Meatballs Made Easy

By Susan52

Ingredients

• Basic Meatballs
• 1 small onion, grated
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon worchestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• One and one third pounds ground beef
• One third cup plain dried bread crumbs

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 25mins
Adapted from southyourmouth.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium bowl combine onion, egg, Worcestershire sauce, parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and garlic powder; mix well.

Crumble ground beef into mixture and mix with your hands until just combined. Don’t “squeeze” the mixture with your hands – overworking the meat is what yields that “corky” texture.

Add bread crumbs and continue to mix the ingredients until everything is just combined.

Now comes the easy part. Turn mixture out onto a cutting board or clean counter and shape into a rectangle. Pat her down good and keep working on it until it’s perfectly shaped.

Using a sharp knife, cut the mixture into 24 squares (or less if you like bigger meatballs). Now your work is halfway done because you don’t have to stand there and eyeball the amount you’re using to make uniformly sized meatballs. Roll each square into a ball. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil (for easy clean-up) and spray with cooking spray.

Place meatballs onto baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 18-20 minutes. Baking makes this process sooooo much easier. The meatballs cook so much more evenly and so long as you cook them in a nice hot oven, the outsides get a nice sear too