Bitterballen. Dutch Meatballs (Bitterballen) are a classic Dutch bar snack. Bitterballen, one of Holland's favorite snacks, are bite-size beef and gravy croquettes usually served along with beer. Bitterballen are a popular deep-fried bar snack in the Netherlands and Belgium.

The Bitterball is a real Dutch snack. Dutch Meatballs (Bitterballen) Recipe photo by Taste of Home. Authentic bitterballen need a nice pure beef/meat ragout, onions garlic etc, not chunks of quick cooked beef. You can have Bitterballen using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bitterballen

It's 1 of chicken breast.
It's 10 of shallot.
It's 1 1/2 tbsp of pepper.
You need 1 1/2 tbsp of salt.
Prepare 1/2 tbsp of nutmeg.
It's 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar.
You need 250 gr of flour.
You need 3 of carrots.
It's of Celery.
It's of Bread crumbs.
It's 1 of eggs.

Bitterballen (plural of bitterbal) are a Dutch meat-based snack, typically containing a mixture of beef or veal (minced or chopped), beef broth. Bitterballen are a type of traditional Dutch dish that is made of meatballs or croquettes that are deep fried. Find bitterballen stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day.

Bitterballen step by step

Boil the chicken breast then cut into small pieces.
Boil the carrots then cut into small pieces.
Sift the flour before roasting it, then sift again..
Blend onions, pepper, salt, and nutmeg. Then sauteed with margarine until it turns to golden brown..
Next, put the chicken carrots, celery and pour a little of chicken broth..
Add the flour little by little and keep stirring up the dough until it turns to thick roux..
If you satisfy with the taste, turn off the stove, let it cool..
Beat the egg, prepare the bread crumb and preheat the oil..
When the roux cools, make a ball with any size you like. Dip in the egg, roll in in the bread crumbs (do this step twice to get a thicker skin)..
Next, deep fry the bitterballen..
Optional sauce: tomato sauce, mustard, mayonaise, cheese..

There's nothing bitter about this ballin' Dutch snack of deep-fried cheesy meatballs. Bitterballen are one of Holland's favorite snacks. Bitterballen are the Dutch equivalent of tapas; small, deep-fried meaty snacks that are usually eaten alongside a biertje (beer). The traditional filling is a beef or veal ragu, which is shaped into a ball and. The bitterballen are small fried balls of beef ragout.