If you make this recipe, please let us know! Leave a comment, rate it and tag a photo #ChiliPepperMadness on Instagram so we can take a look. I always love to see all of your spicy inspirations. Thanks! – Mike H. Or, serve it with pasta for the classic spaghetti and meatballs combo, or pop it onto some rolls for a sandwich. Meatballs are good for any type of dish, it seems. How wonderful for us!
What You’ll Love About This Recipe
Over the years, in making many a meatball, I have learned a number of different ways to make the meatballs moist and not so dense. Sometimes they can get overly thick and a bit tough to eat if you don’t treat them right. One way that works for me, and I’ve used it in this recipe, is to incorporate cooked onion and peppers. The moisture from those ingredients adds to the overall finished texture of the meatball, keeping that unwanted density at bay. Also, Parmesan cheese. Talk about AWESOME. I almost NEVER make an Italian style meatball recipe without the addition of Parmesan cheese. So good. Seriously, you must try. Today. I added these to a crock pot and brought them over to a party and they disappeared very quickly. Lucky I snagged a couple before I brought them over! Let’s talk about how to make spicy Italian meatballs. Next, cook down the onions, pepper, and garlic, the mix with the ground meats, bread crumb mixture, cooked onion mixture, Parmesan cheese, Italian herbs, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, and optional SPICY ingredients. Form your meatballs, then brown them in a hot pan. Simmer the meatballs in your spicy marinara sauce to cook them through. Simmer the sauce at least 30 minutes to let the flavor develop. You can easily simmer 1 hour or longer. BOOM! Serve up those spicy Italian meatballs! This is making me hungry! When they simmer in the pot or the crock pot, the flavor develops even more. Not a lot of tinkering needed! Try it with my spicy Fra Diavolo Sauce recipe! I love how this spicy pasta sauce came through with these meatballs. I feel like a lot of meatballs you get parties don’t get a lot of sauce, and I enjoy the sauce. High on Italian flavor. They would be perfect on a sub roll. Can you say, meatball sammich?
Try Some of My Other Popular Spicy Recipes
Spicy Meatballs in Chipotle-Lime Sauce Spicy Meatballs Sub Sandwiches Buffalo Chicken Meatballs Spicy Korean Chicken Meatballs Grape Jelly Meatballs Shrimp Fra Diavolo
