Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs recipe

All Recipes Best Recipe Main Dish Recipes Meatball Recipes

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 pound lean ground beef
½ cup minced onion
⅓ cup gingersnap cookie crumbs
¼ cup water
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups beef broth
½ cup gingersnap cookie crumbs
2 tablespoons gingersnap cookie crumbs, or more as needed
½ cup apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon white sugar, or more to taste
3 tablespoons raisins

Nutrition Info

417.8 calories
carbohydrate: 32.2 g
cholesterol: 77.5 mg
fat: 19.6 g
fiber: 1 g
protein: 26.2 g
saturatedFat: 7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 850.5 mg
sugar: 18.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a baking rack on top. Spray the rack with cooking spray.

  2. Combine ground beef, onion, gingersnap crumbs, water, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Shape into 24 meatballs using a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop. Place the meatballs on the prepared baking rack.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a meat thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball reads 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 18 to 20 minutes.

  4. While the meatballs are baking, whisk beef broth, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons gingersnap crumbs, vinegar, and sugar together in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until gravy thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. Add more gingersnap crumbs for a thicker gravy, or some water for a thinner consistency.

  5. Stir cooked meatballs and raisins into the gravy. Cover and simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Our traditional holiday meal is sauerbraten and gravy, butter-sauteed homemade egg noodles, potato balls, sweet and sour red cabbage, and freshly cooked apples. A lot of work, but worth it once a year! This is a quick recipe to enjoy the sauerbraten flavor without waiting 5 days for a beef roast to marinate. And you'll have plenty of gravy to spoon over your buttered egg noodles and potatoes.

Do you like the recipe? Share this tasty recipe!

Alternatives to this recipe

See more alternatives
All Recipes Ideas

All Recipes - Recipe Tags: Recipe Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs, simple recipe Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs, recipe Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs, recipe Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs, Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs recipe, recipes , recipes online , online recipes , recipe , cooking , cookbook , new recipes , best recipes , dessert recipes top recipes , cooking recipes , best lunch recipes , recipe book , meat recipes , healthy recipes , cooking , fast recipes cheap recipes jamie oliver recipes recipes jamie oliver recipe for lunch recipe for dinner recipe for breakfast recipe for valentine recipe for christmas recipe for easter recipe for new year recipe for students recipe for beginners recipe for weigh-loss recipe for snacks recipe for christmas eve recipe for birthday recipe on grill gordon ramsay gordon ramsay recipes gordon ramsay recipes gordon ramsays recipes simple recipes , best recipe weeknight, , easy recipes , baking , tasty recipe best recipes