Spaghetti and meatballs recipe is an Italian-American delicacy that is made up of mincemeat, stirred into tomato sauce served with spaghetti. Meatballs are usually tender and delicious, and super easy to cook.
A pocket-friendly and simple tomato sauce with the taste of spaghetti and meatballs would fit perfectly for the day. Boil spaghetti, toss with the prepared meatballs and sauce, and garnish with Parmesan cheese.
It looks so colorful and flavorful as well, it’s one of the easiest dinners to whip up in 30 minutes. And this is the perfect recipe to make for the family. Kids love meatballs recipe, even the adults are not left out.
Homemade Meatballs is another beef recipe, Make the meatballs you can either fry or bake; make the sauce add the meatballs into the sauce recipe, and cook; then you boil your pasta.
Can You Put Raw Meatballs in Spaghetti Sauce?
Yes, you can add raw meatballs into a cooking sauce, depending on how you wish to prepare your meatballs sauce. I will suggest giving it a little oil stir fry before adding to the tomato sauce.
Is Spaghetti with Meatballs Fattening?
Spaghetti and meatballs recipe are healthy diets as it contains protein which is the beef, good source of energy coming from the pasta; whole wheat pasta will be fine. Lycopene is gotten from the tomatoes, a healthy vegetable oil is also important since they all contribute to making this dish perfect weight-loss food.
So a plate of spaghetti and meatballs is just perfect for you, portion control is another key in reducing calorie intake.
How to Make Nigerian Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe
Ingredient
- ½ Kilo ground beef
- Garlic powder
- 2 slices of bread or 1/2 Cup of fresh breadcrumbs
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black Pepper
- 4 fresh Tomatoes (medium-sized)
- 1 Can of tomato sauce
- 1 chopped onion
- Parmesan cheese (optional)
- Spaghetti
- Olive or Vegetable oil
Instructions
- First of all, pieces two slices of fresh bread into a smaller bread crumbs. In a clean bowl soak the bread with 1/2 cup of milk for about 5 minutes. {If you have breadcrumbs go ahead and make use of it}
- In a big bowl, pure the ground beef, the breadcrumbs, 2 eggs, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder. Then add black pepper and salt to your preference. Mix all ingredients together with your hands until the blend turns to one whole paste of beef.
- Thirdly, start rolling the meatballs with your hands; place the meatballs in a flat pan.
- The next step is to chop the fresh tomatoes, pure them into the blender, and blend until the mixture turns into a thick paste.
- In a frying pan, pour in your vegetable oil to fry the meatballs. You only need to fry the outside, because the inside will be properly done when you cook the meatballs inside the tomato sauce.
- Remove meatballs from heat, using the same pan, stir in the chopped onion, stir fry for about 30 seconds.
- Thereafter, pour in the canned tomato sauce together with and the blended fresh tomatoes, and fry.
- At this point, you should be boiling water for cooking spaghetti.
- Finally, let the sauce cook for like 20 minutes before adding the meatballs to the sauce; and allow cooking on medium heat for 30 minutes to be sure everything is well cooked.
The spaghetti is also cooked, dish your spaghetti and pour the tomato sauce meatballs.
Serve with 2 or 3 meatballs per person and enjoy tasty and delicious pasta with meatballs.
