Homemade Meatballs

A big thank you to Brandi over at Silver Pencils for this recipe for homemade meatballs!  After seeing this on her blog and knew that I wanted to give it a shot.

Ingredients:

-1 lb Ground Beef (I used ground sirloin)

-1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese, grated

-1 Egg

-1.5 teaspoon Basil

-1.5 teaspoon Parsley

-1 teaspoon Garlic Powder

-1 teaspoon Kosher Salt

-1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper

-3/4 cup Panko Bread Crumbs (1/4 cup to mix into meatball, 1/2 cup to roll meatballs in)

In a bowl mix together the beef, cheese, egg, basil, parsley, garlic powder, salt, red pepper flakes and 1/4 cup of the Panko bread crumbs.  Once the meatball mixture was created, I molded into little sections and placed on wax paper.

You'll notice that they vary in sizes, which was not done on purpose.  I was trying to eye ball the 1.5 ounce portions that are suggested, but then realized that I had more than the 24 that could bake at one time in my mini muffin tin.  I didn't want to do two sets, so I started to combine them to get down to 24.

After you have portioned out all of the meatballs, it's time to roll them in the bowl containing the other 1/2 cup of Panko crumbs and place them into a mini muffin pan.

Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.  I always fear that my parents older stove cooks differently than the stove we had in our apartment, so be sure to check the inside of the meatballs before serving.

I opted to make meatball subs with toasted wheat rolls, some heated marinara sauce and topping with Parmesan cheese.  

These meatballs were very easy to make and taste so good!  I will definitely be making these again, possibly for our next pasta night.