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Minty Meatballs

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Minty Meatballs Con Poulos

These are fairly large and entrée-sized. If you want them smaller, reduce the cook time by a few minutes.

Ingredients

Makes 24 meatballs

1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef (85 percent lean)
1 cup cooked quinoa
1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, plus more for garnish
1/2 cup fresh mint, finely chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 cup 1 percent milk
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon allspice
Parchment paper
  1. In a bowl, mix together all ingredients until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour, up to 24 hours. Heat oven to 425°F. Form meat mixture into 24 oval balls (about 3 tablespoons each). Arrange on 2 cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake 8 minutes; turn and bake 10 minutes more. Garnish with parsley if desired; serve.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per 3 meatballs: 231 calories
14 g fat
5 g saturated fat
7 g carbohydrate
1 g fiber
18 g protein
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Self
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  • These were great. Nice flavor. They absolutely need a sauce of some kind, and I am surprised a serving suggestion did not accompany the recipe. Made a yogurt-mint sauce to go with, and that worked well. Served with a grain and a roasted squash side.

    • Anonymous

    • Columbus, OH

    • 9/3/2021

  • Made as directed and they were delicious! This is a keeper.

    • mojoqe2

    • Virginia Beach, VA

    • 6/8/2016

  • Great recipe. I like that they're baked¿less fat and stovetop cleanup. I've also made them with dried mint and/or parsley when I'm out of fresh (still delicious). I'm not a big quinoa fan, so I've made these with a quinoa rice blend and wild rice blends. Experimenting with half of the grain tonight to see if they hold up well.

    • as1714

    • Boston, MA

    • 7/28/2014

  • The mixture of spices seemed perfect with ground lamb, so I made them with lamb instead of beef and they were excellent!

    • Goldenrodfarm

    • Maine

    • 4/12/2014

  • About to make this recipe...and I'm wondering what sauce would go well. Perhaps a yogurt mint sauce?

    • amandaadele

    • 3/24/2014

  • I used ground turkey for half of the meat mixture. Very tasty! Make great little appetizers

    • connielangston

    • Colorado Springs, CO

    • 10/6/2013

  • These meatballs are really delicious and very easy to prepare. I'm rating this after making them for the second time. After the first we decided to put these in Regular rotation. One change, is we make them with ground lamb instead of ground beef.

    • Anonymous

    • 8/1/2013

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