Baked Meatballs

Baked Meatballs

By Raven Chelanee, on May 10th, 2012, Italian, Meat

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

• Prep time: 20 mins
• Cook time: 20 mins
• Total time: 40 mins
• Yields: 48 Meatballs
• 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

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.

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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!