Porcupine Recipe ★ Porcupine Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

My dad created this recipe in college. And has been a family favorite ever since! For added flavor, add seasoning salt to beef, or use bison.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup instant rice
• 1 white onion, chopped
• 1 egg
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 28 fluid ounces water

Cooking Directions

1. Mix ground beef, rice, onion, and egg together in a bowl with your hands; shape into tennis-ball sized balls.
2. Stir tomato sauce and water together in a large pot; bring too a boil. Gently lie meatballs into the sauce, place cover on the pot, and reduce heat to medium-low.
3. Cook until meatballs are no longer pink in the center, about 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
4. Put meatballs on a plate, cut each into halves, and ladle sauce over the meatballs to serve.

Nutrition Facts

• calories246.1
• carbohydrateContent21.8 g
• cholesterolContent74.6 mg
• fatContent10.2 g
• fiberContent2.4 g
• proteinContent16.8 g
• saturatedFatContent3.9 g
• sodiumContent745 mg
• sugarContent6 g