Name: Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 13 min
Cook time: 37 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ¼ cup Dry Breadcrumbs; ¼ cup milk; 1½ lbs Ground Beef; ½ small onion; 2 clove garlic; 1 tbsp parsley; 1 tsp oregano; 1 egg; 1 tbsp salt; ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 3½ cups marinara sauce; spaghetti

Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Recipe

Ella Gordon Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Meatballs in Marinara Sauce

Tender, juicy, and flavorful, this meatballs recipe in marinara sauce combines herbs and milk for a filling dish served over pasta.

Preparation: 13 minutes

Cooking: 37 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

¼cupdry breadcrumbs
¼cupmilk
1½lbsground beef,mixed
½smallonion
2clovesgarlic
1tbspparsley,chopped
1tsporegano,minced
1egg
1tbspsalt
¼tspfreshly ground pepper
2tbspextra-virgin olive oil
3½cupsmarinara sauce
spaghetti,cooked

Instructions

In a small bowl, soak the breadcrumbs in the milk. In a large bowl, mix the ground meat with the soaked breadcrumbs, the onion, garlic, parsley, oregano, egg, salt, and pepper.
Form the meat mixture into 4 large balls. In a deep nonstick skillet, heat olive oil. Add the meatballs and cook for about 7 minutes over moderately high heat, turning occasionally, until browned all over.
Add the marinara sauce to the skillet; cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through.
Serve over cooked spaghetti.