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Recipes => Main Dishes-Beef => Topic started by: Mommom on July 29, 2007, 09:21:31 PM



Title: Rice Meat Balls
Post by: Mommom on July 29, 2007, 09:21:31 PM
Rice Meat Balls

1 cup Minute Rice
1 pound ground beef
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 teaspoons grated onion
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon marjoram (optional)
Dash pepper
2 ½ cups tomato juice*
½ teaspoon sugar

Combine Minute Rice (right from box) with beef, egg, onion, salt, marjoram, pepper and ½ cup of tomato juice.  Mix lightly.  Shape mixture into 18 balls and place in skillet.  Add sugar to remaining 2 cups of tomato juice.  Pour juice over meat balls in skillet.  Bring mixture to boil.  Reduce heat; simmer, covered 15 minutes, basting occasionally.  Makes 6 servings, 3 meat balls each.

*Or use two 8 ounce cans tomato sauce mixed with ½ cup water.