Meatball Nirvana
These meatballs are a compilation of many, many meatball recipes to finally achieve what I was looking for... Meatball Nirvana! Cover with your favorite red sauce and serve with pasta or in crusty garlic bread rolls.
Servings per recipe: 4
Calories per serving: 343
Preparation time: 20m
Total cooking time: 40m
Ingredients:
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Directions:
- 1 Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- 2 Place the beef into a mixing bowl, and season with salt, onion, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, oregano, red pepper flakes, hot pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce; mix well. Add the milk, Parmesan cheese, and bread crumbs. Mix until evenly blended, then form into 1 1/2-inch meatballs, and place onto a baking sheet.
- 3 Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 16.8g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 7.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 95mg | 32% |
| Sodium | 940mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 513mg | 14% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 15.3g | 5% |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.5g | 6% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Sugars | 3g | |
| Vitamin A | 391IU | |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | |
| Calcium | 142mg | |
| Iron | 7mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 7mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 43mg | |
| Folate | 36mcg |
