How to Make Meatballs

Take meatball night to the next level with these great ingredients!

All Natural Ground Beef:
Minced Garlic In Water:
The Spice Lab Himalayan Salt:
Oregano Medium Cut Organic:
Extra Virgin Olive Oil:

You don't have to be a top chef to make meatballs. Just follow the steps in this recipe, and you'll have the perfect pasta accompaniment in no time.

Step 1: Beat egg
Lightly beat the egg.

Step 2: Make bread crumbs
Tear the roll into pieces and pulse it in the food processor until you have fine breadcrumbs. Then toss them in the bowl with 1/3 cup water.

Tip
Substitute bread crumbs if you prefer.

Step 3: Add ingredients
Add the ground beef, egg, 1 teaspoon of the garlic, 2 teaspoons salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 3/4 teaspoon of the oregano, mixing until everything is combined. Then form the mixture into meatballs.

Step 4: Brown meatballs
Heat the oil in a heavy pot over medium-high heat, swirling it around to coat the pot. Then add the meatballs, cooking them until they're browned, and turning them occasionally.

Step 5: Make sauce
Break up the whole tomatoes and add them, with the crushed tomatoes, to the pot. Add the remaining garlic and oregano, along with a pinch of sugar, and season the sauce with salt and pepper.

Step 6: Cook meatballs and sauce
Bring the sauce to a boil, and then reduce the heat for a rapid simmer. Cook the meatballs in the sauce for 15 minutes, until they're cooked through. Enjoy over the pasta of your choice.

Did You Know?
According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, over a 20-year period, the average portion size for spaghetti and meatballs went from 1 cup spaghetti with sauce and three small meatballs to 2 cups spaghetti with sauce and three large meatballs -- a difference of 525 calories.

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Take meatball night to the next level with these great ingredients!

All Natural Ground Beef:
Minced Garlic In Water:
The Spice Lab Himalayan Salt:
Oregano Medium Cut Organic:
Extra Virgin Olive Oil:

[brandon]

I turned my oven on 9 years ago, I'm still waiting for when to turn it off...

[injusticeanywherethreatens]

"Preheat your oven to 400 degrees"
*Proceeds to not even use the oven*

[BCEspinoza]

Another trick for the bread crumbs would be to lightly toast two slices of bread and then placed the toasted slices in the blender. I hope this helps someone. Happy cooking!

[hightowerone]

Should I go outside and crank my lawn mower and leave it running?

[desibrown]

Meatballs came out kinda weird shaped. Maybe I needed to pre heat my oven

[MacyHarrell]

That desert dry pasta just breaks my heart

[vcdep]

Man I made these and they came out awesome!!! Thank god I pre heated my oven before I cooked em in the pan or else idk how they woulda turned out!!!

[QueenLakesha]

I just finished making this. I used Italian style bread crumbs and its delicious!👌🏾👍🏾

[nostromo]

I just made this without pepper, sugar and oregano, just salt and egg and an in store meatball sauce, omg it's amazing thank you for showing me how to make these, gonna get the rest of the ingredients for next time I'm sure they'l be just as good or better

[reynaespinoza]

I watched this video about 5 times to see why I need to turn on the oven. Good instructions for the meatballs, though!

[philc]

OK...my oven is on.  When do I turn it off?  

[losjakpros]

I made it exactly how you did it except the food processor. thankyou my family loved it

[mattp]

These came out amazingballs!!! I used my Meatball Maker from Bakenfry and made them perfectly shaped. Also we ate them and I stuck the other half in the freezer. It was a big hit!

[philliplewis]

Why preheat the oven? At no point in this video was the oven used.

[jujujijijaja]

Came for the comments about the oven... was not disappointed

[alucard]

taking aside the oven thing, the dish is coming out great, thanks for the video

[Antes]

I am from Bulgaria that's a traditional dish that is served in every home we love to grill or bake them parzhem garnish with salad or fries easily make even a small child would have done :)

[EbolaSandwich]

@Rebldoomer
I guess because he said 0:43 "Preheat your oven to 400 degrees..while it's heating, lightly beat the egg", then he never put anything IN the oven, or even mentioned it again after that. And that was the OVEN temp he turns to 400, not the burner. "And one final step...TURN OFF THE OVEN! YOU'LL BURN THE HOUSE DOWN!" LOL

[Nixie]

Haha! You're awesome.

Well, it's been 5 months, I'd say give it a little more, just to be safe.