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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Onion Soup Meatballs

I love meatballs. They're like little balls of.....well, meat. And they're so good! I added some of my homemade onion soup mix to these and they turned out wonderful! You can find my onion soup mix recipe here. I served this over pasta....but you could do rice or potatoes. Easily doubled, but these fed 4 people a good sized portion with a little leftover.

Onion Soup Meatballs



1 1/2 pounds ground beef
2 tablespoons onion soup mix
½ cup milk
1 egg
½ cup breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
5 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons butter
Pasta

Combine ground beef, onion soup mix, milk, bread crumbs, egg, salt and pepper.

Mix well with your hands but don’t overdo it. Shape meat into meatballs.

Dredge in flour. (Save flour for gravy.)

Melt butter in large skillet. Brown meatballs on all sides.

Cover and cook slowly for about 20 minutes. Remove meatballs.

Increase heat and add remaining flour to make a roux. Stir until smooth.


Add:

2 cups whole milk
½ teaspoon salt

Cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Add meatballs back into skillet with gravy and heat through. Serve over cooked pasta.

Let's get going!
Let's get going!
 
Combine the meat, egg, 1/2 cup milk, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and onion soup mix.
Combine the meat, egg, 1/2 cup milk, 
breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and onion soup mix.
 
Dredge in the flour but save the flour!
Dredge in the flour but save the flour!
 
Cook the meatballs in the butter.
Cook the meatballs in the butter.
 
Brown on all sides and cover and cook for 15 - 20 minutes.
Brown on all sides and cover and 
cook for 15 - 20 minutes.
 
Remove the meatballs from the pan and turn up the heat. Add the saved flour to the drippings.
Remove the meatballs from the pan
 and turn up the heat. Add the saved 
flour to the drippings.
 
Allow the flour and butter to cook until smooth then add the milk. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
Allow the flour and butter to cook 
until smooth then add the milk. 
Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.
 
Add the meatballs into the gravy and heat through.
Add the meatballs into the 
gravy and heat through.
 
Serve over pasta, rice or potatoes!
Serve over pasta, rice or potatoes!

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