Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Porcupine Balls

Porcupine Balls. Porcupine meatballs have been a family staple since the Great Depression (and even before that!). They're called porcupine meatballs because the rice pokes out of the meat while they're cooking, resembling the spiky animal. What goes well with this recipe?

Porcupine Balls In a large casserole dish, add the remaining rice, dried onion, salt, Italian seasoning, diced tomatoes and beef broth. Porcupine meatballs are an old-fashioned favorite, developed during the depression to stretch the amount of ground meat. They are so-named because once cooked the rice sticks out of the meatball looking a bit like porcupine quills.

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, porcupine balls. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Porcupine meatballs have been a family staple since the Great Depression (and even before that!). They're called porcupine meatballs because the rice pokes out of the meat while they're cooking, resembling the spiky animal. What goes well with this recipe?

Porcupine Balls is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They're fine and they look wonderful. Porcupine Balls is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have porcupine balls using 22 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Porcupine Balls:

  1. {Make ready of Porcupine Balls.
  2. {Make ready 1 pound of ground veal.
  3. {Take 1 pound of ground pork.
  4. {Prepare 1/2 cup of panko breadcrumbs.
  5. {Get 1 of jumbo egg.
  6. {Prepare 2 tablespoons of water.
  7. {Make ready 1/2 teaspoon of ground Hungarian paprika.
  8. {Get 1 teaspoon of salt.
  9. {Get 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
  10. {Get 1/2 tablespoon of Italian seasonings.
  11. {Get 1/2 teaspoon of ground white pepper.
  12. {Get 1 cup of yellow rice, raw.
  13. {Prepare of Sauce.
  14. {Get 23 ounce of canned tomato soup, condensed.
  15. {Make ready 1/2 of soup can of water.
  16. {Take 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
  17. {Get of Rice.
  18. {Get 1 cup of yellow rice.
  19. {Prepare 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
  20. {Take 2 cups of water.
  21. {Prepare 1/3 cup of dehydrated onions.
  22. {Take 1/2 cup of water.

Porcupine Meatballs are hearty and well-seasoned meatballs with rice that simmer in a rich tomato sauce. This is a family recipe passed down from my grandma and I know that your family will love it too! Another great way of making these famous porcupine meatballs is in the slow cooker recipe. At this point, the meatballs should be cooked through and the rice inside the meatballs should be tender.

Instructions to make Porcupine Balls:

  1. Take the rice, breadcrumbs, egg, Italian seasonings, water, paprika, garlic, salt, and pepper, gather them in a bowl..
  2. Gather your veal and pork..
  3. Mix these ingredients and form into about an inch and a half round balls. Put them into a hot pan..
  4. As they sear rotate the balls till all the sides are seared. When the porcupines are seared add the soup with half a can of water. Turn on low heat and simmer for 1 hour covered..
  5. Rotate the ball in the sauce checking every 10-12 minutes. Keep simmering till the hour is up..
  6. Start the rice while the porcupines are simmering. Heat the oil and stir in the rice. Keep stirring till rice has been coated with the oil. After 7 minutes in the hot oil add the water and bring to a simmer..
  7. Add onions and the half cup water. Cover and cook till water is absorbed. Keep covered for 20 minutes undisturbed..
  8. Last 12 minutes of cooking the porcupines add in the brown sugar. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!.

Porcupine Meatball Bowl - add mashed potatoes to a bowl, swirl on some sauce, add a few meatballs and a drizzle of more sauce. Serve with garlic bread or cheesy bread Serve on a Charcuterie board - Make smaller meatballs and serve on a charcuterie board with a side of sauce, garlic toast, and cheese bread. Porcupine balls are a timeless, savory meal. An easy oven-dinner of meatballs with rice cooked right inside and a delicious tomato sauce. These days I refer to them as Porcupine Meatballs so as not to encourage any pre-teen dinner table jokes calling them porcupine balls!

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