Steps to Prepare Perfect Meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce:

1. Prepare Meatballs (makes 12 medium sized meatballs)
2. Take 1 lbs ground Italian sausage meat (casings removed)
3. Make ready 3/4 cup panko (plus 1/8 cup for coating)
4. Get 1/2 cup milk
5. Make ready 1 egg
6. Get 1/4 cup minced green onion (both green and white parts)
7. Make ready 1/3 cup minced parsley or cilantro stems (reserve leaves for garnish)
8. Make ready 1 tsp onion powder
9. Make ready 1 tsp garlic powder
10. Get Salt and pepper
11. Make ready Easy Marinara Sauce
12. Prepare 1 tsp avocado oil (or other similar neutral oil) for frying
13. Take 1 tbsp minced onion
14. Prepare 1 tsp minced garlic
15. Take 1/2 tsp tomato paste
16. Take 1 anchovy, diced and crushed in salt
17. Prepare 1 Jar marinara sauce
18. Make ready 1 tsp Italian spice mix (or oregano)
19. Take 1/2 tsp red chili flakes
20. Make ready 1 bunch baby spinach, chopped

Instructions to make Meatballs (2 ways) in tomato sauce:

1. Make the meatballs mixture: soak the panko in the milk for 30 minutes. While doing that, see steps below for making marinara.
2. After the panko has soaked, add all other ingredients. Mix thoroughly by hand. Divide into 12 smooth balls (smaller than a pool ball, larger than a golf ball) and line them up on parchment paper on a baking sheet/cutting board. Roll 6 balls in leftover panko.
3. Fill 6 spots of a muffin tin with 1 tsp of oil; let the tin heat up in an oven at 350 degrees for 10 mins. Carefully remove the tin, and add the panko crusted meatballs. Add the other 6 meatballs carefully into the sauce you’ve been simmering (instructions below).
4. Saute onions and garlic. Add tomato paste and anchovy, cook it up. Add all other ingredients except for spinach. Let simmer for at least 1/2 hour. Add spinach at the end.

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