The Best Wagyu Meatballs
These wagyu meatballs are tender, juicy and packed with flavor! Wagyu ground beef takes your classic meatball recipe to the next level. You can use them as an appetizer, served over your spaghetti or even for dipping.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound Wagyu ground beef
- ½ cup yellow onion minced finely in a food processor
- 3 garlic cloves grated or minced finely
- ½ cup dairy-free Italian bread crumbs
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black ground pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Slice a medium yellow onion in half through the root and peel off the outer layer of skin. Discard the skin. Take about half of the onion and roughly chop it, until you get to the root end. You can discard the root. Place the chunks of onion into a food processor and pulse with 3 peeled garlic cloves until the onion and garlic are chopped finely.
- Crack an egg and whisk it lightly in a small bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all of the ingredients together. With clean hands, mix the meat until well combined but do not over mix.
- Scoop out two tablespoons of meat and roll into a ball to form the meatball. Smooth out the cracks of the meatball with your fingers.
- Place the meatballs spaced out (at least 2 inches) on a pan lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes or until your meat thermometer reads 160-165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let cool and enjoy!
Notes
- If your meatballs look really cracked while you are forming them, coat your hands with a little bit of olive oil. This will help you to seal some of the cracks better.
- If you plan to serve these meatballs alone and not covered in sauce, you can optionally brush some olive oil over them to keep them from appearing dry before you serve.
- The USDA says that doneness and safety cannot be judged only by color, which is why it's important to use a meat thermometer when cooking ground beef. Ground beef is fully cooked at 160-165 degrees Fahrenheit. They also note that ground beef can still be pink inside after it's safely cooked due to a reaction between oven heat and myoglobin (a protein that stores oxygen in the muscle cell) which causes a pink color. Just make sure your meatballs are cooked at the appropriate temperature and all is well to eat.
Nutrition
Serving: 4meatballsCalories: 459kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 20gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.4gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 126mgSodium: 893mgPotassium: 109mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 63IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
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