Homemade Meatballs

Getting back to cooking weeknight dinners!

Tonight's menu: Homemade meatballs
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1 lb (16 ounces) ground beef
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp parsley (1 tsp for garnish)
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp garlic powder
1 egg
1/3 cup whole milk
1/3 cup panko breadcrumb
2 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese (more for garnish)
1/2 finely chopped red onion

1. Combine milk and breadcrumbs, let the milk soak up the breadcrumbs for 10 mins
2. Place ground beef on a cutting board and loosely break it up into small pieces (until the meat is not in strands)
3. Add salt, black pepper, oregano, 1 tsp parsley, garlic powder and mix them up with the ground beef
4. Whisk an egg in a bowl, place the meat mixture into the egg.  Quickly fold the mixture a few times to absorb the liquid evenly
5. Add milk/breakcrumbs mixture, grated cheese, and chopped red onion into the meat mixture. Quickly and gently mix until combined
6. Roll the meat mixture into golf ball size balls
7. Turn the heat on medium high, add olive oil
8. Add meatballs and cook for 7 mins, until brown (Do not flip meatballs until the sides are not pink)
9.  Turn meatballs over, cook for another 7 minutes
10. Add marinara sauce. Simmer the sauce and meatball on low heat for 25-30 mins
11. Serve meatballs on a plate, garnish with parsley and freshly grated Parmesan cheese (optional)