MoinkDonalds Balls

[sqwib]

[h3]Fixed Broken Links February 28, 2013[/h3][h3] [/h3][h3]Moinkdonald Balls[/h3]

What can I say... the name says it all! This was one of those, lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, pop in my head kind of recipes   Hopefully I can get a more appetizing picture next smoke!

Ingredients 1 lb ground meat 80/20 1 pkg lipton onion soup mix ¼ cup ketchup ¼ cup yellow mustard ¼ cup chopped onions ¼ cup coarse chopped pickles 1 cup velveeta cheese diced (chill in freezer) 1/3 cup of crushed saltine crackers

Preparation Saute onions and cool, mix all ingredients together and form into golf ball size meat balls. Refrigerate overnight, optional but suggested Wrap in a ½ piece of bacon Smoke until internal temp reaches 165°

* These should be made a day in advance or at least rest overnight in the refrigerator.


The flavor of these were great but I mad a few mistakes:

1) I used a lean meat when,I was at Sams Club I just grabbed a pack, checked the date and was on my merry way, I used a 90/10 and should have used an 80/20.
2) I believe I worked the meat too much when adding the ingredients .
3) when I smoked these on Frank , I made a 2 tier rack and placed some on the top tier and some on the bottom tier, the ones on top were in the direct path of the heat and were over smoked, overcooked and dried out, I had no choice but to throw them out. The ones on the lower rack were OK from a flavor standpoint, but the texture was not like I would have liked it.

So I learned a few things today especially about my smoker:

1) 90/10 is too lean
2) cook on the grate level ONLY!!

So you may ask yourself,  "well if they were that bad how the hell do you know it's a good recipe", well the answer to that is because I made hamburgers with some of the

other meat and the hamburgers were excellent and YES they tasted like a McDonald's cheeseburger.

I will be trying these again but will use an 80/20 next time.

 

 

 

 

 

[smokey mo]

Those are some fine looking moinks.  Well done. Yeah for dream ideas!!!

 

[fpnmf]

Looking good!

  Craig

 

[raptor700]

those look great sqwib,I'm with you on the 80/20. I sometimes add some JD hot sausage to them for a little extra fat, and kick

 

[rdknb]

Looks good, well done

 

[scarbelly]

Looking good Squib - thanks for sharing

 

[smokermark]

Fantastic. Your Moinkies look fun for sure! 

  Watch out the franchise might attempt to steal your idea and try and put them in a happy meal.

 

[SmokinAl]

Nice job! I agree on the 80/20 too.

 

[DanMcG]

Thanks for the recipe Sqwib, I might give them a go this weekend. I also like the way you labeled everything in the ingredient pic,nice touch!  I'm clueless how to do something like that.

 

[sqwib]

Thanks for the recipe Sqwib, I might give them a go this weekend. I also like the way you labeled everything in the ingredient pic,nice touch!  I'm clueless how to do something like that.

Thanks

Right Click on picture- select "open with" - scroll down and select "paint" - use the paint tools for text - click "file" - "save as" - then under "save as type" select .JPG - under "file name" chose a name.

its quite easy

 

[sqwib]

Those are some fine looking moinks.  Well done. Yeah for dream ideas!!!

Thank you, the taste was good but a bit dry due to the 90/10

However the hamburgers were excellent!

Looking good!

  Craig

Thank you Craig

those look great sqwib,I'm with you on the 80/20. I sometimes add some JD hot sausage to them for a little extra fat, and kick

Yeah and what peeves me is I know better, when I realized it was 90/10 I should have saved it for jerky and got the right stuff (when purchased looked at the date but not the fat content).

Its silly when you think about it...you spend 18 hours cooking 4+ hours prepping 4+ hours cleaning, pulling, resting or whatever, but you don't have enough time to run to the store and get the right ground meat.

I am gonna play with some JD next time, and do a batch with chopped bacon "Bacon Cheeseburger Moinkdonald's Balls"

Thanks

Looks good, well done

Thank You

Looking good Squib - thanks for sharing

No problem and Thank you

Fantastic. Your Moinkies look fun for sure! 

  Watch out the franchise might attempt to steal your idea and try and put them in a happy meal.

Yeah was a little worried calling the MoinkDonald's Balls

Nice job! I agree on the 80/20 too.

80/20 and maybe a bit of JD as Raptor700 said.

Thanks for the recipe Sqwib, I might give them a go this weekend. I also like the way you labeled everything in the ingredient pic,nice touch!  I'm clueless how to do something like that.

You are quite welcome Make sure its not too lean.

If anyone using this recipe for burgers they are a bit sticky when cooking, you may want to wrap the burgers in bacon and throw them on a grill.

 

[mballi3011]

Well the balls look good.....................I don't think that I should be saying that.

 

[jongonz70]

HAHAHA!!! I saw the name u gave to these delicious lookin morceles and couldn't help but laugh. kudos to you sir for that name. and i think i will be trying these one day soon... possibly for the super bowl. 

 

[beer-b-q]

Thanks for the recipe Sqwib, they look great...

 

[smokey mo]

Well the balls look good.....................I don't think that I should be saying that.

uh......awkward right....

 

[chef jimmyj]

Hey SQWIB...This was posted before my time. Sounds really good! Think I'll try it with a Chunk of Cheese surrounded by the meat and Bacon...JJ

 

[jrod62]

Hey SQWIB...This was posted before my time. Sounds really good! Think I'll try it with a Chunk of Cheese surrounded by the meat and Bacon...JJ

that the way I do them, chunk of cheese in the middle.

 

[ironhorse07]

Tasted like Mcdonald's cheeseburgers?

 Seriously though will be making some of these.

 

[sqwib]

Let me know how they turn out.

Nice to see an old thread ressurected

 

[sqwib]

Fixed broken links in original post.