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Baked meatballs in tomato sauce

Name: Baked meatballs in tomato sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 g Ground beef; 1 pcs Onion (chopped); 2 pcs Garlic (cloves); 1 pcs Egg; 4 tbsp Breadcrumbs; 400 g Tomato sauce; 2 tbsp Olive oil; Basil (to taste); Salt (to taste)

Tender oven-baked meatballs in a simple homemade sauce. A dinner the whole house agrees on.

Prep

15 min

Cook

25 min

Total time

40 min

Servings

Kid-approved

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Ingredients

9 items

Instructions

5 steps

1
Mix the beef, onion, garlic, egg, breadcrumbs and salt.
2
Roll into walnut-sized balls.
3
Place on a tray, drizzle with olive oil and bake at 400 °F for 15 minutes.
4
Cover with the tomato sauce and bake 10 minutes more.
5
Finish with fresh basil.

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Notes and substitutions

Works just as well with ground chicken or turkey.

Serve with pasta or mash.

Fridge, freezer and lunchbox

How to store and reheat

Fridge: up to 3 days in a sealed container, with or without sauce.
Freezer: up to 3 months. Freeze spaced on a tray, then bag them together.
Reheat at 350 °F for 10 minutes or gently in the sauce.

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Baked meatballs in tomato sauce

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