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Gluten Free Meatballs
Gluten Free Meatballs are every bit as delicious as their gluten stuffed sibling. Ingredients include all the usual suspects but instead of using breadcrumbs, toasted oats have been substituted, making these Meatballs Gluten Free!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 14 meatballs
Calories: 109 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef 80 / 20 blend preferably grass fed / organic
- 1 onion (large)
- 2 oz rolled oats
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp thyme
Instructions
- Remove the outer layers of the onion. Grate it into a bowl.
- In a skillet or pan, dry toast the oats. This means do not add any fat to the pan. Using a wooden spoon, move the oats around the pan to ensure even toasting. When golden brown, remove from the heat and allow to cool. Put them in a food processor to grind into a finer texture.
- Add everything, (ground beef, egg, toasted oats, cheese and herbs) but the oil, to the bowl containing the onion. Add salt and pepper, about ½ tsp each.
- Mix well together by hand or a wooden spoon. When well mixed, use a scooper ( I used a 2 ¼ inch scoop) to form balls. Use your hands to not only press them well together but to shape them too.
- In the same skillet or pan you used for the oats toasting, add the olive oil and begin to cook the Gluten Free Meatballs over an over a medium / high heat. Cook until they have a slightly crispy, brown exterior and they have an internal temperature of 160 degrees F.
- Dry them (remove the grease) on kitchen towel. They are ready to be eaten.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1meatball
Calories
109kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
4g
(1%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
0.4g
Cholesterol
35mg
(12%)
Sodium
38mg
(2%)
Potassium
121mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
0.4g
(1%)
Vitamin A
32IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
23mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 14meatballs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 109
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1meatball | |
| Calories | 109kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 35mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 38mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 121mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 0.4g | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 32IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.