Recipe
Surf and turf meatballs — bacon-wrapped, with shrimp
A simple oven batch of beef mince, bacon, and shrimp. Built for meal prep, low effort, usable as a weekday lunch.
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Auf einen Blick
- Oven dish: 400 g beef mince, bacon, and shrimp. No pan work required.
- Four meatballs that portion and store cleanly.
- Useful as a repeating lunch with eggs on the side.
In short
Beef mince, bacon, shrimp. No standing over a pan, no sauce project. Shape, wrap, glass dish, oven. Several portions at once, eaten over days. Once you have prepped it, you see why it earns a lunch slot.
Ingredients (4 meatballs)
- 400 g beef mince (organic if you want it, not required)
- 100 g bacon strips
- 100 g shrimp (pre-cooked)
Four balls of about 100 g mince each. A typical meal (usually lunch): two meatballs plus 2–3 hard-boiled eggs. Sometimes one is enough when hunger is modest.
Method
Form four balls from the mince. Wrap each with two strips of bacon so it holds — not so loose that it slides. Place them in an ovenproof glass dish. 200 °C / 400 °F fan for 20 minutes. Turn, add the shrimp, and give it another 10 minutes at 200 °C / 400 °F fan (or the grill / broil setting) until the bacon is crisp.
Add the shrimp late or they go rubbery. That is the one step people forget when they are distracted.
Storage and meal prep
They keep several days in the fridge. Freezing and thawing are uneventful. For a daily lunch, take two meatballs out, add hard-boiled eggs — done, no midday cooking.
Mince, bacon, and shrimp cover the protein. On a strict or near-carnivore plate you barely need a side. Animal-based eaters can add some fruit; that is a different plate.
Practice notes
A glass dish is useful because you can store and reheat in the same vessel. If you want it crisper, switch to grill / broil for the last minutes. Salt and pepper to taste — the bacon often already does the job.
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