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Ground meat meatballs with a breadcrumb coating

Ground meat meatballs with a breadcrumb coating

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Soft, ground meat meatballs, soaked in milk, with onions, garlic, and parsley, seasoned with mustard and paprika, and pan-fried to a golden brown.

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Recipe from Rbwtexan, 1997kB, Dumbmoron2018 and 2 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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These ground meat patties are a beginner-friendly recipe: stale bread soaked in milk, ground meat, an egg, onion, garlic, and parsley. They are about the size of a ping-pong ball and turn golden brown in a frying pan in about ten minutes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodbread
  • Estimated cost$10.47 $2.62 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.12
  • $7.05
  • $0.35
  • $0.15
  • $0.13
  • $0.28
  • $0.02
  • $0.05
  • $0.04
  • $0.14
  • $0.23
  • $0.15
  • $1.76

Prices from US supermarkets for 11 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the small bread in warm milk.
  2. Squeeze the bread well to extract the milk. ≈ 3 min
  3. In a large bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, eggs, and ground meat. ≈ 3 min
  4. In a pan, sauté the chopped onion and garlic in the butter over low heat.
  5. Add the freshly chopped parsley, prepared in a food processor, and cook until it softens.
  6. Pour the everything into the salad bowl with the ground meat, and season generously with mustard, a few drops of Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, paprika, and red chili flakes. ≈ 2 min
  7. Thoroughly knead the mixture with your hands. ≈ 10 min
  8. Make meatballs about the size of a ping-pong ball. ≈ 10 min
  9. Fry the meatballs in hot oil or clarified butter for 5 to 8 minutes.
  10. Turn the meatballs frequently until they are golden brown on both sides. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Ground meat meatballs with a breadcrumb coating

  • 125 ml of milk$0.12
  • 500 g of ground meat$7.05
  • 1 egg$0.35
  • 1 onion$0.15
  • 2 to 3 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)$0.13
  • 2 tablespoons of butter$0.28
  • 1 tablespoon of mustard$0.02
  • Worcestershire sauce$0.05
  • salt$0.04
  • black pepper$0.14
  • mild paprika$0.23
  • ground red chili pepper$0.15
  • oil paint or clarified butter (liquid)$1.76

Total$10.47

that's $2.62 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 small, slightly stale bread (no more than two days old)
  • 125 ml of milk
  • 500 g of ground meat
  • 1 egg
  • 1 onion
  • 2 to 3 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 bunch of parsley
  • 1 tablespoon of mustard
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • mild paprika
  • ground red chili pepper
  • oil paint or clarified butter (liquid)

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