Homemade Italian Meatballs

My homemade Italian Meatballs are easy to make ahead, and perfect for a quick weeknight dinner! Ready in 30 minutes and so tender.

Course Appetizer or main

Cuisine American/Italian

Keyword homemade italian meatballs, how to make italian meatballs, italian meatball recipe, italian meatballs

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Bread Soaking Time 5

Total Time 25

Servings meatballs

Calories 195kcal

Preheat the oven to 400℉ degrees. In a large bowl combine ground beef, ground pork, Italian breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, pepper, garlic powder, salt, and Italian seasoning. Mix well.
2 pounds ground beef 80/20, 1 pound ground pork, 1 cup Italian breadcrumbs, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, Sea salt to taste
Set meat mixture aside. Place 2 slices of bread onto a plate and pour milk over top. Let the bread soak up all the milk, for about 5 minutes.
1 cup milk, 2 slices white bread
After your bread has soaked up most of the milk, gently squeeze the bread until all the extra liquid is released.
Add soaked bread into the meat mixture and give it a good mix.
Tightly roll the meat mixture into 1-inch balls using your hands. Place rolled meatballs onto a baking sheet, evenly spaced apart so none of them are touching.
Place in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Once meatballs are done, remove them from the oven and sprinkle with sea salt to taste. Enjoy!

Working with damp hands will prevent the beef mixture from sticking to your fingers, so I recommend washing and then rinsing your hands so they're still a little damp when mixing the meatballs.

Bake the meatballs on a wire rack on a large baking sheet to ensure all the fat drips down during baking. This will give you the best Italian meatball texture.