Porcupine meatballs. They are so-named because once cooked the rice sticks out of the meatball. Definitely a kid pleaser; these were my all time favorites as a kid, and are to my kids now! Pork, Ground, Frozen by the US Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe.
You can cook Porcupine meatballs using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Porcupine meatballs
- Prepare 1 lb of ground beef.
- It's 1 1/2 cup of uncooked regular rice.
- It's 1/2 cup of water.
- It's 1/3 cup of onion, chopped.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
- You need 1/2 tsp of celery salt.
- It's tsp of 1/8 garlic powder.
- Prepare tsp of 1/8 pepper.
- You need 1 can of tomato sauce.
- Prepare 1 cup of water.
- You need 2 tbsp of worcestershire sauce.
Porcupine meatballs step by step
- Heat oven to 350°F. Mix meat, rice, 1/2 cup water, onion, salts, garlic powder, and pepper..
- Shape mixture by rounded tablespoonfulls into balls. Place meatballs in ungreased baking dish 8x8x2 inches..
- Stir together remaining ingredients & pour over meatballs. Cover worth aluminum foil & bake 45 minutes. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes..