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Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, porcupine meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Buy Groceries at Amazon & Save. Porcupine meatballs have been a family staple since the Great Depression (and even before that!). They're called porcupine meatballs because the rice pokes out of the meat while they're cooking, resembling the spiky animal. What goes well with this recipe?
Porcupine Meatballs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Porcupine Meatballs is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook porcupine meatballs using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Porcupine Meatballs:
- Prepare Meatballs
- Prepare 1/2 C Long Grain Rice, uncooked
- Take 1/2 C Water
- Take 1 Medium White Onion, chopped
- Get 1 tsp Sea Salt
- Take 1/2 tsp Celery Seed
- Make ready 1/8 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- Prepare 1 pound Ground Beef
- Get 2 Tblsp Cooking Oil
- Get Sauce
- Prepare 15 oz can Tomato Sauce
- Prepare 1 C water
- Get 2 Tblsp Light Brown Sugar
- Get 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
Porcupine meatballs are an old-fashioned favorite, developed during the depression to stretch the amount of ground meat. They are so-named because once cooked the rice sticks out of the meatball looking a bit like porcupine quills. At this point, the meatballs should be cooked through and the rice inside the meatballs should be tender. These porcupine meatballs are well seasoned with McCormick spices to bring out amazing flavor.
Steps to make Porcupine Meatballs:
- In a large mixing bowl: ground beef, 1/2 C water, onion, salt celery seed, black pepper, and garlic powder. Combine with hands until blended.
- Heat oil in large frying pan. I love using my cast iron skillet, or chicken fryer.
- Form 1 1/2 inch meatballs and place in heated skillet. As balls brown roll them in the skillet to cook evenly. Drain grease in container safe for hot grease.
- While meatballs are cooking mix sauce in a large mixing bowl: can tomato sauce, 1 cup water, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce.
- Once meatballs have been gently browned and firmed up pour sauce directly over meatballs in the skillet. Heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer gently about one hour. Checking to make sure they heat evenly. Don't cut the time or the rice will be under cooked.
- Serve meatballs with sauce. I like to have mine with mashed potatoes and a vegetable.
At this point, the meatballs should be cooked through and the rice inside the meatballs should be tender. These porcupine meatballs are well seasoned with McCormick spices to bring out amazing flavor. The rice in the meatball which give it the porcupine name add such a delicious texture. They simmer in a rich tomato sauce and cook to perfection. These are some of the best little meatballs that you are going to eat.
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