This easy, made from scratch Meatball Stroganoff recipe is delicious comfort food. No frozen meatballs or canned soup in this dish. It's a combination of flavorful homemade beef and pork meatballs smothered in a creamy and tangy onion mushroom gravy. Serve over noodles, rice or mashed potatoes for a tasty meal.
Meatballs are high on my list of favorite recipes. Sicilian Meatballs with Basil Marinara, Easy Awesome Beer Turkey Meatballs, Baked Meatball Marinara and this ultra comfort food recipe for Meatball Stroganoff are ones I make for my personal chef clients all the time.
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what is meatball stroganoff?
My Meatball Stroganoff recipe is a twist on classic Beef Stroganoff. The mini beef and pork meatballs are seasoned with onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, and bread crumbs stand in for the traditional thin slices of beef.
The meatballs are smothered in a rich and slightly tangy sour cream gravy teaming with sauteed onions and mushrooms. Serve this stick to your ribs entrée over egg noodles, rice or mashed potatoes.
the ingredients
Don't be deterred by what seems like a long list of ingredients. Most are already in your pantry and refrigerator. Full quantities of the ingredients are included on the recipe card below.
- ground beef
- ground pork
- onion
- seasoned bread crumbs
- fresh parsley
- large eggs
- Worcestershire sauce
- garlic powder
- kosher salt
- pepper
- salted butter
- tomato paste
- all purpose flour
- reduced sodium beef broth
- sour cream
- Dijon mustard
recipe details
This is a brief overview of the recipe. Scroll to the full printable meatball stroganoff recipe for complete instructions.
- Make the meatballs ~ Combine ground beef and pork, onions, seasoned bread crumbs, parsley, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, kosher salt and pepper. Form into meatballs.
- Bake the meatballs ~ Just a little over 15 minutes in the oven makes for perfectly cooked meatballs.
- Make the sauce ~ Sauté onions and mushrooms. Add tomato paste and Dijon mustard. Stir in all purpose flour. Pour in reduced sodium beef stock. Cook. Stir in sour cream and fresh parsley.
chef cooking tips for meatball stroganoff
- Use a combination of ground meats ~ Ground beef and pork make for deliciously rich and full flavored meatballs. You could substitute ground turkey, ground chicken, all beef or even a meatloaf mix (combination of beef, pork and veal).
- Bake or sauté the meatballs ~ I like the easy hands off method of baking meatballs, but if you prefer you can sauté them in a pan.
- Take the chill off ~ Cold sour cream can curdle if stirred into hot liquids. Take it out of the refrigerator as soon as you start to make the recipe to let it come to room temperature.
what to serve with stroganoff?
These little meatloaf like stroganoff meatballs with a creamy brown gravy are the start of a delightful meal. You want to catch all the savory and tangy gravy.
Serve the meatballs over pasta (I LOVE these kluski noodles!), rice (grab my easy fluffy rice recipe), or mashed potatoes. A simple side of steamed broccoli, green beans or asparagus or even these roasted Brussels sprouts make for a complete meal.
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recipe
Meatball Stroganoff ~ Made from Scratch
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 5 servings 1x
Description
This easy, made from scratch Meatball Stroganoff recipe is delicious comfort food. No frozen meatballs or canned soup in this dish. It's a combination of flavorful homemade beef and pork meatballs smothered in a creamy and tangy onion mushroom gravy. Serve over noodles, rice or mashed potatoes for a tasty meal.
Ingredients
for the meatballs ~
- ¾ pound ground beef
- ½ pound ground pork
- ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
- ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
for the sauce ~
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 1 cup thinly sliced onion
- 10 ounces mushrooms, quartered
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 cups reduced sodium beef broth
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
cooked egg noodles, rice or mashed potatoes for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a ¼ size baking sheet pan or other small sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl make the meatball mixture. Combine ground beef, ground pork, onion, seasoned bread crumbs, parsley, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, kosher salt, and pepper. Try not to overmix the mixture or the meatballs will be tough.
- Using about a tablespoon of the meatball mixture, form into balls. Place on the prepared sheet pan. The mixture should make about 30 meatballs.
- Bake the meatballs in the oven for 16 to 18 minutes or until the internal temperature is about 160 degrees F on a instant read digital thermometer.
- While the meatballs bake, prepare the sauce. In a large sauté pan, melt the salted butter. Add the onions and mushrooms and sauté, stirring occasionally, 4 to 5 minutes. The onions and mushrooms should be just soft, but still holding their shape.
- Add the tomato paste and Dijon mustard. Stir and cook for about 1 minute.
- Sprinkle the onion mushroom mixture with the all purpose flour. Stir to combine and cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly add the reduced sodium beef broth and stir to combine. Bring to a low boil and cook the sauce until slightly thickened, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sour cream and parsley. Season to taste with kosher salt and pepper.
- Serve over egg noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes.
Notes
- Use a combination of ground meats ~ Ground beef and pork make for deliciously rich and full flavored meatballs. You could substitute ground turkey, ground chicken, all beef or even a meatloaf mix (combination of beef, pork and veal).
- Bake or sauté the meatballs ~ I like the easy hands off method of baking meatballs, but if you prefer you can sauté them in a pan.
- Take the chill off ~ Cold sour cream can curdle if stirred into hot liquids. Take it out of the refrigerator as soon as you start to make the recipe to let it come to room temperature.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: entrée
- Method: cook on stove top and bake in oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6 meatballs
- Calories: 539
- Sugar: 3.7 g
- Sodium: 860 mg
- Fat: 34.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 15.7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16.8 g
- Fiber: 2.1 g
- Protein: 39.3 g
- Cholesterol: 176 mg
Laura Zimmerman
The sauce was so flavorful!! My family loved these meatballs and I'm glad I made a double batch so we have leftovers.
Amy Casey
I'm so glad you enjoyed my recipe Laura. I just made another batch of these meatballs for the freezer.