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Submitted by FeelinYummy
"Yummy meatballs from Foodnetwork's "Big Daddy's House" - These are really really yummy. The recipe calls for applewood smoked bacon but my grocery store didn't have that so I substituted with regular bacon."
photo by vrvrvr 
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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8-12 meatballs
- Serves:
- 4
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ingredients
- 8 -10 slices apple-smoked bacon
- 1 lb ground chuck
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package onion soup mix
- 1⁄2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon coarse black pepper
- 1 tablespoon beef stock
- 8 -10 bite-size fresh mozzarella cheese balls
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directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Arrange the bacon slices on a sheet pan. Put in the oven and bake until crisp, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the bacon from the pan to a cutting board and chop. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the beef, Worcestershire, onion soup mix, bread crumbs, black pepper, stock and the chopped bacon.
- Form portions of the meat around the mozzarella to make smooth balls. Arrange the meatballs on a sheet pan with a rack and bake until thoroughly browned, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Serve with Pasta and Marinara Sauce.
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Reviews
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This was a fun idea to change up traditional meat balls. The amount of pepper really killed the flavor, though. In the future I would 1/4 or even omit the pepper because of how over powering it was. Another note is that I didn't have the cheese balls, but I did mix some shredded mozzarella into the meat and it worked just fine.
Baking Bunny
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These were fun to try. That cheese in the middle is great! My ground beef was extremely lean, so it may have made them a little dryer than the norm. I also found it helpful to divide some of the mozzarella balls to make wrapping the beef around them a little easier. Overall, the recipe was not difficult. I used a personal mix of spices in place of the onion soup mix. I got 11 hearty-sized meatballs and everyone thought they tasted delicious.
vrvrvr
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These were very good. I only gave it 4 stars because I changed a couple of things & don't know how they affected the outcome. I used 1/2 ground beef & 1/2 ground pork (my usual mixture for meatballs & meatloaf) & I only used 1/2 pkg of onion soup mix. I was worried that a whole pkg mixed with only 1 pound of meat might overpower the meat. I also used 1 T of red wine instead of beef stock (I didn't have any stock available). I cooked them for 15 minutes at 350 deg, but I think 10 would have been enough (got interrupted with a phone call). Thanks FeelinYummy for a tasty recipe.
Jackie 6
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Tweaks
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These were fun to try. That cheese in the middle is great! My ground beef was extremely lean, so it may have made them a little dryer than the norm. I also found it helpful to divide some of the mozzarella balls to make wrapping the beef around them a little easier. Overall, the recipe was not difficult. I used a personal mix of spices in place of the onion soup mix. I got 11 hearty-sized meatballs and everyone thought they tasted delicious.
vrvrvr
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These were very good. I only gave it 4 stars because I changed a couple of things & don't know how they affected the outcome. I used 1/2 ground beef & 1/2 ground pork (my usual mixture for meatballs & meatloaf) & I only used 1/2 pkg of onion soup mix. I was worried that a whole pkg mixed with only 1 pound of meat might overpower the meat. I also used 1 T of red wine instead of beef stock (I didn't have any stock available). I cooked them for 15 minutes at 350 deg, but I think 10 would have been enough (got interrupted with a phone call). Thanks FeelinYummy for a tasty recipe.
Jackie 6
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
FeelinYummy
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I'm a 35 single mom of one wonderful 16 year old son who happens to be the world's pickiest eater. I'm a human resource director for a non-profit private special education school. Cooking is my #1 hobby. Ironically, I became interested in all things cullinary after I had gastric bypass surgery 7 years ago. Losing that much weight & as quickly as I did really changed my relationship with food. (I lost 128 lbs - 258 lbs before, 130 lbs now)
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