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Air-Fryer Pork Meatballs with Salsa Verde

Juicy pork-and-white-bean meatballs scented with rosemary and parsley, crisp outside, served with a bright caper-parsley salsa verde, a lemony white bean and spinach salad and crusty whole-wheat toast.

Air-Fryer Pork Meatballs with Salsa Verde

Ingredients

  • 1 lb450 gGround pork, 84% lean
  • ⅓ cup40 gPlain dry breadcrumbs
  • ¼ cup (60 ml)60 gMilk, 2%
  • 1 large50 gEggsbeaten
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced, divided
  • 1 cup chopped60 gFresh parsleyfinely chopped, divided
  • ¾ tsp1 gDried rosemarycrumbled
  • 2 tsp4 gLemon zest
  • ½ tsp3 gSaltdivided
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepperdivided
  • ¾ cup leaves20 gFresh basilfinely chopped
  • 1½ tbsp15 gCaperschopped
  • ¼ cup60 gOlive oildivided
  • 2½ tbsp40 gLemon juicedivided
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gCrushed red pepper
  • 1⅔ cups300 gGreat northern or cannellini beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • 5 cups loosely packed150 gBaby spinach
  • 1⅓ cups200 gCherry tomatoeshalved
  • ½ medium60 gRed onionthinly sliced
  • 4 slices128 gWhole-wheat breadtoasted

Steps

  1. Preheat the air fryer to 380°F (193°C).
  2. In a large bowl, stir the breadcrumbs into the milk and let soak 5 minutes.
  3. Add the pork, egg, half the garlic, one third of the parsley, the rosemary, lemon zest, half the salt and half the black pepper to the soaked crumbs; mix gently with your hands until just combined.
  4. Roll the mixture into 16 balls and brush them with one quarter of the olive oil.
  5. Air-fry the meatballs in a single layer, in batches if needed, for 10 to 12 minutes, shaking the basket halfway, until browned and 160°F (71°C) in the center.
  6. While they cook, make the salsa verde: in a small bowl, stir together the remaining two thirds of the parsley, the basil, capers, the remaining garlic, red pepper flakes, half of the remaining olive oil and half the lemon juice.
  7. For the salad, whisk the remaining olive oil, the remaining lemon juice, the remaining salt and the remaining black pepper in a large bowl; add the great northern beans, spinach, cherry tomatoes and red onion and toss.
  8. Serve the meatballs spooned with salsa verde, with the salad and the toasted whole-wheat bread on the side.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten. Some brands contain soy.

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