# Porcupine Meatballs

Porcupine Meatballs, where the rice sticks out of the meatballs during cooking and resembles porcupine quills, is a comforting dish, similar to stuffed pepper filling.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 0.5 onion, diced very fine
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- salt
- pepper
- fresh parsley
- garlic powder
- 1 cup minute rice
- 2 cans tomato soup
- 0.5 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

## Instructions

1. Add lean ground beef to a bowl.
2. Add diced onion.
3. Add eggs.
4. Add Worcestershire sauce.
5. Add salt, pepper, fresh parsley and garlic powder.
6. Add minute rice.
7. Mix all ingredients.
8. Scoop into meatballs.
9. Add tomato soup to a bowl.
10. Add chicken broth.
11. Add tomato sauce and Italian seasoning.
12. Mix all ingredients.
13. Pour sauce over meatballs.
14. Bake uncovered at 350 for one hour.

## Tips

- Lean ground beef can be replaced with ground turkey or ground chicken.
- 40 to 45 meatballs can be made with a tablespoon scoop.
- The recipe can be halved to get around 20 meatballs.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-04-13

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