How to Make Meatballs

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This is the best meatball recipe. Follow the easy steps and you’ll be making perfect meatballs in no time.

Sure, making meatballs is easy. You just grab some ground meat, add some spices and form them into balls, right? Well, not exactly. See, there’s a difference between making okay meatballs vs. making perfect meatballs. Today, my friends, I’m here to show you how I make perfect meatballs. Flavorful, tender and juicy, and the best part of all – they aren’t hard to make. It’s all about the ingredients. Here are my top tips for making the best meatballs.

Ingredients

Use fresh, quality ingredients.

Don’t go overboard on seasonings.

Use a mix of full fat ground pork and ground beef for tender, juicy meatballs.

Use dry breadcrumbs over soaked bread. Soaked bread may result in mushy, less flavorful meatballs. Booo.

At the end of the day, meatballs are meant to be simple. Don’t complicate it!

Mixing and Shaping the Meatballs

Use your hands to mix all the ingredients together. Trust me on this one; you can combine them better by hand than with a spoon.

Form balls with a cookie scoop then roll them into a perfect ball by hand. (Yep, a 1 inch cookie scoop like this one will give you the perfect size each time.)

Last but certainly not least, cook those babies. I’ve always been “team bake” when it comes to making meatballs but I recently discovered how easy it is to pan fry them.

For some reason, I thought it would take longer to pan fry vs. bake but guess what! I pan fried these babies and they were ready in just 15 minutes. Crispy crust and all. If that’s not the perfect meatball, I don’t know what is.

Try it and see what your family says. I just know they’re going to rave about them.

Bonus Tip: After you add the salt and pepper and mix, take a bit of the mixture (like the size of a quarter) and put it on a microwave-safe plate and microwave it until no longer pink, about 20-30 seconds. Taste it to assess if you have enough seasoning.

Best Meatballs This is the best meatball recipe. Follow the easy steps and you’ll be making perfect meatballs in no time. Author: Jamie Silva

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 15 meatballs Ingredients 1/2 lb. ground beef

lb. ground beef 1/2 lb. ground pork

lb. ground pork 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs

dry breadcrumbs 1 large egg

large egg 1/2 cup finely chopped onion

finely chopped onion 1/4 cup finely chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley

finely chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley Salt and pepper to taste

2 Tbsp . olive oil Instructions In bowl, combine ground meats, breadcrumbs, egg, onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix well using hands but do not overmix. Shape the mixture into 1 inch balls and place them on a cutting board. In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Pan fry the meatballs until they are browned on all sides and cooked through, about 15 minutes. If you cut into one of them and see no pink, they are done. Transfer the meatballs to a paper towel to drain then serve.

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