IKEA Archives - Lara Abdulhadi https://larahadi.com/category/ikea/ Mother of Two & Food Activist Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:35:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 IKEA Chicken Balls in Dinner Rolls https://larahadi.com/2021/04/30/ikea-chicken-balls-in-dinner-rolls/ https://larahadi.com/2021/04/30/ikea-chicken-balls-in-dinner-rolls/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:59:00 +0000 https://larahadi.com/?p=6695 These soft little rolls come with a surprise inside, IKEA's chicken meatballs. They're wonderful dipped in ranch sauce, or enjoyed plain, because there isn't anything plain about their flavor.

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These soft little rolls come with a surprise inside, IKEA’s chicken meatballs. They’re wonderful dipped in ranch sauce, or enjoyed plain, because there isn’t anything plain about their flavor.

These are so amazing, my whole family devoured them. Thank goodness the recipe can be doubled or tripled.

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Chicken Balls Rolls

Course Sandwiches
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 HUVUDROLL Chicken meatballs from IKEA
  • 12 Dinner Rolls
  • 100 grams Butter
  • 2 Garlic Cloves
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
  • 1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1/3 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • Serve with Ranch Dressing

Instructions

  • Cook chicken meat balls on all sides until browned.
  • Mix melted butter with garlic and parsley.
  • Use a sharp knife to cut holes in the tops of each roll. Remove bread so you have a hole big enough to fit meatballs. Set aside.
  • Add the dinner rolls into a 12×8 inch oven proof dish, I used the LYCKAD Oven/serving dish from IKEA Jordan.
  • Brush the inside of each bun with the butter mixture. Add one chicken ball inside each
  • Top with mozzarella cheese and grate some parmesan cheese on top.
  • Brush with additional butter mixture.
  • Bake until the cheese melts.
  • Garnish with some parsley and serve with ranch sauce.

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Happy International Meat Ball Day! In celebration and as a proud IKEA Brand Ambassador I wanted to replicate their signature dish and encourage you to make it at home.

I just wanted to let you know that IKEA never gave me their signature recipe, but this is my own version of replicating it and man was it a winner at home.

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IKEA Swedish Meat Balls

Without a doubt, meatballs is the best known of all Swedish dishes, traditionally served with potatoes, lingonberry jam and cream sauce. Here is a homemade replica of IKEA's signature dish, using their meat balls.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 TBSP Vegetable Oil
  • Meatballs from IKEA
  • 50 grams’ butter
  • 50 grams’ flour 6 TBSP
  • 1 cup chicken or beef broth I used chicken (240 ML)
  • 200 ML Cooking Cream
  • 1 TSP Dijon Mustard

Serve with:

  • IKEA’s frozen mashed potatoes or make your own
  • Green Peas
  • IKEA’S SYLT LINGON Lingonberry jam

Instructions

  • Cook meatballs in vegetable oil until browned.
  • For the sauce, add 50 grams of butter and mix in with 50 grams of flour (6 tablespoons) and toast them slightly.
  • Add your choice of chicken or meat broth. I used chicken broth.
  • Whisk in 200 ML of heavy cream (make sure it’s not straight out of the fridge).
  • Add 1 TSP of dijon mustard.
  • Mix well until thickened.
  • Serve the meat balls with mashed potatoes, peas, IKEA’s jam, and the homemade sauce! YUM!

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It’s a versatile recipe, that takes almost no time to cook up thanks to IKEA vegetable balls.

The vegetable balls are made of chickpeas, green peas, carrots, red bell peppers, corn, kale, onions, rapeseed oil and seasonings.

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IKEA Vegetable Balls Curry

A vegetarian dish for Ramadan and Lent since they are overlapping this year! Packed with flavor and 100% vegetarian.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 TBSP Organic Coconut Oil
  • 1 Onion Diced
  • 2 Garlic Cloves
  • 2 CM Ginger Grate
  • 4 TBSP Curry Powder
  • 400 Grams Strained Tomatoes
  • 1 TBSP Tomato Paste
  • 1 TSP Red Pepper
  • Garnish with Coriander

Instructions

  • Sautee IKEA Vegetable Balls in some coconut oil until browned.
  • In the same pan with the remaining coconut oil, cook diced onion until translucent.
  • Add 2 garlic cloves.
  • Grate 1 – 2 CM of fresh ginger.
  • Cook well and then season with 4 TBSP of curry.
  • Once the mixture is well incorporated add 400 grams of strained tomatoes, followed tomato paste.
  • I like to add a TSP of chili pepper, it’s optional but gives a nice hint of heat and flavor.
  • When the sauce boils return the vegetable balls and coat well.
  • Serve and garnish with coriander.

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Tip: Make it creamy by adding cream of coconut.
 


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The salmon is so easy to prep and bake it will be on your dinner table in 20 minutes.

If you want to serve this dish with home-made wedges. I suggest you start with the potatoes as their prep time is a little bit more time consuming.

A quick and important note on why you will regularly see IKEA Salmon fillets inside many of the recipes you will be find on my website, is because they are ASC certified, and are individually wrapped so I can take out whatever portion I need for dinner.

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Salmon Fillet with Parmesan & Wedges

I always have salmon fillets from IKEA in my freezer. Those baked ones have a lemony kick, and a delicious crust.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 pieces

Ingredients

For the Salmon

  • 4 pcs frozen salmon fillets from IKEA thawed
  • 1/3 cup panko crumbs
  • 1/3 cup bread crumbs
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese
  • Zest of one lemon 2 TBSP
  • 2 TBSP Butter

For the Wedges

  • 3 medium potatoes washed well with skin on
  • 1 Tablespoon of Salt + Boiling Water to submerge potatoes
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 TSP Salt
  • 1 TSP Garlic Powder
  • 1 TSP Paprika
  • ½ TSP White Pepper
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • ½ TBSP Salt

Serve with

  • Lemon Sliced
  • Dill
  • Tartar Sauce

Instructions

Defrosting Salmon Properly

  • For this recipe I use IKEA Salmon Fillets. I love that they are individually wrapped meaning I can just take out whatever portion I need.
  • To thaw the salmon, fill a large bowl of cold water, place the fish in a re-sealable plastic bag (if it's not already) and submerge it.
  • It will take about half an hour for the salmon to defrost. Check it after 30 minutes to see how it's progressing and change out the water if it starts to become tepid.

Cooking The Salmon

  • Now for the fun part. Layer some parchment paper in an oven proof dish.
  • In a bowl, mix bread crumbs, and panko crumbs.
  • Mix in the zest of one lemon.
  • Then mix in freshly grated parmesan cheese. Set aside.
  • Now, brush salmon fillets with melted butter and press down the bread mixture.
  • Bake at 200 for 12 – 15 minutes in a preheated oven.

For the Wedges

  • Wash and scrub clean your potatoes. Cut each potato in half, and cut each half into 3 to 4 wedges depending on the size of your potato.
  • In a large bowl add the wedges, and submerge in boiling water until the water runs cold and the potatoes soften.
  • Drain the water and set aside.
  • In a bowl mix, 2 cups flour, 2 TSPS salt, 1 TSP Garlic Powder, 1 TSP Paprika, and 1/2 TSP of white pepper.
  • In a different bowl whisk one cup of milk with one egg, and mix in half a tablespoon of salt.
  • Now comes dip the potatoes into your milk mixture, followed by the flour mixture.
  • Repeat for all and fry until golden.

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This recipe makes enough for 6 salmon fillets.  Serve with a side salad or homemade potato wedges. 
 

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