The Best Meatballs

 If you are looking for a recipe for meatballs that are great in other recipes or just to add to your regular Friday night spaghetti, you're in the right place!  They are easy to make and take only ~35 minutes to make 2 dozen!

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

1/2 C dry bread crumbs (Progresso is my favorite!)

1/4 C milk

2 TB finely chopped onion

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 egg

**You may cook these on the stovetop or in the oven.  If cooking in the oven, preheat to 400 F.

Begin by mixing all of the ingredients; the order in which you do this is unimportant, but I usually start with the ground beef and add things on top of it.  You can mix with a large spoon, or I find it easier to mix thoroughly with your (super clean!) hands.  Your mixture should look like the picture below!

Shape the mixture into 1 or 1 1/2 inch balls.  The size of your meatballs determines the quantity--I found that 1 inch produce about 25-26, while the 1 1/2 inch produce about 20.  To show you the size I usually do, I have included the picture below!

If you are cooking these on the stovetop, place them into a large pan and cook over medium heat, turning occasionally until brown (~20 minutes).  If you are cooking these in the oven, place the meatballs in an ungreased oblong pan (13x9x2 works best) until light brown (~20-25 minutes).  Once browned, remove meatballs from the pans and let them cool, usually there is grease that accumulates during cooking that you don't want to drink!, then add them straight to your spaghetti or other recipe (Sweet-And-Sour Meatballs).