Gluten Free Classic Beef Meatballs
 
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What's life without a quick and easy go to recipe for Gluten Free Classic Beef Meatballs? These babies are halfway homemade, using spruced up good old Prego sauce as a base.
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1½ pounds lean ground beef
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1 small onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼-1/2 teaspoon pepper, depending on taste
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese
  • ⅓ cup gluten free cracker crumbs (I used Milton's Craft Bakers' Crispy Sea Salt Crackers from Costco) or gluten free bread crumbs or gluten free crushed tortilla chips
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar, divided
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 cups Prego original spaghetti sauce
  • ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 package Barilla's gluten free spaghetti noodles (12 oz.), optional
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. To make meatballs, place crackers in a food processor and turn into fine crumbs. Remove and set aside.
  3. Roughly chop carrot, onion, and garlic and place in the empty food processor. Pulse until finely chopped. Transfer to a medium sized mixing bowl. Add egg, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes (optional), Italian seasoning, Parmesan cheese, cracker crumbs, 1 teaspoon of red wine vinegar, and ground beef. Using your hands, mix to combine all ingredients.
  4. Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. While oil is heating, form meat mixture into golf sized balls and set onto a baking tray.
  5. Once oil is hot enough that drop of water sizzles, place meatballs in an even layer in skillet. Brown meatballs on each side, about 2-3 minutes.* Place skillet into 400 degree oven for 25 minutes.
  6. While meatballs are cooking, begin boiling a pot of water for pasta.
  7. In a large pot, eat Ragu sauce and add 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, rosemary, thyme, and basil. Allow to simmer while meatballs are cooking.
  8. Once meatballs are done, put pasta into pot and cook according to package directions.
  9. Place meatballs in sauce and stir to coat. Cover and simmer while pasta is cooking.
  10. Once pasta is done, drain, and serve with meatballs and sauce.
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/gluten-free-classic-beef-meatballs/