Aunt Joanns Super Easy Meatballs Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S MEATLESS MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms to the hot oil, sprinkle with salt, and cook and stir until liquid from mushrooms has evaporated. Stir butter into mushrooms, reduce heat to medium, and cook and stir mushrooms until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Stir onion into mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent, 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir garlic into mushroom mixture until fragrant, about 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a mixing bowl.
• Mix oats into mushroom mixture until thoroughly combined. Gently stir 1 ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into mixture. Add bread crumbs, 1/4 cup parsley, and 1 egg; season with salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and oregano. Mix together with a fork until crumbly. Stir in remaining 1 egg. Mixture should hold together when pressed.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours. For best flavor and texture, refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
• Form mixture into small meatballs using a 2-tablespoon scoop. Roll meatballs lightly between your hands until smooth, if desired; arrange meatballs on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are lightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Bring pasta sauce to a boil in a large saucepan; reduce heat to low. Gently stir meatballs into sauce until coated. Simmer meatballs in sauce until cooked through, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with 1 tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and 1 tablespoon parsley.

EASY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix eggs, Italian seasoning, basil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder together in a large bowl. Add beef and panko bread crumbs and mix thoroughly.
• Shape mixture into about forty 1 1/2-inch balls, a little smaller than golf balls, using a teaspoon. Place on ungreased, rimmed baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers, turning halfway through cooking time, 10 to 15 minutes total.

ANNA'S AMAZING EASY PLEASY MEATBALLS OVER BUTTERED NOODLES

Steps:

• In a large slow cooker, mix together the cream of celery soup, French onion soup, and sour cream. Stir in the meatballs. Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. In a large bowl, toss the pasta with butter. Serve meatballs and sauce over the cooked pasta.

AUNT JENNY'S SLOW COOKER MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients (ground beef through onion).
• In a large bowl; shape mixture into 30 1& 1/2" meatballs.
• Combine ketchup, brown sugar, lemon juice and sauces in an electric slow cooker; gently stir in meatballs.
• Cover with lid; cook on low setting 8-10 hours.

AUNT BECKY'S PORCUPINE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix first 8 ingredients together by hand in a large mixing bowl.
• Form meatballs into balls (1 tablespoon per meatball) and place in an ungreased 9X13-inch casserole dish.
• Mix together tomato sauce, 1 cup water and 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce.
• Pour over meatballs.
• Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes.
• Serve on top of mashed potatoes or rice.

AUNT BARB'S SWEDISH MEAT BALLS

Steps:

• The 1 lb ground beef is frozen prepackaged Swedish meatballs readily available at your local grocery store.
• Precook meatballs as per instructions on package.
• Combine chili sauce, grape jelly, onion, garlic and worcestershire into deep frying pan.
• Heat and mix until ingredients are blended.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Add cooked meatballs, partially cover and simmer on low for half an hour or longer, stirring frequently (the longer the better to infuse the flavours into the meatballs).
• Serve hot or cold.

AUNT JOANN'S SUPER EASY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions.
• In a large bowl, add ground beef & stuffing. Mix well.
• Mold mixture into small meatballs. (I've used a melon baller, or a smaller size ice cream scoop, depending on what I'm using the meatballs for)
• Bake in 350 degree oven until browned. (You can also brown them in a fry pan on the stove top if you prefer.)
• You can use these with whatever sauce you like... Italian, Sweet & Sour, use them in soups or just as little appetizer meatballs.
• FOR PINEAPPLE SAUCE: In a large non-stick skillet, blend the BBQ sauce with pineapple. Add the fully cooked meatballs. Stir to coat completely. Bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes, or until heated through. Serve on an appetizer plate.
• ** FOR FREEZING: You can make large batches of this and freeze for use in many recipes... flash freeze the meatballs on a cookie sheet for 1 hour before adding to a ziplock bag to keep them from sticking together.