Easy Meatball Recipe

Meatballs are a part of number of cuisines. They are a part of the Italian cuisine, Swedish cuisine, middle East cuisine, etc. Each of these cuisine use a different variation to make meatballs. If you have guests coming over for dinner and you are running late, then you can make use of meatball recipes to make delicious meatballs and be prepared to welcome the guests. Meatballs can be had with the main course as they can also be had as appetizers. It will actually depend on you to decide which part of the meal would you want to have the meatballs. We will now see how to make quick and easy meatballs.

Quick and Easy to Make Meatball Recipe

When we do not have the time for an elaborate meatball recipe, you can use this simple, yet best easy meatball recipe. The list of ingredients to make these meatball appetizers is also small. Most of the ingredients are often available at home.

Ingredients

• 1 package Ground Turkey
• 1 Egg
• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1/3 cup Italian seasoned Bread Crumbs

Method

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit till you prepare the meatballs.
• Grease the baking dish with olive oil and place it in the oven to preheat as well.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the egg and add ground meat, breadcrumbs to it.
• Knead the mixture and make small balls with it.
• Place the meatballs on the baking dish and bake them till they are brown in color on all sides. Do not forget to turn the balls, so that they are cooked on all sides.

There are some interesting recipes, which you may want to take a look at. Before we see the recipes just a quick suggestion, you can use the meat of your choice to make meatballs, but be sure that the meat is ground well, so that the meatballs taste better.

• Porcupine Meatballs
• Sweet and Sour Meatballs
• Grape Jelly Meatball Recipes

Meatball Recipe Without Breadcrumbs

Not always do we have breadcrumbs handy at home. At such times, we wonder how can we make meatballs without using breadcrumbs. There is another possibility, that some of us do not like the taste of breadcrumbs in the meatballs. At such times, we can make use of this simple meatball recipe without breadcrumbs. You make use of this recipe to convert it into meatball appetizer recipes or use it along with the different sauces.

Ingredients

• 1 pound Lean Ground Beef
• 1 Egg
• 1 pack Condensed Tomato Soup
• ¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce
• ¼ cup Instant Rice
• ¼ cup Chopped Onion
• 1 tablespoon Chopped Parsley
• 1 teaspoon Onion Salt
• ¼ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper

Method

• Beat the egg with a fork.
• Add 1 to 2 spoons of soup mixture to the egg and mix well.
• Then add rice, chopped onion, onion salt, pepper and parsley to the mixture and then add beef and mix well to form a dough.
• Make 1 ½ inch meatballs with the mixture.
• Heat the skillet and spray some cooking spray on it.
• Cook the meatballs on the skillet, till they are brown in color.
• Using the remaining soup mixture you can make the sauce for the meatballs.

There are some meatball recipes, which come from certain cuisines around the world. It is the ingredients and the method, which marks the difference in making these recipes. Let's see some of them:

• Swedish Meatball Recipe
• Italian Meatball Recipe
• Authentic Italian Meatball Recipes

Meatball Recipe for Spaghetti

The recipe to make meatball for spaghetti will include the meatball recipe along with the meatball sauce recipe. This recipe can also be used, when you want to have meatball with rice or bread. Likewise it can also be used for pasta as well. For this recipe, you can make use of 1 pound of spaghetti.

Ingredients for Meatballs

• 1 ¼ pounds Meat (of your choice)
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 Egg
• ½ cup Bread Crumbs
• ¼ cup Grated Cheese
• 2 cloves Chopped Garlic
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Ingredients for Sauce

• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
• ½ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 Onion
• 1 cup Beef Stock
• 1 can Crushed Tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons Chopped Parsley
• 10 leaves Fresh Basil Leaves

Method

• Boil the spaghetti in a pot of water with salt, till it is al dente.
• While you do the other preparations preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a mixing bowl, mix Worcestershire sauce, beaten eggs, cheese, garlic, bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Make a dough with this mixture.
• Roll the meat into medium-sized balls.
• Bake the balls on a cookie sheet, that is greased with olive oil, till they are no longer pink in color.
• While the meatballs are baking, let's see the meatball sauce recipe. In a saucepan, add oil, finely chopped onion, crushed garlic and crushed pepper.
• Saute till onions are translucent and soft.
• Now add beef stock, crushed tomatoes and all the herbs to the onion mixture.
• Heat the mixture and let it simmer for 10 to 12 minutes.
• After the pasta is cooked al dente, drain the spaghetti and add spaghetti along with the homemade meatballs to the sauce.
• Toss well, so that the sauce and spaghetti are well mixed.
• Garnish with grated cheese and serve.

For different versions of the sauce, you may want to take a look at different meatball sauce recipes. You can use the same meatball recipe and change the sauce recipe for different tasting sauce.

• Swedish Meatball Sauce
• Italian Meatball Sauce Recipe
• Grape Jelly and Chili Sauce Meatballs

Now that you know some simple and easy meatball recipes, you have a wide variety to choose from. If there are left overs you can use them to make a meatball sandwich recipe, Italian meatball soup, etc. I often choose to make extra meatballs at night and use the same to pack lunch for me. These meatballs taste good even when they are had for lunch.