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Meatballs (Broiled, No Pork)

This seems to be the crowd favorite of different meatball recipes I've tried out. It's easy, not messy, and hasn't brought any complaints... yet.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American, Greek, Italian
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2 LBS Ground Beef 80-20% Fat You can add lamb 50/50 if you'd like to try something different and serve with a mint jelly.
  • 1/4 Cup Italian Breadcrumbs
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. Oregano
  • 1 Tbsp. Garlic Powder
  • Dash Olive Oil
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 Tbsp. Fresh Chive Very finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. Fresh Parsley If you don't have fresh parsley, just use 1 Tbsp. dried parsley.
  • 1/2 Tsp Crushed Red Pepper
  • Dash Cumin
  • 1 Tbsp. Fennel Seeds I like to crush them up, totally your call though.
  • 1/4 Cup Freshly Grated Parmesan
  • Healthy Amount Salt and Freshly Cracked Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Prep two large baking sheets lined with foil. (Saves time on cleanup). On top of the foil place two oven safe cooling racks. This will help keep the meat out of a grease puddle while cooking. Set your oven on Broil High.
  • Combine your meat, and all ingredients into a large mixing bowl. After thoroughly mixing ingredients by hand, get ready to roll some meatballs. I like to coat the palms of my hands with olive oil throughout this process to keep the meat from sticking to my hands. Roll them to whatever size you prefer and place them on top of the cooling racks.
  • On a lower middle shelf place your full baking sheets into the oven once it's reached temp. Broil for 5-8 minutes, remove from oven, and let cool. You're done, good job, enjoy!

Notes

I like cooking meatballs this way, with the cooling racks because the excess grease drips off the meat.  Plus, instead of sending a bunch of grease down your kitchen sink pipes (which causes clogs) you just wait until the grease hardens on the foil, and toss it in the garbage.  Now you just need to wash 3 items instead of scrubbing baking sheets, which sucks.
Keyword Easy Meatball Recipe, Less Greasy Meatballs, Simple Appetizers, Simple Meatball Recipe, Simple Way to Cook Meatballs