Porcupine Meatballs Recipe
My mother's recipe for old fashioned meatballs with raw rice cooked in them. The meatballs are browned, then simmered in the oven in a tomato sauce that makes them tender and flavorful. The rice cooks and sticks out of the meatballs giving them a "porcupine" effect. Kids love them!
Prep time: | American |
Cook time: | Servings: 8 |
Goes Well With: green vegetable
Ingredients
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Directions
- Mix meat, rice, onion, salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons tomato sauce together.
- Form into firm balls 1 1/2inches in diameter. Brown in hot skillet in small amount of fat. Remove meatballs when brown.
- Mix tomato sauce, water, and basil together. Pour sauce mixture over the meatballs that have been put in an oven-safe casserole dish.
- Cover with foil and bake one hour at 350 degrees.