Sometimes, you just need a delicious meatball in your life!! This recipe comes from PaleOMG and there are a ton of different ways you could customize these and serve these bad boys up! My customizations are below!
Juli made these with turkey, but I much prefer lean ground beef! You could use sausage, ground chicken or any combo. Serve these with the creamy cilantro dipping sauce that Juli suggests in her post, with your favorite marinara sauce on top of some spaghetti squash, black bean or lentil pasta, in Juli’s meatball casserole, or even use some leftover meatballs to scramble up a delicious egg hash.
Get creative & hope you enjoy!!
Southwestern Spicy Meatballs (adapted from here)
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/4 small sweet onion, minced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1/2 jalapeño, minced
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease an 8×8 glass baking dish with your oil of choice.
- Place all ingredients for the meatballs into a bowl and combine until well mixed (you can get dirty & get in there with your hands, or use a stand mixture with the paddle feature, just be sure not to over mix!).
- Scoop out a heafty tablespoon of mixture and form into balls. (This should make about 18 small meatballs.)
- Place each meatball into the greased baking dish (side by side, it’s ok if they are touching) and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Enjoy!!
