daddy's sunday night meat balls

Jacksonville, FL
Updated on Oct 29, 2011

I have many fond memories of making these meat balls with my father as a child. A great big mess and a lot of fun.

prep time 10 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Pan Fry
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound ground chuck
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, extra virgin
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 1/4 cups bread crumb, plain
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons basil, dried
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground sage
  • 1/2 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano

How To Make daddy's sunday night meat balls

  • Step 1
    Method: 1-Heat your tomato sauce in preparation to making meat balls. Use your own favorite sauce recipe, your favorite canned/jarred brand or try my marinara recipe. 2-In a large skillet add your olive oil over medium heat. 3-In a large mixing bowl mix up all the rest of the ingredients until completely incorporated. 4-Roll your out meat balls from your mixture. Meat balls should be about inch and a half balls. 5-Once oil in pan is at smoking temperature, lay your balls out in the pan. Brown on one side and rotate. Keep rotating until all sides are browned. 6-At this point the balls are only about 3/4 the way cooked. Pour your hot pasta sauce over your balls and cook covered for 5-10 minutes until you are ready to serve. And there it is.... my best recipe for meat balls. I served it over tri-colored pasta and garnished with some parm.

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Category: Beef
Culture: Italian
Keyword: #meat
Keyword: #balls
Keyword: #Meatballs
Keyword: #pan
Keyword: #Fried
Ingredient: Beef
Method: Pan Fry

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