How do you cook meatballs?

me ^ | 11-13-06

[LouAvul]

How do you cook meatballs?

I googled some recipes that broil them.

Also they fry them in sauce. But I thought if you fry them (boiled them?) in sauce, the meat gets done but not brown?

Can you just fry them in a skillet with a little oil? Or will they not get done that way?

thanx

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Brown them in some olive oil and drain. Put them in a crockpot and pour the sauce over the meatballs. You can leave them on low head for several hours. Here's a great tip for Thanksgiving dinner.....Make your mashed pototes and keep them warm in your crockpot on low. It leaves you free to take care of other last minute tasks instead of mashing pototoes.

[rawcatslyentist]

5 minute spaghetti

Dump 2 or 3 frozen meatballs in a plastic bowl, add one pack of ramen noodles. Nuke for 4-5 mins drain and cover with premade Spag sauce, maybe some parmesian cheeseian, and a couple of olives.

[smalltownslick]

If you use a liberal splash of Italian wine

Oh my, liberal splashes, wrapping your spices in a Muslim....what next? :) Maybe we can get rid of all the evil by cooking it away.

[McGavin999]

wrapping your spices in a Muslim

Good Lord, do you wash him first?

[djf]

1 lb Ground Beef (the leaner the better)
1 egg
About 2 oz Ritz crackers
1 small sweet onion
A1 steak sauce (to taste)
Olive oil
Oregeno (to taste)

Let ground beef warm up to almost room temp. Chop onion. Wisk egg briskly. Crush up Ritz crackers very fine (use rolling pin if necessary). Add crackers to egg and ground beef. Start frying pan with about a tsp of olive oil on medium heat.

Work meat, crackers and egg into a consistent mix. Let set for a few minutes. Add onions, oregeno, whatever spices to taste. (Hint: usually when I'm cooking, I split the mix and spice half one way and the other half with something else).

Form into meatball shape and brown them lightly. When they are pretty uniformly brown on the outside, take them out and set them on paper towels for a few minutes.

They should now be ready to add to the sauce.

Enjoy!

[Oorang]

I put fennel, garlic, basil and whatever in a piece of muslim and float it while cooking the sauce

A piece of muslim? Male? Female? Doesn't it make for an awfully greasy sauce?

[Spunky]

"How do you cook meatballs?"

Not sure if you are looking for something different to do with them or not. But if you are here is what my daughter who has teen age kids who LOVE them this way does them.

Frozen meatballs put in slow cooker. Pour in a jar of chili sauce, then a jar of grape jelly. Cook all day on low. It gives them a sweet/sour effect. She then puts them over rice.

[lawnguy]

I love Freeper food threads. Conservatives love to eat ;)

[djf]

Make your mashed pototes and keep them warm in your crockpot on low. It leaves you free to take care of other last minute tasks instead of mashing pototoes.


Oooh... I like that idea!!!

[Spunky]

"This is going to sound strange, but I read somewhere long ago, that the secret to a great sauce is adding 2 Tbsp. of grape jelly instead of sugar."

"Just thought I'd throw it out there. I've never mustered up the courage to try it myself! LOL"

I just posted a reciept at posting #67 using grape jelly, then I started reading this thread and saw your posting. Go there and read the recipe. Her teenage kids 2 boys and a girl really love them this way.

[mplsconservative]

I love Freeper food threads. Conservatives love to eat ;)

Not only that, we love to cook!

C'mon over to Hungarian Gypsy's Freeper Kitchen Thanksgiving thread.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1737577/posts

[mplsconservative]

Please allow me to try that again. Hee-hee.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1737577/posts

[mplsconservative]

Thanks Spunky. I WILL have to try that now! I'm not sure my 4th grade son will be up to it, but that will mean more for me. LOL

[al baby]

I always use something called miss dasher

[JockoManning]

At a potluck once someone brought Lil Smokies in a grape jelly sweet and sour sauce. Was very good.

[gentlearts]

I brown them in a 375 degree oven on a non stick pan. Then I slide them, and any good gook on the pan, into the sauce.

[carlo3b]

Italian Meat Balls 2 T pure olive oil
1 med. egg, beaten
1 cup grated fresh Italian Romano cheese
1/2 cup Italian Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
3/4 cup Italian bread crumbs, or regular bread crumbs with 1 ts. Italian seasoning
3-4 T fresh Italian Parsley, chopped
3 med. cloves garlic, minced, or 1 tsp. granulated garlic
1 T oregano
1/2 cup whole milk
1 1/4 lb lean ground beef
3/4 lb ground sausage or pork
1/4 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
Salt to taste

SAUCE
3/4 cup chopped onion
5 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup olive oil
2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 bay leaf
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1. In a large bowl, combine ground meats, bread crumbs, parsley, Parmesan, Romano, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, oregano, garlic and beaten egg. Mix well and form into balls. Store, covered, in refrigerator until needed.
2. In a large saucepan over medium heat, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent. Stir in tomatoes, salt, sugar and bay leaf. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 90 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, basil, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and meatballs and simmer 30 minutes more. Serve.
 

[metmom]

I make homemade ones and place them on the broiler pan and BAKE them in the oven: 350 for 30 mins. The broiler pan is only to catch all the extra fat that runs off so their not greasy. Then I put them in the sauce.

[metmom]

And I line both sections of the broiler pan with aluminum foil to make clean up easier. Put slits in the foil where the lits are in the top part of the broiler pan to let the fat drain.

[metmom]

There's really a food ping list? Put me on please!