The Tastiest Meatballs with a Sunday Sauce | Easy Dutch Oven Recipes

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground chicken is often less expensive.

Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven and add chopped onion, cooking until translucent for about 2-3 minutes.

Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add peeled whole tomatoes and use a hand mixer to break them down into smaller pieces.

Add tomato puree and some water from rinsing the tomato can to the sauce, then season with salt and pepper.

Cover and let the sauce simmer.

In a bowl, combine ground beef, ground pork, cooked onion and garlic mixture, parsley, eggs, panko breadcrumbs, and garlic powder.

Mix the meatball mixture by hand, being careful not to overmix.

Form meatballs to desired size and brown them in a pan with high smoke point oil.

Remove browned meatballs and let them cool before adding to the sauce.

Cooking Techniques

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