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Easy Baked Porcupine Meatballs
These porcupine meatballs use everyday ingredients, come together fast, freeze well, and are great for making ahead!
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 324 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
- 1 egg
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- pepper to taste
Sauce:
- 2 (14 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon (packed) brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F and move the rack to the middle position.
- Add the meatball ingredients to a large prep bowl and mix together with your hands. Form approximately 20 1.5" meatballs and add them as you go along to a 9x13 baking dish.
- Add the sauce ingredients to a medium bowl and stir together. Pour the sauce over the meatballs.
- Cover the baking dish and bake for 1 hour. Make sure the foil/seal is tight or the rice won't cook properly. If you find the rice isn't cooked after an hour, simply pop it back in the oven until the rice has softened.
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Notes
- The sugar helps take the acidic edge off the canned tomato sauce - it's optional but recommended.
- I don't necessarily recommend using brown rice since it takes longer to cook (up to 2 hours and you may need to add more liquid to the sauce). You could pre-cook the brown rice and then add it into to the meatballs.
- Meatballs are safe to eat at 160F internal temperature.
- Feeds 4-6.
Nutrition Information
Calories
324kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
34g
(11%)
Protein
31g
(62%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
111mg
(37%)
Sodium
1680mg
(70%)
Potassium
1210mg
(35%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
11g
(22%)
Vitamin A
928IU
(19%)
Vitamin C
20mg
(22%)
Calcium
69mg
(7%)
Iron
6mg
(33%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 324
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 324kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 34g | 11% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 111mg | 37% |
| Sodium | 1680mg | 70% |
| Potassium | 1210mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 928IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 20mg | 22% |
| Calcium | 69mg | 7% |
| Iron | 6mg | 33% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.