Recipe: Perfect Porcupine Meatballs

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Porcupine Meatballs These porcupine meatballs taste great over rice or on their own as a party appetizer. 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. You can have Porcupine Meatballs using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Porcupine Meatballs

  1. You need 1 lb of ground beef.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of instant rice.
  3. You need 1 of each egg.
  4. It's 1 can of cream of mushroom soup.
  5. You need 1 dash of salt.
  6. Prepare 1 dash of pepper.
  7. It's 1/2 of small onion.

Melt the shortening in a large skillet over medium heat. Place garlic and meatballs in the skillet. Cook, gently stirring, until evenly browned; drain. Porcupine Meatballs are similar to a classic meatball recipe, only with rice added to the meat mixture before cooking.

Porcupine Meatballs step by step

  1. Finely chop the onions.
  2. Slightly beat the egg.
  3. Mix all the Ingredients. Only use 1 tablespoon of the soup at this point..
  4. Make into meatball (whatever size you want).
  5. Brown the meatballs both sides to hold the shape.
  6. Mix the remaining cream soup with milk or water. Place meatballs into sause and simmer for 15 mins..
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When the rice sticks out, these meatballs resemble a little 'porcupine'. I personally love the texture that the rice gives these meatballs. It makes them so soft, tender and juicy all the way through! Porcupine Meatball Bowl - add mashed potatoes to a bowl, swirl on some sauce, add a few meatballs and a drizzle of more sauce. Serve with garlic bread or cheesy bread Serve on a Charcuterie board - Make smaller meatballs and serve on a charcuterie board with a side of sauce, garlic toast, and cheese bread.