Porcupine Meatballs
Porcupine Meatballs

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, porcupine meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Porcupine Meatballs is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Porcupine Meatballs is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Buy Groceries at Amazon & Save. Porcupine meatballs have been a family staple since the Great Depression (and even before that!). They're called porcupine meatballs because the rice pokes out of the meat while they're cooking, resembling the spiky animal.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook porcupine meatballs using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Porcupine Meatballs:
  1. Get Meatballs
  2. Make ready 1/2 C Long Grain Rice, uncooked
  3. Take 1/2 C Water
  4. Take 1 Medium White Onion, chopped
  5. Get 1 tsp Sea Salt
  6. Take 1/2 tsp Celery Seed
  7. Get 1/8 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  8. Make ready 1 pound Ground Beef
  9. Take 2 Tblsp Cooking Oil
  10. Make ready Sauce
  11. Take 15 oz can Tomato Sauce
  12. Get 1 C water
  13. Take 2 Tblsp Light Brown Sugar
  14. Get 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

Porcupine meatballs are an old-fashioned favorite, developed during the depression to stretch the amount of ground meat. They are so-named because once cooked the rice sticks out of the meatball looking a bit like porcupine quills. At this point, the meatballs should be cooked through and the rice inside the meatballs should be tender. These porcupine meatballs are well seasoned with McCormick spices to bring out amazing flavor.

Instructions to make Porcupine Meatballs:
  1. In a large mixing bowl: ground beef, 1/2 C water, onion, salt celery seed, black pepper, and garlic powder. Combine with hands until blended.
  2. Heat oil in large frying pan. I love using my cast iron skillet, or chicken fryer.
  3. Form 1 1/2 inch meatballs and place in heated skillet. As balls brown roll them in the skillet to cook evenly. Drain grease in container safe for hot grease.
  4. While meatballs are cooking mix sauce in a large mixing bowl: can tomato sauce, 1 cup water, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce.
  5. Once meatballs have been gently browned and firmed up pour sauce directly over meatballs in the skillet. Heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer gently about one hour. Checking to make sure they heat evenly. Don't cut the time or the rice will be under cooked.
  6. Serve meatballs with sauce. I like to have mine with mashed potatoes and a vegetable.

The rice in the meatball which give it the porcupine name add such a delicious texture. They simmer in a rich tomato sauce and cook to perfection. These are some of the best little meatballs that you are going to eat. Porcupine Meatballs are similar to a classic meatball recipe, only with rice added to the meat mixture before cooking. When the rice sticks out, these meatballs resemble a little 'porcupine'.

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