Pizza Meatballs

Pizza Meatballs

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
  • Yield: 4dozen

    • About This Recipe

    “A very easy recipe from “Taste of Home”. Each meatball is stuffed with a cube of mozarella cheese. Kids love these! I usually brown them the day before I serve them and put on low in the crockpot for several hours with the pizza sauce.”

    Ingredients

  • 2lbsground beef
  • 2cupsItalian seasoned breadcrumbs
  • 1cupmilk
  • 1/4 cupdried onion flakes
  • 2teaspoonsgarlic salt
  • 1/4 teaspoonpepper
  • 1 (8ounce) packages mozzarella cheese
  • 1/3 cupflour
  • 1/4 cupcooking oil
  • 2 (28ounce) jars pizza sauce

    • Directions

  • In a bowl, combine first 6 ingredients just until mixed.
  • Shape into 48 small balls.
  • Cut cheese into 48 cubes 1/2 inch each.
  • Push cheese cube in center of each meatball, making sure cheese is covered completely.
  • Roll lightly in flour.
  • In a large skillet, cook in oil till browned; drain.
  • Add pizza sauce-bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

    • Reviews

  • “this would be really good served over anykind of pasta or even rice”

  • “these are very very good. quite easy to make and so good. we had them with cheese bread sticks and a big salad. great leftovers too!!”

  • “These were incredible! .. a secret that a friend told me, mix the milk with the breadcrumbs first then add to the rest to make the meatballs more tender. Very good recipe!!”

  • “I’m not even a huge fan of meatballs, but my husband is, so I made these. Tasty!!”

  • “These are absolutely amazing. It was enough to eat for one meal and freeze about 2 more meals…so, the extra steps are worth it!”

  • “These were very good. I will be making again for sure.The only thing I will do is put them in the oven instead of frying them next time. So tasty.Thanks. “

  • “I’ve been making these meatballs for years and this is basically the same recipe. One of my kids favorites! I occasionally use spaghetti sauce instead of the pizza sauce.”

  • “These are the best meatballs ever–very moist and tender.After frying them, I put the meatballs and the sauce in the crockpot and cooked them on low for about 5 hours.My husband and three boys loved them!Thanks for a wonderful recipe.”

  • “Wonderful!I made a double batch of these, intending to freeze and use the second half for another meal, but they didn’t make it that far.My kids loved them!”

  • “These were a nice change from the traditional meatballs.We really enjoyed them.I used Easy Pizza Sauce #21202 and Italian Bread Crumbs #54348 and was pleased with all recipes.”

  • “DH and I really enjoyed these. Easy to make and easy to eat. 🙂 Even good as leftovers! We ate them over rice; these are very filling! “

  • “Very, very good recipe!Both kids & adults loved them.I partially cooked the meatballs in the oven at 500 degrees for about 5-7 minutes, then froze until party day.The day of the party I mixed the pizza sauce with the balls and placed into a crockpot.Great make ahead recipe!”

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