Meatballs, a delectable culinary creation enjoyed worldwide, can be traced back centuries, with variations found in diverse cuisines. These tender, succulent spheres of ground meat, herbs, and spices offer a symphony of flavors and textures, perfect for any occasion. Whether simmering in rich sauces, gracing hearty sandwiches, or served as party appetizers, meatballs have earned their place as a beloved comfort food.
This article presents a curated collection of the best oven-baked meatball recipes, each offering a unique twist on this classic dish. From the classic Italian polpettes to the tantalizing Swedish meatballs, from the exotic Moroccan kefta to the piquant Mexican albondigas, these recipes showcase the versatility and global appeal of meatballs.
With detailed instructions and helpful tips, these recipes guide you effortlessly through the process of crafting perfect meatballs. Discover the secrets of achieving a tender, juicy interior and a golden-brown, crispy exterior. Learn how to balance herbs and spices to create harmonious flavor profiles that tantalize the taste buds.
Whether you're a seasoned home cook or just starting your culinary journey, these recipes offer a range of options to suit your skill level and preferences. Indulge in the rich, hearty flavors of traditional beef meatballs, or explore lighter options made with ground turkey or chicken. Vegetarian and vegan alternatives, featuring plant-based proteins like lentils or tofu, provide delicious meatless variations.
So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and embark on a culinary adventure that will leave your taste buds craving more. Let these oven-baked meatball recipes transport you to a world of culinary delight, where every bite is a celebration of taste and texture.
ITALIAN BAKED MEATBALLS
This recipe makes the most tender and tasty meatballs. I also freeze these meatballs and take out how many servings I need for each meal. If cooking in sauce, add baked meatballs 20 minutes before serving time.
Provided by Dawn Fronius
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix bread crumbs, Romano cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder together. Combine with water and eggs. Add ground beef and mix well. Roll mixture into balls and place on a nonstick baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 343 calories, Carbohydrate 14.1 g, Cholesterol 135.2 mg, Fat 20.4 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 24.4 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 611.7 mg, Sugar 1 g
BAKED MEATBALLS
For a no-fry, homemade dinner, try Alton Brown's Baked Meatballs recipe, made with a mixture of three different meats and spinach.
Provided by Alton Brown
Time 40m
Yield 20 meatballs, 4 to 5 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the pork, lamb, ground round, spinach, cheese, egg, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes, and 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs. Using your hands, mix all ingredients until well incorporated. Use immediately or place in refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
- Place the remaining 1/4 cup of bread crumbs into a small bowl. Using a scale, weigh meatballs into 1.5-ounce portions and place on a sheet pan. Using your hands, shape the meatballs into rounds, roll in the bread crumbs and place the meatballs in individual, miniature muffin tin cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
THE BEST BAKED MEATBALLS
Are you ready for the best baked meatballs out there? Crispy on the outside, juicy and flavorful on the inside, these oven baked meatballs are sure to quickly become a fan favorite! You won't be able to eat just one.
Provided by Rachel Farnsworth
Categories Main Course Main Dish
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 pan or baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly until ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Shape into 1 to 1.5 inch balls. Whatever size you choose, they should all be roughly the same size for even cooking.
- Bake for 25 -30 minutes. Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 meatball, Calories 88 kcal, Carbohydrate 3 g, Protein 5 g, Fat 5 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Cholesterol 18 mg, Sodium 220 mg
TASTY BAKED MEATBALLS
After tasting these little gems my husband said, 'These are tasty!' They're great as finger food, or pair with a sauce and serve over pasta for a meal.
Provided by Julie62
Categories Main Dish Recipes Meatball Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with aluminum foil and lightly grease.
- Mix together the ground beef, bread crumbs, cream of mushroom soup, eggs, Parmesan cheese, and onion soup mix. Shape the mixture into balls about the size of a golf ball. Arrange on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 613.8 calories, Carbohydrate 26 g, Cholesterol 233.8 mg, Fat 34.5 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 47.1 g, SaturatedFat 12.8 g, Sodium 1147.3 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
OVEN MEATBALLS
This sweet sauce is great any night of the week! My kids love it! Great served with rice or potatoes.
Provided by Melissa
Categories Main Dish Recipes Meatball Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish and set aside.
- Form ground beef into 20 meatballs. Brown them on all sides in a large skillet over medium heat, about 15 minutes.
- Whisk together the ketchup, cornstarch, water, sugar, vinegar, dry mustard, salt, and soy sauce in a bowl until the sugar is dissolved and the cornstarch is smooth.
- Place the browned meatballs in the prepared baking dish, and pour the sauce over them. Bake 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the sauce is thickened and the meatballs are cooked through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 402.2 calories, Carbohydrate 28.3 g, Cholesterol 83.5 mg, Fat 21.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 23.6 g, SaturatedFat 8.3 g, Sodium 1237.4 mg, Sugar 25.6 g
BAKED CHICKEN MEATBALLS
My family loves these chicken meatballs, so they're on the menu often. They're wonderful as an appetizer or when we're watching the game, but I love to turn them into easy dinner options as well. -Haley Herridge, Columbus, Indiana
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Add chicken; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place meatballs on a greased rack in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until cooked through, 20-25 minutes. If desired, top with additional chopped fresh parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 326 calories, Fat 20g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 129mg cholesterol, Sodium 647mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 25g protein.
EASY OVEN MEATBALLS
I never could get the hang of making spaghetti and meatballs without it becoming spaghetti with meat sauce. Every time I tried to cook meatballs in a frying pan they just crumbled into bits. It was embarrassing. I was so glad when my Dad showed me how to do this. This is a simple recipe for making meatballs in the oven, and a few ideas how to use them. Once baked, you can freeze the meatballs individually on a cookie sheet, then toss into freezer bags for later use. Just pull out whatever amount you'll need to feed the crew. Don't be scared about the lengthy instructions. The end bits are ideas for using the finished meatballs. And you know how I like to ramble ;-)
Provided by ThatBobbieGirl
Categories Meat
Time 50m
Yield 96 meatballs
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Combine milk, onion, eggs and salt.
- Stir in bread crumbs and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Crumble in the ground meat, and mix thoroughly with your hands.
- Threaten to touch someone with your gross meat-covered hands (optional).
- Shape into 8 dozen small meatballs 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Place on baking pans and bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until done- if you're not sure, cut one in half to check.
- If you don't have enough oven space or baking pans to bake all of this at once, please put the remaining raw meat mixture in the refrigerator until you can bake it.
- Let's be careful out there.
- Of course, using lean meat is the healthiest, but if the meat you're using is particularly fatty, I have found that baking the meatballs on a rack placed over a broiler pan or other shallow pan will allow most of the fat to drip away.
- If you do this, it's best to put a little water in the bottom of the pan or the fat may start to smoke.
- I do this in the oven, not the broiler.
- If you do try broiling meatballs, let me know how it turns out, for you are braver than I.
- MEATBALLS TO DIE FOR- This is an idea my husband came up with.
- Put your already baked meatballs in a baking dish.
- The more shallow the pan, the shorter time this will need to bake.
- Now, take a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a can of cream of shrimp soup.
- Mix them together, and add about 1/2 cup milk, just enough to let you mix it smoothly.
- Pour the soup mixture over the meatballs evenly.
- Bake this at 350 for about an hour.
- You want the sauce to get real thick and rich.
- We usually serve this over rice, but it can go over noodles or mashed potatoes, or on bread or a roll for a hot sandwich.
- I have also made it in a crockpot, cooking it on low for about 8 hours.
- Cooking on high turns this to mush.
- Still tastes good, but not pretty for serving to guests.
- This dish has been taken to many potlucks and served to guests numerous times, and there has never once been any leftovers-- so I can't say how it tastes re-heated!
- OTHER IDEAS Of course, it goes without saying (but I sometimes tend to state the obvious) that these are a perfectly easy way to make spaghetti and meatballs.
- Make your sauce (or open the jar) and gently heat the meatballs with the sauce.
- Using that same sauce, or using pizza sauce, or barbecue sauce, serve the meatballs on Hoagie/Submarine/Poorboy/Grinder8Ô (Insert Appropriate Regional Term Here) Rolls, with sauce and cheese of your choice.
- Heat in a sweet and sour sauce and serve on toothpicks as hors d'oerve (horse doovers?) or over steamed rice.
- A friend of mine used to make a simple barbecue sauce by mixing a jar of currant jelly with a bottle of chili sauce.
- Warm meatballs in this mixture, or use my Bobbie-Q Sauce recipe, and serve over in sandwich rolls, or over hot cooked rice, potatoes or noodles.
- On a hors d'oerve buffet, you can serve plain hot meatballs with an assortment of sauces for dipping.
- Provide toothpicks and small plates.
- As you can see, Easy Oven Meatballs in your freezer mean quick and easy meals!
- You'll come up with plenty more ideas to use these versatile, mildly seasoned morsels.
Tips:
- Use a combination of ground beef and pork. This will give your meatballs a more flavorful and juicy texture.
- Don't overmix the meatball mixture. Overmixing will make the meatballs tough.
- Grate the Parmesan cheese fresh. This will give your meatballs a more intense Parmesan flavor.
- Use panko breadcrumbs. Panko breadcrumbs will help to keep your meatballs moist and tender.
- Bake the meatballs at a high temperature. This will help to create a crispy crust on the outside of the meatballs.
Conclusion:
These oven-baked meatballs are a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer or main course. They can be served with a variety of sauces, such as tomato sauce, marinara sauce, or Alfredo sauce. They are also great for parties and potlucks. So next time you're looking for a tasty and satisfying meal, give these oven-baked meatballs a try!
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