By not using any bread , this method will be gluten free and keto meatball friendly. The following recipe will work for meatballs made of ground pork , ground beef , ground turkey, and lamb. Whatever the meat mixture follow this meatball recipe and you will end up with nice, tasty and tender meatballs. When making the best meatballs without breadcrumbs, it starts with good quality meat.
Choosing the right kind of meat will help when it comes to making nice juicy meatballs. The fat will help with flavor of course, and will make the meatballs that much more juicy.
My favorite way is to make a mixture of beef and lamb for a meatball with a deep and robust flavor. Start by grinding and mixing your meats together in a bowl. Mix together parmesan cheese , egg , cilantro , garlic , salt , pepper, onion powder and olive oil.
Mix all the ingredients with the meat until they are fully combined. Shape the meat into balls I like to use latex gloves here. Then place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. In a frying pan over a medium heat, brown the meatballs on all sides. Cook the meatballs for about 15 minutes or until cooked through. Once you have shaped your meatballs, it will be important to brown them so that you sear in the juices, as well as make the meatballs more aesthetically pleasing.
Be sure to do this on all sides of the meatball over a medium heat with a little oil in the pan. You can either cook the meatballs on a baking sheet in the oven or alternatively, in sauce on the stove top. Place the tray in the oven and cook them for about 20 minutes or until your desired level of doneness is achieved. Meatballs are best served on a bed of pasta or rice. If you are cooking the meatballs on the stove top, begin by heating your sauce on a medium heat until you have a strong simmer.
After browning the meatballs first, place them slowly in the sauce using tongs. Cook them for about 15 minutes or until cooked through and they are then ready to serve. There are a lot of foods that will go really well with meatballs. Pasta , rice , burghul , buckwheat just to name a few. My favorites are garlic mashed potatoes or scalloped potatoes. Broccoli, carrots with ginger and butter , or brussels sprouts. You can also put the meatballs into a hoagie roll and add cheese , tomato sauce and onion for a perfect sandwich.
To make a tomato sauce, start with chopped onions and garlic in a saucepan over a medium high heat with a little bit of olive oil. Salt Doesn't Matter Meatballs need to be seasoned, period.
As a rule, about 1 teaspoon per pound will make for perfectly salted meat. If you're using a salty cheese like Parmesan in the mix, cut back on the salt a little bit. You don't want your balls to be too salty. Who Needs Greens? They're an important part of your standard Italian-style meatball mix. Without them, your meatballs will end up tasting like a burger. But don't feel like you have to be married to parsley or basil.
Mix it up with herbs like mint, oregano, and marjoram. Add a pinch of nutmeg, too--it adds a subtle depth of flavor that will make guests ask, "What is that? They're in the meatball mix to bind the meat, breadcrumbs, cheese, and herbs.
The eggs will cook and make the meatballs dense and spongy--you want light, airy meatballs. For one to two pounds of meat, you usually won't need more than one or two eggs. Using a large stainless steel scoop or ice cream scoop is the best way to get the meatballs all the same size.
Then gently roll the meat mixture to form a ball and set them in a single layer in a cast-iron frying pan or a rimmed baking sheet with sides high enough to hold the sauce. Bake them in the oven at medium heat, degrees, until just cooked through.
Then cover them with sauce and put them back in the oven to heat up the sauce. These beef meatballs are delicious served up by themselves or garnished with fresh parsley. They're perfect over your favorite gluten-free, low carb pasta alternative. Here are a few different ways to accompany them:. Absolutely, brown the meatballs in a skillet with a little olive oil then add the sauce and simmer until cooked through.
You can substitute half of the ground beef for ground pork, or double the recipe and just use one pound of each to make a big batch. Yes, this recipe works with ground turkey with a slight modification. Since turkey has less fat, adding a small amount of diced cooked vegetables, like onions, peppers, or carrots, will help keep the turkey meatballs moist.
Frozen mirepoix would be a good shortcut option here. Meatballs can be frozen before or after cooking, and can even be frozen in the sauce.
If you are freezing raw meatballs, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and freeze until hard, then move them to a reusable freezer bag. Freeze cooked meatballs in a glass meal prep container. Simply move to the fridge for a day to thaw the meatballs. Your email address will not be published.
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