EASY MEATBALL RECIPE

How to make meatballs in the oven:

The beauty of cooking the meatballs in an oven is that you can do a large batch all at once, which makes it TONS faster than frying small batches in a skillet. This recipe makes about 50 meatballs in less than an hour, which is a fraction of the time it would take to make that many otherwise! Here’s how to do it…

1. Line 2 baking sheets with tinfoil and set them aside.
2. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and gently mix with your hands. Just squish it all together a few times to combine it, otherwise you’ll overmix!
3. To ensure that they cook evenly, I use a cookie scoop to divide the meat into balls, and then I place them fairly close together on a foil lined cookie sheet. (They can be even closer together than these pictures show, as long as they’re not touching.) As long as they are all the same size, it doesn’t matter how big or small they are!
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-14 minutes, depending on the size. Be sure to check for doneness. Serve hot with your favorite sauce.

If you’re wanting to freeze these meatballs, allow them to cool completely on the baking sheets. Once they’ve cooled, scrape the fat away from the meatballs and seal tightly in a freezer safe bag or air tight container and place in the freezer.

We love eating these meatballs in soups and pastas, but they’re just as good on their own dipped in a sauce! I’m glad we have such a big batch in the freezer, because we go through them pretty fast!

Basic Meatball Recipe

This Homemade Meatball recipe is way better than store bought, and easy too - they take minutes to put together! Made from ground beef mixed with parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, milk, and eggs. These ground beef meatballs are perfect alone or mixed in with pasta!

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Homemade Meatballs

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 50 meatballs

Calories 57 kcal

Author Lil Luna Contributor

INGREDIENTS

• 2 lbs ground beef I use 85/15
• 2 eggs
• 1 c milk
• 2 TB grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 c plain breadcrumbs
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets (baking pans will work if you don't have rimmed cookie sheets) with foil and set aside.
2. Place all ingredients into a large bowl and gently mix together with your hands, careful not to overmix. Just squish it all together a few times to combine.
3. Using a cookie scoop or your hands, divide meat mixture into desired size meatballs. As long as they are uniform, they can be as large or small as you like.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-14 minutes, depending on the size. Be sure to check for doneness. Serve hot with your favorite sauce.
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RECIPE NOTES

• TO FREEZE: Allow meatballs to cool completely on the baking sheets. Once cool, scrape the fat away from the meatballs and seal tightly in a freezer safe bag or air tight container and place in the freezer.
• When you're ready to use them, defrost them in your fridge, or put the frozen meatballs right into a soup or sauce. *Note, for cream based sauces, defrost the meatballs completely before adding.