# Lemony Souzoukakia with Potatoes

A simple, comforting, and wholesome Greek classic featuring oval-shaped meatballs and potatoes baked with a lemon sauce.

- Total time: 60 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 g minced beef
- 2 slices bread (without crust) soaked in wine and well drained
- 1 egg
- 1 small onion, grated
- 0.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 0.5 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tbsp parsley
- Olive oil
- Salt
- pepper
- 400 g potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 lemon juice
- Salt
- pepper
- 0.5 cup water
- 1.5 cups chicken stock
- 1 lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil

## Instructions

1. In a big bowl, mix all your souzoukakia ingredients: beef mince, chopped parsley, finely diced onion, bread soaked in wine, egg, garlic, tomato paste, cumin, oregano, and salt and pepper.
2. Shape the mixture into small oval meatballs and set aside.
3. For the potatoes, quarter them and put them into a baking dish.
4. Drizzle the olive oil and lemon juice over the potatoes, sprinkle salt and pepper, and add chicken broth.
5. Pop the potatoes into the oven at 200°C for 30 minutes to get a head start.
6. While the potatoes are cooking, brown off your souzoukakia in a hot pan with oil, just until they're golden. They do not need to cook through.
7. Take your potatoes out of the oven.
8. Add the souzoukakia on top of the potatoes.
9. Add the chicken stock, lemon juice and olive oil.
10. Pop them back into the oven for another 30 minutes, until everything is tender and juicy.

## Equipment

- big bowl
- baking dish
- oven
- pan

## Tips

- Shape the mixture into little oval meatballs to make them souzoukakia and not just meatballs.
- No need to cook souzoukakia through when searing, they will finish cooking with the potatoes in the oven.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1503650921093123/?fs=e&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/fdcda904-769c-4ebe-a54c-b7eb3c194141
- Extracted: 2026-02-10

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