Easy Baked Meatballs

These easy baked meatballs are so tender and flavorful! They go great on pasta or on a sandwich.

Meatballs are a great way to stretch a pound of meat to feed many people. This recipe makes 24 meatballs with one pound of meat. You could easily make 6 large meatball sandwiches or 6 large servings of spaghetti with meatballs.

The key to a good meatball is to not over mix them, to not overcook them and when rolling them into a ball to not over pack them. Otherwise, they are tough, dense, and dry which nobody wants that!

If you wanted to you could skip the spaghetti sauce and cook the meatballs by themselves or you could cook them in your favorite barbecue sauce. If you cooked them by themselves, you could easily freeze them to use for a quick meal another time! You can double the recipe, so you have some to eat fresh and some extra to freeze for later.

Ingredients

• Ground Beef
• Egg
• Breadcrumbs
• Onion
• Parmesan Cheese
• Italian Seasoning
• Salt
• Spaghetti Sauce

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Peel and finely chop the onion.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, add the ground beef, egg, breadcrumbs, chopped onion, parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, and salt.

• Using your hands, mix everything together until just combined.

• Using a tablespoon, scoop out a tablespoon full of the mixture and roll it into a ball. Do this until you have used up all the meat. You should end up with about 24 meatballs. Set the meatballs aside.
• In a 10-inch round cast iron pan, pour the spaghetti sauce into the bottom of the pan and spread it out evenly.

• Add the meatballs to the sauce in a single layer and evenly spaced apart.

• Baked for 15-18 minutes or until the internal temperature is 150 degrees.
• Serve with pasta or on a sandwich.