Bola-bola Daging Sapi

Beef Balls in Oyster Sauce. That is the best way to say what this is. People in Holland like to serve their beef balls with simple juice made from rich and creamy butter and a bit of provincial spices and of course it is also served together with mashed potato and beans. I eat this beef balls with white rice :) hence the sweet savory sauce.

ingredients:

makes 10 balls

500 gr/17 oz minced beef

1 egg

1 tbs bread crumbs

1/2 cup chopped cellery leaves

1/2 tsp nutmeg powder

few drops wochester sauce

salt and pepper

2 tbs cooking oil + 1 tbs butter

for the sauce

1 onion, sliced

1 tbs oyster sauce

2 tbs sweet soy sauce

1/2 cup water

salt and pepper

method:

1. In a bowl, combine the minced beef and the rest of the beef balls ingredients together (except for the oil and the butter) 

2. Once it is all incorporated, divide it into 10 beef balls.

3. Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan. Once it is warm, slide in the balls. Cook each side for about a minute. Top side, bottom side, along the middle side, all side has to be browned.

4. Once all balls have changed colors, line them alongside the furthest side of the frying pan leaving an empty space in the middle. Add the sliced onions in the middle. Add also oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, salt and pepper. Pour in the water too. Close the pan. Set the stove to low heat. Let the balls slowly cook for 10 minutes.

5. Open the lid and mix the sauce with the beef balls. Close the lid again and let it cook for another 10 minutes.

6. Beef balls are ready to serve. This is a delicious companion to mashed potato too I guess.. The sauce is then served as the gravy.