Spiced Pork Patties with Tomato Pan Sauce
plus Rainbow Vegetable Jumble
- Wheat
- Milk
If you love meatballs and you love burgers, you’re going to go batty for these patties! First you’ll form pork meatballs with minced onion and our Tunisian-inspired blend of smoky-savory spices. Then, you’ll smash the meatballs into juicy patties right in the pan to create extra-crispy edges. Meanwhile a colorful combo of carrot, zucchini, and red onion are roasting in the oven. That’s yummy enough, it’s true, but we wouldn’t leave you high and dry—you’ll make a quick tomato-y pan sauce to top it all off!
Ingredients
3 ounce
Carrot
1 unit
Red Onion
1 unit
Zucchini
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
10 ounce
Ground Pork
1 unit
Tomato
½ tablespoon
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Tunisian Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into ½-inch-thick half-moons. Trim, peel, and cut carrot on a diagonal into ½-inch-thick pieces. Halve, peel, and cut onion into ½-inch-thick wedges; mince a few wedges until you have 2 TBSP (4 TBSP for 4 servings). Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces.
• Toss zucchini, carrot, and onion wedges on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Roast on top rack, tossing halfway through, until lightly browned and tender, 20-25 minutes.
• While veggies roast, in a medium bowl, combine pork*, minced onion, half the Tunisian Spice Blend (you’ll use the rest later), and a pinch of salt and pepper. Form pork mixture into six 1½-inch meatballs (twelve meatballs for 4 servings).
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add meatballs and press down with a spatula to form patties; cook until cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side. • Transfer patties to a plate; remove pan from heat and let cool slightly, about 1 minute.
• Heat same pan over medium heat. Add tomato and remaining Tunisian Spice Blend; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomato is saucy, 3-4 minutes. • In a small bowl, whisk together stock concentrate, half the flour (all for 4 servings), and 1⁄3 cup water (2⁄3 cup for 4). Slowly stir flour mixture into pan and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened, 1-2 minutes. • Remove from heat; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) until melted and combined.
• Divide vegetable jumble and pork patties between plates in separate sections. Top patties with pan sauce and serve.
Ground Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the Tunisian spice blend and tomato pan sauce, though some found it too strong or bland.
- Ease of prep: Easy to prepare and cook, with some learning a new technique for making patties.
- Suggestions: Consider adding rice, couscous, or bread to make it more filling; double the veggies for a heartier meal 🍲.
- Portions: Several felt the veggie portions were too small; adding more carrots and zucchini would improve the dish.
- Texture: Some found the pork patties dry; cook for less time or add moisture to keep them juicy.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was delicious. We loved the pork cooked this way and the tomato sauce was really tasty. Would definitely order this one again!
The Tunisian spice is everything! The sauce is so good. Even our toddler, who is notoriously picky, loved it. Please have this as an option again!
Thought it was great, loved the flavor of the sauce! I used a can of diced tomatoes for less chopping and added some lemon juice at the end.
Easy to prepare and learned a new technique to make patties.
The warm spices of this dish take you to the shores of Tunisia. I added pearl couscous to stretch the meal out, now I have plenty of deliciousness for lunch.
The tomato pan sauce had no tomato taste which was perfect for me. The sauce was so good I'd eat it for breakfast.
We ended up making large patties and putting them on fresh baked hamburger buns. Amazing. The kids loved them.
The flavor was very good and I liked the sauce for the patties, but there weren't enough vegetables. I barely had one scoop per serving. I recommend adding another zucchini or carrot.
OK but easy to get the timing for the pork wrong - it was a little tough. The flavors were nice, the veggies tasty, just tricky timing. By the time everything was plated nothing was the right temperature.
The individual pork portions are very inconsistent making them a little harder to cook correctly.
