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Freezer Meatballs
Homemade freezer meatballs are perfect for batch prep and bring-out on busy weeknights. You can double or triple the recipe and make a whole lot of veggie-loaded meatballs at one time. Then, simply cook from frozen for healthy, delicious, and homemade meatballs! I’m sharing the full how-to freeze meatballs instructions and how to cook frozen meatballs as well.
Prep
10 min
Cook
30 min
Total
40 min
Serves
8
Instructions
- 01
In a large skillet, heat avocado oil on medium heat. Then add the onion and celery. Sauté for 4-5 minutes, until the onions are a little translucent. Add the garlic for 1 minute to cook and remove from heat.
- 02
In a large bowl combine the beef, egg, onion mixture, oat flour, Worcestershire sauce, sea salt, pepper, and allspice. Mix well and form meatballs with your hands or the size of the cookie scoop (about 2-3 tbsp meat mixture for each meatball).
- 03
To freeze meatballs, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and as you roll the balls out, place them on the parchment-lined baking sheet, making sure that they do not touch. Freeze the meatballs, and once fully frozen, transfer them into a labeled freezer bag. Label and date it, and your meatballs are good for up to 6 months!
- 04
To cook from frozen: Frozen meatballs go great from the freezer into a crockpot. Top with your favorite sauce and cook on low for 5-6 hours. I find frozen meatballs actually hold together better in the crockpot than fresh. You can bake them for 30-35 minutes at 375 degrees F until fully cooked.
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 359
- Protein
- 22g
- Carbs
- 7g
- Fat
- 26g
- Fiber
- 1g
- Sugar
- 1g
- Sat. fat
- 9g
- Sodium
- 441mg
- Cholesterol
- 121mg
Variations & swaps
Substitutions
- Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this meatball recipe.
- If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
- Avocado oil – Try extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil in the place of avocado oil. Butter would work too!
- Onion – Red onion and green onion are delicious substitutes for yellow onion.
- Celery – Try minced zucchini as a good alternative here.
- Garlic – Don’t have fresh garlic? Use garlic powder instead.
- Ground beef – Lean ground beef, ground turkey, ground chicken, ground pork, ground lamb, or a mixture of half beef, and half another ground meat make delicious meatballs!
- Oat flour – Bread crumbs and panko breadcrumbs are good substitutes for oat flour.
- Worcestershire sauce – For different ways to flavor your meatballs, try soy sauce, coconut aminos, or barbeque sauce in place of the Worcestershire sauce.
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