How to Make Meatless Meatballs

Name: How to Make Meatless Meatballs
Prep time: 5 h 30 min
Cook time: 5 h 30 min
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 16 servings freshly ground black pepper to taste; 118 milliliters bread crumbs; 1 Tbsp butter; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 2 eggs, divided; 1 Tbsp chopped flat-leaf (Italian) parsley, or to taste; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 118 milliliters finely chopped onion; 1 pinch dried oregano; 28 grams very finely shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; 710 milliliters pasta sauce; 118 milliliters quick-cooking oats; 1 teaspoon salt; 454 grams fresh white mushrooms, finely chopped

How to Make Meatless Meatballs requires about 5 hours and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 72 calories, 4g of protein, and 3g of fat. A mixture of salt, cayenne pepper, quick-cooking oats, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious.

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add mushrooms to the hot oil, sprinkle with salt, and cook and stir until liquid from mushrooms has evaporated. Stir butter into mushrooms, reduce heat to medium, and cook and stir mushrooms until golden brown, about 5 minutes.

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Mushrooms

Butter

Salt

Cooking Oil

Stir onion into mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent, 5 minutes.

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Mushrooms

Onion

Remove skillet from heat and stir garlic into mushroom mixture until fragrant, about 1 minute.

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Mushrooms

Garlic

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Transfer mixture to a mixing bowl.

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Mixing Bowl

Mix oats into mushroom mixture until thoroughly combined. Gently stir 1 ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into mixture.

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Parmigiano Reggiano

Mushrooms

Cheese

Oats

Add bread crumbs, 1/4 cup parsley, and 1 egg; season with salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and oregano.

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Cayenne Pepper

Black Pepper

Breadcrumbs

Oregano

Parsley

Salt

Egg

Mix together with a fork until crumbly. Stir in remaining 1 egg.

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Mixture should hold together when pressed.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours. For best flavor and texture, refrigerate overnight.

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Wrap

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Bowl

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.

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Oven

Form mixture into small meatballs using a 2-tablespoon scoop.

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Meatballs

Roll meatballs lightly between your hands until smooth, if desired; arrange meatballs on prepared baking sheet.

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Meatballs

Roll

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Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are lightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

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Meatballs

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Bring pasta sauce to a boil in a large saucepan; reduce heat to low. Gently stir meatballs into sauce until coated. Simmer meatballs in sauce until cooked through, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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Pasta Sauce