Anyone have a good primal/paleo meatball recipe? page

[Mr. Koozie]

I'm looking to try a new meat dish and I thought meatballs would be something easy and tasty. I'll buy some grass-fed ground beef or ground lamb for this. Looking for a recipe that is easy. Any suggestions?

[naiadknight]

This is what I do when I make meatballs:
1 lb Italian sausage/ Italian seasoned ground beast
1 head garlic, minced
1 lb mozzarella grated or torn/ cut into 1/2" chunks

Mix the garlic well into the sausage of seasoned beast. Grab a 1" diameter hunk of beast, and poke a hole in it with your finger to the middle of the ball. Stuff one of your chunks of mozzarella or 2 tbsp grated mozz into the hole and seal her up, making sure there aren't any holes for the cheese to escape through. Saute' until meat is done.

[Leida]

Could be made into either burgers or meatballs:

3 lbs of different meats (I normally use 1 lb of beef, turkey and lamb, but I also tried venison and elk!)

1 egg
1/2 medium onion
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 small sweet potato (about 3 oz, boiled)

Spices: black pepper, fennel seed & coriander (not ground) ~ 1-2 tsp each, a bunch of parsley (~ 2-4 tbsp), 1/4 tsp nutmeg (ground) and 3 to 4 dry mushrooms

Leave meat to come to room temperature

Set the broiler to preheat with a closed door

Grind the spices and mushrooms in a coffee-mill (or at least that's what I use) into powder

Zoomp the egg, garlic, onion and potato in a blender (I use magic bullet).

Make a well in the meat, pour the wet ingredients from the blender than add the dry ones. Mix everything thoroughly by hand

Oil or grease broiler pan. form burgers and meatballs and broil one one side, then pull the pan out, close the door to the oven, flip the balls or burgers. Put back in, rotating the pan.

small meatballs (5 min on one side, 3 min on the other)
burgers (I use 1/3 cup scoop for sizing) (7 min on one side, 5 min on the other)

Serve in a nice deep dish and let everyone have their share!

Hope that helps!

[otzi]

Make a big ball of meat and throw it in a pan. Eat it with your hands, too. Extra points of the middle is still raw.

[CTRunner21]

1 lb ground turkey or chicken
2 medium carrots (or a handful of baby carrots)
1 red or green bell pepper
5 large mushrooms
handful of fresh parsley
1/2 yellow onion
1 clove garlic
2 tsp granulated garlic (garlic salt)
2 Tbs Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1.Preheat oven to 350℉.
2.Combine carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, onion, garlic and seasonings in a food processor and blend until well chopped.
3.Empty the food processor into a large bowl, add the ground turkey and mix together completely.
4.Form meatballs and place on a non-greased baking sheet (about 1 1/2" - 2" each). Bake for about 25 minutes, or until completely cooked.

Got this recipe from thepaleoplan.com and tried it last night. Made the meatballs with broccoli on the side. Was very good.

[cori93437]

This is what I do when I make meatballs:
1 lb Italian sausage/ Italian seasoned ground beast
1 head garlic, minced
1 lb mozzarella grated or torn/ cut into 1/2" chunks

Mix the garlic well into the sausage of seasoned beast. Grab a 1" diameter hunk of beast, and poke a hole in it with your finger to the middle of the ball. Stuff one of your chunks of mozzarella or 2 tbsp grated mozz into the hole and seal her up, making sure there aren't any holes for the cheese to escape through. Saute' until meat is done.

This.... but sort of scotch egg style by taking one of those 1-2in lil balls of mozzarella, poking a garlic stuffed (or any other) olive inside it, then surrounding the whole thing with the meat wad. Salty, garlicky, creamy, fatty, gooey, meaty... NOM.

[tcb]

This is my go to meatball recipe from Every Day Paleo..

Marvelous Meatballs! | Everyday Paleo

[trob1234]

3lbs of meat of your choice ( I use 2 lbs grass fed beef and 1 lb ground bison)
3 eggs
1 onion diced
3 celery stalks diced
2 zucchini diced
garlic powder
pepper

I mix all this together, roll into meatballs and put on baking sheets in the freezer for 24 hours to freeze then put them in freezer bags till ready to use. I like to take some out of freezer and put in crock pot frozen with some sauce on low. They are the best ever.

[oliviascotland]

One I make quite regularly are lamb and coriander meatballs. Put 1lb minced lamb (I use a lamb and mutton mix for a stronger flavour) into a food processor with one peeled and quartered onion, 2 - 3 cloves of garlic, some salt and pepper and a bunch of coriander/cilantro. Whizz until blended, shape in your hands to the desired size, and fry in the fat of your choice. I like to fry these with some mushrooms and serve with a tomato and chilli sauce.

[Mr. Koozie]

All great suggestions. Thanks! Looks like I've got some cooking to do.