Greek Meatball Appetizers
From keni 12 years ago
- ~45 min to make
- Serves ~45 meatballs!
These savory meatballs are flavorful on their own, but add the quick and easy dipping sauce, and watch your guests gobble them up! The meat mixture is even better if left in the fridge for an hour or two prior to baking and the sauce can be made ahead of time!
Ingredients
- 1lb lean ground beef shopping list
- 1lb ground lamb, venison, chicken, turkey shopping list
- about 1/4 cup dry minced, or fresh grated onion shopping list
- 1 cup fine bread crumbs shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 1T dry Greek or Mediterranean seasoning(with lemon, coriander, garlic, parsley, oregano, etc) shopping list
- 1T fresh parsley, minced(or sub about 1t or so, dried) shopping list
- 1T fresh mint, minced(or sub 1 1/2t dried) shopping list
- 1t ground cumin shopping list
- 1t ground coriander(decrease to 1/2 if your Greek seasoning has it in it :) shopping list
- 1/2-2t crushed red peppers shopping list
- 1T Dijon shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- couple dashes liquid smoke shopping list
- 1/4 cup feta or goat cheese, crumbled shopping list
- a couple T plain Greek yogurt shopping list
- goat cheese Dressingor Dipping Sauce(thin out with a touch of buttermilk or more yogurt/sour cream, if needed, for dipping consistency :) shopping list
How to make it
- Combine all meatball ingredients in large bowl.
- Mix well with hands, but do not over work.
- Let rest in fridge for a couple hours, or, just at room temperature.
- Form mixture into about 1T(I use my cookie scoop) sized balls and place on wire rack over cookie sheet, or similar set up.
- Bake at 350 for about 17-20 minutes, just until cooked through.
- Serve with toothpicks or skewers with the dipping sauce.
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