Meatballs and Rice
Baked meatballs and rice, a comforting casserole dish that your children will love! A budget-friendly recipe that you will keep making again and again.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course: Beef, Pork and Lamb
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 526kcal
- Rice:
- 1 small onion or ½ medium one
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 ½ cup hot chicken stock
- 1 ¼ cup hot water
- ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 ½ cup long grain rice
- Meatballs Note 1:
- 20 oz ground meat Note 2
- 1 small onion or ½ medium
- 2 large garlic cloves
- ⅓ cup dried breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons chopped dill
- 1 teaspoon ground paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying the meatballs
- some parsley for sprinkling on top
Rice:
Combine: Finely chop the onion and grate the garlic cloves. Place them in a casserole dish of about 30x20 cm/ 12x8 inches. Add the oil, butter, salt, pepper, hot chicken stock, and hot water. Mix well until the butter is melted. Add the washed rice and dried thyme and combine it well.
Bake: Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 30 minutes.
Meatballs:
Combine: In a large bowl, combine ground meat, grated onion, and grated garlic, breadcrumbs, lightly beaten eggs, milk, chopped dill, paprika, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
Form meatballs. Take a heaped tablespoon of meat (or about ⅛ cup) and form meatballs with wet hands.
Fry in a bit of oil, in batches, for about 5 minutes per batch or until brown all over; they should only be browned and not thoroughly cooked through.
- Quick sausage meatballs: remove the casings from about 600 g/ 21 oz sausages, form meatballs, brown on the stovetop as instructed in the recipe.
Ready-made frozen meatballs: defrost quickly on the counter. Place on the partially cooked rice and continue with the recipe as instructed.
- I use a mixture of pork and beef most of the time. You can use only beef, only pork, or ground turkey meat.
Serving: 1/6 of the dish | Calories: 526kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 156mg | Sodium: 968mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g