Baked Meatballs Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound Ground Beef

  (80% lean is best)
• ¼ cup Yellow Onion

  (grated)
• 2 cloves Garlic

  (minced)
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
• ¼ cup Panko Crumbs
• ⅓ cup Parmesan Cheese

  (grated)
• 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
• 3 tablespoons Fresh Parsley

  (finely chopped)
• 1 teaspoon Salt

  (or to taste)
• ½ teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper

  (or to tase)
• 1 large Egg
• ¼ cup Milk

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven at 400°F and line the baking sheet pan with parchment paper or
  a foil (lightly greased).
• 2 Place ground lean beef, grated onion, minced garlic, lemon zest, panko crumbs,
  grated parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, chopped parsley, salt and pepper in a
  large bowl. Now, in a separate small bowl whisk egg and milk, pour into the
  large bowl with other ingredients.
• 3 Mix all the ingredients until just combined, do not over mix. Let the meatball
  mixture rest for 5 minutes.
• 4 Grease you hands lightly, scoop out about 1-1½ tablespoon mixture and roll into
  a meatball. Divide and roll the remaining mixture into about 19-20 meatballs.
• 5 Place the meatballs on the prepared baking sheet one inch apart from each other.
• 6 Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.

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