John Meatballs are such a simple favourite meal for many people. You can serve them with your favourite vegetable, or perhaps with rice if they are cooked with a nice sauce. They are very versatile. This is a nice version that uses Mexican inspired ingredients to season & spice the meatballs.
The taco seasoning flavoured meatballs are oven baked in a tomato salsa to a juicy moist perfection. Topped with Mozzarella & Parmesan provides a beautiful cheesy finish and a simple meatballs dish is transformed in to a delightful lightly spiced and seasoned meal.
Although meatballs are a little messy to make, they usually provide a simple easy hearty meal that pleases the family.
We serve this meatball dish with ‘dirty rice’ from this recipe.
| Prep Time | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | 25 minutes |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 450 g Tomato Salsa use thick & chunky salsa
- 1 1/2 cups Shredded Mozzarella
- 1/2 cup Parmesan grated
Meatballs
- 1 kg Beef Mince
- 1 cup Breadcrumbs
- 2 Eggs whisked
- 1/2 cup Parmesan grated
- 1 Brown Onion diced
- 2 cloves Garlic crushed
- 30 g Taco Seasoning use a sachet
- Salt to season
- Pepper to season
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Meatballs
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Instructions
- In a large bowl, add beef mince, breadcrumbs, eggs, parmesan, onion, garlic, taco seasoning, salt & pepper. Mix to fully combine all ingredients.
- Make meatballs using about 2 tbsp scoops of mixture, Make about 25-30 meatballs.
- Pre-heat a fan forced oven to 200°C (390°F).
- Heat olive oil in a large baking dish or frying pan over medium high heat.
- Add meatballs and cook until browned all over. Cook in batches if required.
- Transfer meatballs to a large baking dish (if required) and pour salsa over meatballs.
- Place in oven and cook for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle mozzarella & parmesan over meatballs then return to oven and bake a further 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve.
