Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, porcupine balls. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In a large skillet, brown meatballs in oil; drain. This is, by far, the best recipe for porcupine meatballs I have ever had.
Porcupine balls is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Porcupine balls is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have porcupine balls using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Porcupine balls:
- Get 2 lb ground beef
- Take 2 eggs
- Make ready 2 cup rice(add more if mixture is too moist)
- Prepare 1 packages 3 oz real bacon bits
- Take 1 large can of tomato sauce
- Take 1 large container of tomato juice
- Get salt,pepper,onion powder,garlic powder
The recipe stuck, and eventually people started making rice-filled meatballs by choice rather than necessity. Porcupine meatballs are an old-fashioned favorite, developed during the depression to stretch the amount of ground meat. They are so-named because once cooked the rice sticks out of the meatball looking a bit like porcupine quills. This was a recipe that my grandmother used to cook for my mom.
Instructions to make Porcupine balls:
- Mix meat, eggs, rice, and seasonings in a mixing bowl
- Stir together tomato juice and sauce in crock pot.
- Roll meat mixture into balls
- Place in sauce
- Turn crock pot on high (4 hours) or low (6-8hours)
- Serve with mashed potatoes
My mom would make it for us all of the time and now I make it for my family! These kind of "tried and true" recipes that are passed down are the very best. So many memories come back to me when I make these for my family. In a large casserole dish, add the remaining rice, dried onion, salt, Italian seasoning, diced tomatoes and beef broth. Stir together with the spoon and top with the meatballs.
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