A recipe for meatballs that are scrumptious with a great Parmesan Italian taste. Eat them on their own, in a marina sauce or a sub sandwich. Done in 30 minutes. This is not the little hard, tasteless meatballs but a big soft, tasty one.
I wanted a meatball good enough to eat on its own and not need to be hidden inside of sauce. It needed to use common ingredients that I always have on hand. And lastly, I wanted to bake them in the oven. Why??? I’m LAZY.
I reviewed a LOT of recipes for this. Nothing stands out as the inspiration piece, but a few things did stand out. Almost all have eggs. The ones cooked on the stove top or in sauce seem to have about 2 eggs per pound (I assume to hold them together better) and the oven based mostly with 1 egg per pound. Many different types of meat, spices, with or without various cheeses, and most with some bread of some type.
Rating
A very nice solid 4. Now I can use them either for dinner or in a sauce.
Notes: these are somewhat tender. I don’t mean fall apart tender but not stir them around in a pot of sauce solid. Just plunk them in there and they should be fine. I didn’t “pack it” together but used my ice cream scoop to make about 2 inch balls. If you want to simmer them in the sauce, cook them more, add another egg, make them a little smaller and roll them tight with wet hands.
Other Italian Dishes You May Enjoy
Boursin Cheese Sauce with Chicken and Pasta
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Soup
Preheat oven to 425 regular or 400 convection.
In a medium mixing bowl, add one egg and whip it to combine the yolk and white. Add 1/2 medium onion chopped small, 1 clove crushed garlic, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 t pepper, 1/2 t oregano, 1 T ketchup 1/4 cup each of panko bread crumbs and grated Parmesan cheese. Mix well.
Now add 1 pound of ground beef but break it apart a little while you add it. Mix until all is incorporated well but no more.
On a nonstick baking sheet sprayed lightly with PAM. Scoop equal size meatballs of 1 1/2 to 2-inch diameter.
Bake until 165 minimum internal temperature. 20 minutes for me.
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Easy Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef - 80/20
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 onion - medium chopped fine
- 1 clove garlic - minced or crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese - grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 regular or 400 convection.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add one egg and whip it to combine the yolk and white. Add 1/2 medium onion chopped small, 1 clove crushed garlic, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 t pepper, 1/2 t oregano, 1 T ketchup 1/4 cup each of panko bread crumbs and grated Parmesan cheese. Mix well.
- Now add 1 pound of ground beef but break it apart a little while you add it. Mix until all is incorporated well but no more.
- On a nonstick baking sheet sprayed lightly with PAM. Scoop equal size meatballs of 1 1/2 to 2-inch diameter.5) Bake until 165 minimum internal temperature. 20 minutes for me.
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If you like this recipe or find it useful, the pleasure of a nice 4 or 5 rating would be greatly appreciated.
Nutrition is for one serving. Number of servings is stated above and is my estimate of normal serving size for this recipe.
All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
Lauren F
This is such a great, simple recipe! I used parchment paper for easier cleanup and I love to spoon some Rao’s Marinara over it. So glad I found your website, love all of your recipes for two!
Dan Mikesell
I admit to a little heavy on the onion. I do like my onion but for this recipe it needs to be fine or it’s scale is off. I’m not a mustard person but the Worcestershire sounds great.
Heidi Menocal
I made these tonight. Very easy and delicious. I did add ground mustard and Worcestershire sauce, as I add those to mu meatloaf. I think next time I will add less onion or really dice it small.
Chris
Sounds like they would be good in a meatball sub.