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This recipe for juicy one pan meatballs is easy and a few ingredients. It's perfect for weeknights and can be served with rice, bread, pasta, or roasted potatoes!
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Juicy One Pan Meatballs

This recipe for juicy one pan meatballs is easy and a few ingredients. It's perfect for weeknights and can be served with rice, bread, pasta, or roasted potatoes!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 560kcal

Ingredients

  • Meatballs
  • 2 slices sourdough bread preferably stale
  • 2-3 tablespoon milk
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 big yellow onion grated, excess water discarded
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled and grated
  • ½ teaspoon grated fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon roasted red pepper paste
  • 3-4 cups water
  • 6-7 slices melting cheese like mozzarella

Instructions

  • Soak sourdough slices in milk and set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, mix ground beef, grated onion, garlic, fresh ginger, salt, pomegranate molasses and dried thyme with your hands until fully combined.
  • Add soaked sourdough slices to ground beef mixture and mix until everything is fully incorporated.
  • Pour olive oil in a large pan and start making the meatballs. They should be as big as a walnut. Place all the meatballs in the pan.
  • Turn the heat on and cook the meatballs for 8-10 minutes until fully cooked.
  • Take the meatballs out and add tomato paste and pepper paste to the pan. Stir for a minutes until the color is bright red.
  • Add water and bring it to simmer. Add meatballs to the sauce and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Put melting cheese on top, cover and let it simmer for another minute until the cheese is melted.
  • Serve warm with rice, bread or potatoes.

Nutrition

Calories: 560kcal