Inside Out Porcupines
Created by FrenchBunny on November 1, 2011
- Servings: 3
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #1849
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef
- 1/4 cup italian flavor breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasonings
- 2 or 3 fresh leaves basil (finely chopped)
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce (herb flavor)
- 1/4 cup beef broth
- 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/4 cup uncooked long grain rice
- Parsley or basil for garnish
How to Make
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Step 1: To make the meat mixture combine the first 7 ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
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Step 2: Combine the tomato sauce, beef broth and sugar in a bowl, whisk to mix.
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Step 3: With the meat mixture make 4 balls. Roll each meatball in the rice and slightly flatten them so they could cook in the allotted time evenly. Place meatballs in a small casserole dish. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and cover dish.
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Step 4: Bake in a preheated oven of 375 for 35 to 45 minutes. Sprinkle with some chopped parsley or basil if using.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (312.7 g)
- Calories 532.7
- Total Fat - 25 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.2 g
- Cholesterol - 190.7 mg
- Sodium - 416.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 36.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 4.7 g
- Protein - 37.8 g
- Calcium - 56.1 mg
- Iron - 5.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg