Smothered Meatballs

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"I started making this when I was a teenager. A long standing family favorite."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs
• 2⁄3 cup milk
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons minced onions
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cans cream of mushroom soup

directions

1. Combine beef and crumbs; add eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and onion.
2. Mix thoroughly; shape into balls.
3. Brown in vegetable oil; drain excess fat.
4. Add soup and cook slowly for 20 minutes or until meatballs are tender.
5. Serve over hot noodles.

Reviews

[Cynthea]

I grew up with this same recipe. We call it Meatballs and Mushroom gravy and it is now my 15 year old daughters favorite dish. I make the meatballs a little different ; my Mom never had a specific recipe. I just use hamburger, add about 1/2 -1 onion , grate some sourdough french bread usually 1 large slice and add 1 egg to 1 2/2 -2 lbs of hamburger .To make it easy, I put the meatballs in a baking dish in the oven .Also I add some milk or half and half to the soup to make the sauce and server over wide egg noodles. Very good!

 

[Gladys58]

We had the meatballs over noodles last night for supper. WOW!! What my husband and I consider pure-dee comfort food. Tender, savory meatballs in a rich creamy sauce over hot noodles. Doesn't get much better than that. Very easy to boot. Another keeper, Nurse Di.

 

[Chef de Sucre]

Very simple and tasty. I didn't have any cream of mushroom soup on hand, so I made a cream soup base by making a roux with 2 T butter and 3 T flour. Off the heat, I slowly whisked in 1/2 c milk and 1/2 c beef broth until smooth and then returned to heat and simmered until thickened. Then I seasoned to taste with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. I also ended up baking these at 400 for around 30 min.

 

[Cennet]

This is a favorite in our family, too. I use meatloaf mix -- pork, veal and beef -- and add sour cream instead of milk to the meat and also fresh garlic or garlic salt or powder. Yummy!

 

[Michaela]

Oh Yeah!! Your recipe made a delicious meal for my family last night. The sauce was very rich and creamy. Kind of reminded me of a stroganoff sauce except without the sour cream. I also served this over noodles. The kids and husband all gave it raves. That is quite an accomplishment. Thank-you.