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Rao’s Classic Meatballs

Chi-town girl — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:19:20 GMT

We LOVE Rao's ❤️ Have not been to the original NY restaurant, but many visits to their Las Vegas restaurant at Caesar's Palace. Disappointed to learn the Vegas restaurant closed this past Fall

Their meatball appetizer was a must have - the largest sized meatballs I've seen, yet so tender.

The appetizer plate was 2 jumbo meatballs with sauce - easily shared by 4 or more with lots of crusty bread to mop up the sauce!

I'm going to try this recipe soon but will make regular sized meatballs for a spaghetti dinner. I make a decent homemade sauce , but their jar sauce is our favorite of jar sauces - I stock up when Costco has the 2 pack of jars at special price.

Here's the meatball recipe 😍

We’re sharing our secret recipe for the best Italian meatballs in the world. Easy to make in big batches to freeze for later, or enjoy them tonight in a pot of marinara sauce over pasta or roasted vegetables. They’re light, tender, and unbelievably delicious.

INGREDIENTS

2, 24OZ JARS

RAO’S HOMEMADE® MARINARA SAUCE

1 LB. GROUND BEEF

1/2 LB. GROUND VEAL

1/2 LB. GROUND PORK

2 EGGS

1 CUP, FRESHLY GRATED PARMESAN

1 1/2 TBSP, CHOPPED PARSLEY

1/2 SMALL CLOVE, PEELED AND MINCED GARLIC

TO TASTE SALT

TO TASTE PEPPER

2 CUPS BREADCRUMBS

2 CUPS WATER

1 CUP OLIVE OIL

1 CLOVE, LIGHTLY SMASHED GARLIC

DIRECTIONS

Combine ground beef, veal, and pork in a large bowl. Add eggs, cheese, parsley, minced garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Using your hands, blend ingredients together.

Add the bread crumbs into meat mixture and combine. Slowly add water until the mixture is quite moist.

Shape the meat mixture into balls (2 1/2 to 3 inch balls).

Heat the oil in a large sauté pan and saute the smashed garlic clove until lightly brown to flavor the oil, and remove with a slotted spoon and discard.

Fry the meatballs in batches.

When the bottom half of the meatball is very brown and slightly crisp, turn and cook the other half.

Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.

Lower cooked meatballs into simmering marinara sauce and cook for 15 minutes.

Serve over pasta, in a sub, or on their own.

Re: Rao’s Classic Meatballs

coffee drinker — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:30:41 GMT

@Chi-town girl Thanks for all the recipes. Where are you getting them? If you've tried their Bolognese sauce, put it on your grocery list. It's very good.

Re: Rao’s Classic Meatballs

Sooner — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:36:41 GMT

@coffee drinker Thanks for letting us know.

Also, If you haven't tried Beyond Meat Beyond Meatballs--they are wonderful! We keep them in the freezer. We started getting them at Whole Foods and now Walmart has them.

We raised cattle and I am a dyed-in-the-hide meat lover but these things are really really good--and we use Rao's sauce too!

Re: Rao’s Classic Meatballs

wagirl — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:26:25 GMT

am a fan of Raos sauces--and I do combine those 3 ground meats in my meatballs--so flavorful--- but the best thing I do , is put the meatballs in my airfryer---OMGosh--that machine does an amazing job cooking them---somtimes I cook them to get that yummy brown crust on them and then finish by putting them into the sauce to cook-----one thing tho---do not over mix them or pack them hard into a ball--they will turn out too tough!! be gentle with your.......balls-----Yummy!!!!!

Re: Rao’s Classic Meatballs

Chi-town girl — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 20:29:07 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
am a fan of Raos sauces--and I do combine those 3 ground meats in my meatballs--so flavorful--- but the best thing I do , is put the meatballs in my airfryer---OMGosh--that machine does an amazing job cooking them---somtimes I cook them to get that yummy brown crust on them and then finish by putting them into the sauce to cook-----one thing tho---do not over mix them or pack them hard into a ball--they will turn out too tough!! be gentle with your.......balls-----Yummy!!!!!

Thanks for the tips @wagirl I'm going to try your air fryer method

Re: Rao’s Classic Meatballs

Chi-town girl — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 20:35:46 GMT

@coffee drinker wrote:
@Chi-town girl Thanks for all the recipes. Where are you getting them? If you've tried their Bolognese sauce, put it on your grocery list. It's very good.

@coffee drinker - thank you ☺️ adding Rao's Bolognese sauce to our shopping list. I need to restock our pantry!

As I was looking for Rao's Vegas restaurant reservations for an upcoming trip, I stumbled on the recipes. Rao's website has the recipes and there are more than what's posted here.

I will post more recipes as I review the website - let me know if you want anything specific that I can find for you. We can't post the website link bc they are an online shopping retailer