Recipe: Perfect Mike's Baked Italian Meatballs

Mike's Baked Italian Meatballs. Mike's Baked Italian Meatballs By now, everybody knows Wednesday's are, "Lets clean out the crispers, freezers and rotate the pantries day!" here in the O'Brien Shire. My students love it since there are literally no rules and they can create anything their little hearts desire. Combine all ingredients into mixing bowl.

I also freeze these meatballs and take out how many servings I need for each meal. CJ's Italian Meatballs Haiku: "I can't believe it. These beat 'Meatball Nirvana' And they held up too!" So my biggest praise for these meatballs is that after I made a double-batch, w/o changing the recipe, I froze them into weekly portions, but after thawing a handful of them in sauce last night, I couldn't have been more delighted that they held their meatball shape and didn't fall apart! You can cook Mike's Baked Italian Meatballs using 24 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mike's Baked Italian Meatballs

1. Prepare of ● For The Meats/Protiens.
2. You need 30 of LG Quality Precooked Italian Meatballs [1/2 beef 1/2 pork].
3. It's of ● For The Red Sauce Base [from the bertolli premium collection].
4. It's 1 (24 oz) of Jar Bertolli Vineyard Marinara Sauce.
5. It's 1 (24 oz) of Jar Bertolli Vineyard Garlic Tomato Sauce.
6. You need of ● For The Red Sauce Additions.
7. It's 1/2 Cup of Shreadded Mozzarella Cheese [+ reserves for topping].
8. It's 1/3 Cup of Shreadded Parmesan Ramono [+ reserves for topping].
9. Prepare 2 of LG Diced Roma Tomatoes.
10. It's 1/2 of Fine Chopped White Onions.
11. It's 1/3 Cup of Fine Chopped Red Onions.
12. You need 1/3 Cup of Fine Chopped Green Bell Pepper.
13. It's 1 Can of LG Black Olives [halved].
14. It's 2 tbsp of Fine Minced Garlic.
15. Prepare 2 tbsp of Fresh Minced Basil.
16. You need 1 tbsp of Dried Italian Seasoning.
17. You need 1 tsp of Fresh Fennel Seeds.
18. Prepare 1/8 Cup of Granulated Sugar.
19. It's as needed of Beef Broth [to thin mixture only if needed].
20. It's of ● For The Noodles [consider a thick heavy noodle].
21. Prepare of Linguini Noodles [boil as per manufacturers directions].
22. You need of ● For The Garlic Bread.
23. You need 1 Loaf of French Bread [1"+ thick slice].
24. Prepare 1 Tub of Seasoned Garlic Butter.

Add these meatballs to your favorite sauce and serve over pasta or in a hoagie roll with sauce& cheese to make a great sandwich. The secret to these homemade beef meatballs is a trifecta of ground beef, ground pork, and Italian sausage. They're extremely easy to make and can be made ahead of time for an easy weeknight dinner. To freeze cooked meatballs, assemble and bake the meatballs as directed, then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to cool completely.

Mike's Baked Italian Meatballs step by step

1. Chop vegetables and mix everything together. Pour everything into a cast iron skillet. Top mixture with additional shreadded Mozzarella and Parmesan Ramono Cheese..
2. Bake at 350° uncovered for 50 minutes. Do not stir or open oven while baking..
3. This is a fantastic brand of juicy precooked Italian meatballs..
4. In the meantime, boil your noodle water and add a splash of oil and 1/2 tbsp salt to it. Boil noodles as per manufacturers directions. Ten minutes for this specific brand..
5. Pull skillet from oven and let rest for five minutes. Leave oven on but at 325° to bake your garlic bread slices..
6. Consider making a chilly Zesty Italian Salad as a side dish..
7. Thick slice your French bread [1"+] and coat with garlic butter. Place on a lined cookie sheet and bake for five minutes or until your bread is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. You'll want your garlic bread to be golden brown..
8. Use a pre-fabed garlic butter or create your own. See my recipe for Mike's Easy Garlic Butter Spread if interested..
9. Meatball sandwichs with toasted garlic buns are also a delicious option. If so, slices of Provolone Cheese as a sandwich base works great..
10. Serve dish with a quality Cabernet Sauvignon. Enjoy!.

Soft, juicy, extra tasty Oven Baked Italian Meatballs AND tomato sauce, made entirely in the oven! By baking the meatballs on a rack placed on top of the baking dish with the sauce in it, the meatball juices drips into the sauce (extra flavour!), the underside of the meatballs are partially "steamed" which makes them juicier, they aren't sitting in a pool of oil and the meatballs stay nice and. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray. Mix all ingredients thoroughly in large bowl. If mixture seems a little loose add more bread crumbs.