Oven Baked Beef Meatballs

High protein, gluten free, and easy to throw together, this beef meatball recipe takes 10 minutes of prep time and just 20 minutes in the oven. Packed with flavor from dried herbs, spices, and shredded cheese, these meatballs make a great after-school snack, lunchbox addition and as a protein source for most any dinner! This recipe uses 4 lbs of beef, which means you’ll have quite a bit of meatballs to go around. Please see the video of this recipe.

Total time to prepare this recipe is 30 minutes. Prep time is 10 minutes and cooking time is 20 minutes!

Ingredients

4 lbs x 100% grass-fed ground beef
3 pasture-raised eggs
3 tsp unrefined sea salt
freshly ground pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
4 tsp onion powder
2 tsp onion flakes
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp dried basil
½ cup milk, preferably raw
1 cup shredded cheese, like parmigiana and cheddar

Instructions

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Mix all meatball ingredients together in a medium-large ceramic mixing bowl by massaging thoroughly with your hand.
Use a cookie scoop to scoop equal size amounts of meat and then roll the meat into balls between your hands. Place each meatball onto a baking sheet. This amount of meat will fill up more than 2 large baking sheets.
Baking meatballs at 425℉ for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and enjoy immediately.
Tip 1: This recipe makes a lot of meatballs, which is great for large families or meal prepping. You can choose to bake half the meatballs and store leftover raw meatball ingredients in the fridge, then cook fresh as you need it. You can also choose to batch out all of the meatballs and keep cooked meatballs in the fridge or you can freeze the cooked meatballs and heat when needed.
Tip 2: Meatballs make a great lunchbox addition. Just refrigerate leftover meatballs and place 1 or two cold meatballs in lunchbox. You can also place frozen meatball in the box and it should be thawed by lunch time.