Baked Meatballs
I have never been a huge fan of meatballs. What is so appealing about a ball of meat?
We were having friends over for some Italian food and I wanted to cook an easy meat dish. What better than baked meatballs? This meatball recipe is super easy, after you get hands deep into the meat! I could spend most of my time on the other dishes while these baked up to perfection in my mini muffin pan.
Delicious Rating: Like I said, super easy recipe. I used pork, chicken, and beef for a moist combination. Threw in some spinach for a visual effect, plus a little spinach never hurt anybody. These are delicious meatballs that go perfect with with Spaghetti Marinara or any other Italian sauce dish.
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Baked Meatballs
Author: CookEatDelicious.com
Recipe type: Side Dish
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Yields: 48 Meatballs
Perfect with spaghetti marinara.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground Pork
- 1 lb ground Chicken
- 1 lb ground Beef
- 12 oz frozen spinach, thawed and drained
- 1 cup grated Parmesan
- 2 Eggs
- 4 tsp Basil
- 4 tsp Parsley
- 4 tsp Garlic Powder
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1½ cup Bread Crumbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Combine pork, chicken, and beef in a large bowl.
- Get your hands dirty and mix in spinach, parmesan, eggs, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes, and 1 cup of the bread crumbs.
- Combine well.
- Place the remaining ½ cup of breadcrumbs into a small bowl.
- Shape 2 tbsp of meat into a round ball and roll in the breadcrumbs.
- Place each meatball into a mini muffin tin slot.
- Bake the tray for 20 minutes.
- Serve hot.
If you want larger meatballs, shape into large enough balls to fit into a regular size muffin pan. Choose to bread or not. I did half and half for my meatballs.
Delicious!
What a great idea to use the mini muffin tin! I am rather fond of meatballs, especially home made ones.
Thanks Janice!
They look and sound tasty!
They are very tasty Pam!
I was wondering if you would like to put up a link to this nice beef recipe in my Food on Friday Series. This week the ingredient is beef.
Thanks Carole, I went ahead and added it!
That’s great. If you check back tomorrow you will find a good collection of beefy recipes.
Yum, these meatballs look fantastic! I love the idea of the mini muffin tins!
Thanks Sara! The mini muffin tin is perfect for meatballs!
I for one love meatballs, and yours look delicious.
Thanks Jo!
Your meatballs look so good! Love that they are baked.
Thanks Carol, it is just a lot easier for me to bake meatballs so that I can attend to everything else!