Beef / Pork

Meatballs Avgolemono takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Meatballs Avgolemono takes 30 minutes to cook.

Meatballs Avgolemono makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Meatballs Avgolemono are:

1 lb of ground beef
1/2 c rice (measure it uncooked)
1 egg
1/2 onion, finely chopped,
2 T Fresh oregano, chopped
2 T fresh parsley
Salt and pepper, to taste
3 c beef broth

For the sauce
2 eggs
Juice of 2 lemons

Here is how you make Meatballs Avgolemono:

Mix ground beef, rice, egg & onion together, and mold into round 1 inch balls. Pour the beef broth into a large pot and add the meatballs in it carefully. Let them cook for about 20 minutes. Remove the meatballs, and strain the broth. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with a mixer and slowly, while beating, add the lemon juice ensuring that the sauce doesn't curdle. With a ladle, take some of the juice from the meatball pot, add to the sauce, all the time mixing. Keep doing this until all the juice has been mixed in the sauce. Empty all the sauce on top of the meatballs and serve with some sprinkled parsley.Makes 6 very generous servings.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PSWAP57.

The nutritional information for Meatballs Avgolemono is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 269.8

• Total Fat: 18.5 g
• Cholesterol: 163.0 mg
• Sodium: 475.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 6.2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
• Protein: 18.4 g