It is better to do them by yourself. Here is the recipe:
Ingredients
3 slices bacon in 1-inch pieces
3 garlic cloves, peeled
2 large eggs
½ cup bread crumbs
Salt
1 ¼ pounds ground pork
½ cup (loosely packed) coarsely chopped mint leaves, more for garnish
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes (preferably fire-roasted), drained of all but ¼ cup juice
1 or 2 canned chipotle chilies in adobo, stemmed, seeded and sauce reserved
1 teaspoon dried oregano
About 1½ cups beef or chicken broth.
Preparation
1 Heat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, combine bacon and 1 garlic clove. Process until finely chopped. Add eggs, bread crumbs and 1 teaspoon salt. Pulse several times to combine thoroughly, then add pork and mint. Pulse a few more times until well combined but not a paste. Remove meat from processor.
2 With wet hands, form meat into about 16 plum-size balls and space them out in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
3 While meatballs bake, combine tomatoes, ¼ cup tomato juice, chipotles, 1 to 2 tablespoons chipotle sauce, oregano, remaining garlic cloves (cut in half) and ½ teaspoon salt in a blender or food processor. Process to a smooth purée.
4 When meatballs are ready, spoon off rendered fat from baking dish, then pour tomato mixture on top, covering meatballs evenly. Bake until sauce has thickened somewhat, 15 to 20 minutes.
5 Heat broth in a small saucepan. Divide meatballs among four dinner plates, leaving sauce behind. Stir enough broth into sauce to give it a spoonable consistency. Taste and season with salt, if necessary. Spoon sauce over meatballs, decorate with extra mint leaves, if you wish, and serve.
Serves four.
Bon Apetit!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-09 22:32:30
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answered by Anonymous
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good luck. They are sold in the US in almost every mexican section in every grocery store.
If you can't find them, try to at least find some dried chipotles, then boil them for about 10 minutes, then let them cool, covered, in the hot liquid for about 30 minutes. Take them out, tear out the stem and break open the chiles and remove the seeds. These will work.
(Many recipes that call for chiles en adobo require you to rinse the adobo off the chile before using, anyway).
The adobo is really just like a garlicky thick tomato sauce coating the chiles.....not really necessary most of the time.
2007-03-10 03:21:17
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answered by gg 7
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You can find them in most grocery stores in the international food isle.
2007-03-10 07:40:06
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answered by Cheryl C 5
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