- Prepare the sauce while vegan meatballs are cooking.
Prepare Sauce
- Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a pan.
- Saute sliced garlic and crushed red pepper on medium heat until the garlic slices get golden brown.
- Add whole cherry tomatoes to the pan and char them on medium/high heat until they start loosing some moisture.
- Add marinara sauce, salt, pepper and mix well. Bring it to boil.
- Add prepared/cooked vegan meatballs to the sauce.
- Garnish it with freshly chopped basil.
- Serve these vegan saucy meatballs with spaghetti, over sub or plain white rice!
