Sweet Potato And Ground Beef Oven Meatballs
These healthy and delicious meatballs are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, and can be frozen for a great meal prep idea!
Ingredients
- 16 oz ground beef
- 5 small sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes or medallions (doesn't matter how you cut them, just cut them uniformly so they cook at the same rate)
- 1/2 of a large red onion, minced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp italian seasoning
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs (store bought is fine)
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil or coconut oil
- salt/pepper to taste (if using store bought bread crumbs, you likely don't need to add any salt)
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Place a pot filled with water on the stove top. Bring to a boil and add the chopped sweet potatoes. Cook until a fork easily goes through, about 20 minutes.
- While the sweet potatoes are boiling, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add the minced red onion and cook until fully cooked, about 4 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
- When the sweet potatoes are done, drain them and let them sit for a few minutes to cool. Once cooled enough to handle, add it to a large mixing bowl. Toss in the bread crumbs, garlic powder, onion powder, cooked red onion, ground beef and Worcestershire sauce.
- Mix everything together using a mixer or your hands. Make sure it is combined well.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and spay with cooking spray. Form uniform meat balls using your hands or a scooper, and place on the baking sheet. Make sure they do not touch.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes, until the internal temperature of the meat balls is at least 160 degrees.
- IF FREEZING: Place baking sheet with FULLY COOKED meatballs in the freezer and freeze for 1 hour. Remove and toss the half frozen meatballs in a freezer bag or Tupperware container to freeze. Use within 1 month.
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