Make-Ahead Italian Meatballs

Make-Ahead Italian Meatballs
The recipe Make-Ahead Italian Meatballs could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in around 30 minutes. One serving contains 42 calories, 4g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe serves 30. If you have ground beef, bread crumbs, pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

1
Heat oven to 400ºF.
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2
Mix ground beef, onion, bread crumbs, milk, egg, salt and pepper. Shape mixture into thirty 1-inch balls.
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3
Place in ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches.
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4
Bake uncovered about 15 minutes or until no longer pink in center and juice is clear. (To serve immediately, continue as directed in step 5--except decrease simmer time to 15 minutes.)
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5
Place meatballs on ungreased cookie sheet. Freeze uncovered about 20 minutes or until firm.
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6
Place partially frozen meatballs in heavy plastic bag or freezer container. Seal, label and freeze no longer than 3 months.
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7
About 25 minutes before serving, mix chili sauce, water, pasta sauce and mustard in 2-quart saucepan.
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8
Add meatballs.
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Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until meatballs are hot.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In30 m.
Servings30
Health Score1
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