Mom's Meatball Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Cracked Sea Salt We have Himalayan pink sea salt in our grinder but Kosher salt works too!
- 2 lb Ground hamburger We like an 80-20 lean to fat ratio for this recipe.
- 1 tsp Cracked Black Pepper
- 1 lb Ground pork (or finely ground sausage)
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Cloves of Garlic
- 1 Medium onion Finely chopped
- 1 cup Bread crumbs These could be store-bought or homemade, by grinding up a stale loaf of bread in your house!
- ½ cup Soy Milk (or other milk of choice)
- ½ cup Ketchup
Spices:
- 1 tsp Oregano Fresh [finely chopped] or ground
- 1 tsp Parsley Fresh [finely chopped] or ground
- 1 tsp Basil Fresh [finely chopped] or ground
- 1 tsp Italian Spice mix (no salt added)
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (optional but a great addition!)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350*.
- In a large metal bowl or stand mixer, start by combining the hamburger and pork with the wet ingredients (milk [we like soy milk for this application], ketchup, and eggs), then gradually add spices, breadcrumbs, and veggies (onions and garlic) and stir/mix until fully combined and the mixture sticks together.
- On a foil lined baking sheet, form the meatballs by scooping out rounded teaspoons and rolling them into balls in your hands. Don't worry about spacing these close together as they don't spread out like cookies do.
- Bake the meatballs for about 30 minutes in a 350*F oven (baking times may vary by 5-10 minutes higher or lower depending on where you are and your oven settings). Meatballs are baked through when you can cut one open and there's no longer any pink in the middle, or the internal temperature when probed with a thermometer has reached 145*F.
- Serve this with pasta and sauce, on subs, crumbled into eggs, and much more! Enjoy 🙌