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Both methods produce a lighter tasting meatball; still meaty enough to satisfy the dedicated carnivore but not so meaty they overwhelm. Let your taste buds or your. Nothing better than Meatballs unless they are double cheese meatballs. This recipe can be made two ways, the perfect main dish, cooked in a simple tomato sauce or baked and served as an appetizer.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce:
- Make ready Meatballs (makes 12 medium sized meatballs)
- Get 1 lbs ground Italian sausage meat (casings removed)
- Make ready 3/4 cup panko (plus 1/8 cup for coating)
- Get 1/2 cup milk
- Get 1 egg
- Get 1/4 cup minced green onion (both green and white parts)
- Take 1/3 cup minced parsley or cilantro stems (reserve leaves for garnish)
- Take 1 tsp onion powder
- Make ready 1 tsp garlic powder
- Get Salt and pepper
- Make ready Easy Marinara Sauce
- Take 1 tsp avocado oil (or other similar neutral oil) for frying
- Prepare 1 tbsp minced onion
- Take 1 tsp minced garlic
- Take 1/2 tsp tomato paste
- Take 1 anchovy, diced and crushed in salt
- Take 1 Jar marinara sauce
- Prepare 1 tsp Italian spice mix (or oregano)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chili flakes
- Get 1 bunch baby spinach, chopped
To make the brown sauce, place the brown sugar, flour, water, vinegar, and soy sauce into a medium pot. How to Cook Meatballs in Sauce Cooking meatballs in sauce couldn't be simpler. Be sure to stir the meatball sauce occasionally so the bottom doesn't burn and the flavors develop. For the tomato sauce: In a large pot, heat the extra-virgin olive oil and cook the onions until translucent.
Instructions to make Meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce:
- Make the meatballs mixture: soak the panko in the milk for 30 minutes. While doing that, see steps below for making marinara.
- After the panko has soaked, add all other ingredients. Mix thoroughly by hand. Divide into 12 smooth balls (smaller than a pool ball, larger than a golf ball) and line them up on parchment paper on a baking sheet/cutting board. Roll 6 balls in leftover panko.
- Fill 6 spots of a muffin tin with 1 tsp of oil; let the tin heat up in an oven at 350 degrees for 10 mins. Carefully remove the tin, and add the panko crusted meatballs. Add the other 6 meatballs carefully into the sauce you’ve been simmering (instructions below).
- Saute onions and garlic. Add tomato paste and anchovy, cook it up. Add all other ingredients except for spinach. Let simmer for at least 1/2 hour. Add spinach at the end.
Be sure to stir the meatball sauce occasionally so the bottom doesn't burn and the flavors develop. For the tomato sauce: In a large pot, heat the extra-virgin olive oil and cook the onions until translucent. Add the tomato puree and bring to a boil. Add the salt, and pepper, to taste and lower. While the meatballs are baking in the oven, make the tomato sauce.
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