Cheeseburger Meatballs
 
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Juicy, flavorful, cheese-stuffed balls of yum decorated and customized to your taste to create the perfect platter of savory goodness mimicking your favorite cheeseburger flavors!
Alison:
Serves: 16 meatballs
Grocery List
  • Per 1 lb. of ground beef (16 meatballs)
  • ½ tsp. garlic powder
  • ½ tsp. onion powder
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 3 T. panko bread crumbs
  • Cheeses of your choice -- bleu, cheddar, Swiss, American
  • burger toppings -- lettuce, tomato, onions, jalapeños, mushrooms
  • Condiments -- ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, BBQ sauce, steak sauce, etc.
Here's how...
  1. Divide meat into 16 equal pieces (see post for the how-to).
  2. Cut chunks of cheese into about ¼" x ¼" squares.
  3. Set the squares onto one of the pieces of burger gently shaped into a flat circle.
  4. Form the meat up around the chunk of cheese and set it aside.
  5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  6. Heat a heavy skillet for several minutes -- a large cast iron is perfect for this -- and add in 1 T. olive oil.
  7. Add the meatballs to the hot skillet and brown them by letting them sit on each side until you create a texture all around each meatball. Try not to exceed 5 minutes at this stage as the rest of the cooking will happen when you then put the skillet into the preheated oven and let it cook until the inside reads at least 160 on a meat thermometer. This should take 10-15 minutes, but go by temp.
  8. Remove them from the oven and get ready to assemble!
  9. Use a long toothpick or short skewer, small appetizer forks, or whatever you have pile the toppings!
  10. For the Bleu cheese stuffed meatballs, I cut my onions and mushrooms into large chunks and sautéed them in some butter while the meatballs cooked. Once they were soft, I sprinkled them with salt and pepper and they were ready to assemble!
Recipe by That Which Nourishes at https://thatwhichnourishes.com/cheeseburger-meatballs/