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Meatball Casserole

I found this recipe someplace years ago, and have modified to make it for my family.  It's a good weeknight dinner, or make in advance and freeze for a night you need something easy.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Ingredients

Meatballs

  • 1.5 lbs ground meat (beef or meatloaf mix) try substituting ground chicken or turkey
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dry mustard
  • 1 tsp smoked chili powder

Casserole part

  • 1.5 cups red wiine
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp ground pepper
  • 8 ounces tomato sauce
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 4 medium potatoes, peeled and chunked into 2" pieces
  • 4 medium carrots, peeled and chunked
  • 2 medium onions, quartered

Instructions

  1. Saute the onion in a bit of oil over medium heat until tender, and add to the ground meat in a large bowl. Add the bread crumbs, salt, mustard, chili powder mustard and eggs.

  2. Add in 1/4 cup of the wine and mix meat together lightly. form into 8 large meat balls. roll in a tablespoon of the flour.


  3. Brown the meatballs in a large skillet or casserole dish. Remove and set aside.

  4. In the casserole, stir the rest of the flour into the drippings.  Cook lightly to remove flour taste, then add remaining wine, tomato sauce, water and pepper. Cook until thickened, stirring as needed.

  5. put the meatballs and the vegetables in the casserole pot, sitrring to v=cover with the gravy mix.  Cover with oven proof lid.

  6. Bake 350F for about 45 minutes - 1 hour until veggies are tendered.

Recipe Notes

To make this a one pot dish, use a heavy metal or cast iron dutch oven, large skillet, or casserole dish.  Otherwise you'll need to use a large skillet on the stove top and then put everything into an oven proof casserole dish for the final baking.