Easy Spicy Beef Meatballs with Rich, Delicious Onion Gravy
There is nothing more comforting than meatballs. I could go on all day about how much I love them, with spaghetti, on a meatball sub to Italian Wedding Soup, the list goes on. Now you have to try these Spicy Beefy Meatballs with onion Gravy, they’re hearty, savory, and impossible to resist.
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make me happy.
I had a whole skillet full of meatballs, and my husband walked in the house and was talking to someone on the phone, and said…
I’ve got to go, my wife made something delicious!
That’s it. Men get right to the point, don’t they?
Anyway, it was a compliment in my book. The smell, he said, was so good, he just knew how delicious they would taste.
So instead of some giant put-together meal,
we tucked the meatballs into a roll… stood over the pan and ate it.
Then in came the kids, and well, it was no sit-down dinner, but it was perfect in my book!
The comforting scent of cooked onions is sure to bring everyone into the kitchen.
Other great serving options
Put it over rice, egg noodles, or on a sub roll, that is, if everyone doesn’t devour them off a fork. before you have a chance to serve them! 🤣
Place the ground beef in a large bowl, add the bread crumbs, egg, seasonings, and then mix to combine.
Dice the onion and set it a dish, so you can easily add it to the pan when the meatballs are almost done cooking, just before you add the rest of the sauce mixture.
Next, you add
Prepare the sauce in a measuring cup. Add the water, garlic, oregano, and crushed red pepper flakes.
Cook the meatballs in a skillet, move them to the side, then saute the onion. Add butter and flour. Mix with onions, then pour in the sauce and simmer. Put all the meatballs into the sauce to coat them well.
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Spicy Beefy Meatballs with Onion Gravy
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef I used 90% lean
- 1 cups panko bread crumbs
- 1 large egg
- 1 clove minced garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoons oil
- 1/4 cup diced onion
Sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon
- 2 teaspoons beef bouillon
- * add as much or as little bouillon as you prefer these amounts worked for me
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes For added spice, Leave it out if you do not want the sauce spicy,
Instructions
- In a medium bowl mix beef with 1 cup breadcrumbs, egg, garlic, crushed red pepper, and oregano.
- Shape into two tablespoon-sized meatballs.
- Heat the skillet on high and place a tablespoon of oil in the pan.
- Place meatballs in the pan and cook on all sides (turn the temperature to medium). Continue cooking until they reach an internal temperature of 155 degrees.
- Move the meatballs to one side of the pan.
- Add the onion to the pan and stir to cook 1 minute.
- Add the tablespoon of butter and flour, and stir the onions into it.
- Next, in a pourable measuring cup, add the water mixed with bouillon (and crushed red pepper flakes if adding them). Whisking it to create the sauce.
- Simmer the sauce over medium heat, simmering (with small bubbles). Once it thickens, turn it to low.
- Roll all the meatballs into the sauce to coat them in the onion gravy.
- Serve on a sub roll, over rice, or pasta. Add a vegetable, and you will have a new favorite meal for dinner that is ready in minutes.
Notes
Something is amiss. There are 4 tsp of bouillon for 1 1/2 cups of water? WAY too salty. Dumped it out and tried again. Will let you know how it turns out.
I’d suggest putting the amount of bouillon in that the directions say for 1 1/2 cups water, then add to it from there. Every brand of bouillon will have a different level of sodium, use the amount you prefer.
Started over with 3/4 tsp beef and 1/4 tsp chicken bouillon was the ticket. Knocked it out of the park, OUTSTANDING recipe. Oh and the recipe never states what to do with the red pepper flakes? I put the 1/2 in the meatballs and the 1/4 in the sauce.
Sounds lovely, will be giving this a blast on the weekend..Thanks for posting this,
Simon
I love a good meatball and I think a piece of bread and a bowl of these, with gravy, sounds like pure heaven!