Beef / Pork

Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef) is for Dinner.

Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef) takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef) takes 45 minutes to cook.

Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef) makes 9 servings.

The ingredients for Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef) are:

16 oz Ground Beef, Meijers 96/4 extra lean ground beef
1 cup, chopped Onions, raw
2 cup Tomato Sauce
.5 cup, unpacked Brown Sugar
.5 cup Brown Rice, long grain
.5 cup Basmati Rice Medley-Trader Joe's

Seasonings- garlic powder, onion salt, celery salt, black pepper

Here is how you make Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef):

Preheat oven to 375. Combine chopped onion, uncooked brown and white rice, seasonings and extra lean ground beef. Mix well. Shape into large meatballs. Heat a frying pan with a bit of oil. Pan fry in hot pan to brown edges.While browning, add tomato sauce, 1 cup water, brown sugar and seasonings of choice (ie: some garlic salt and worchershire sauce). When meatballs are browned (turn occasionally to get all sides), turn off heat. Add a bit of sauce to the bottom of a 9"x9" pan, add the meatballs on top of sauce, then top with remaining sauce. Cook in oven for about 30 minutes or until meatballs are done.This pairs nicely with cooked rice and steamed veggies. Serving Size:?Makes 9 large meatballs (one meatball with sauce=1 serving)

The nutritional information for Porcupine Meatballs (extra lean ground beef) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 9
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 134.9

• Total Fat: 2.1 g
• Cholesterol: 28.9 mg
• Sodium: 312.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 21.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
• Protein: 12.1 g