Simmered Bleu Cheese Burger Meatballs
Seasoned beef meatballs, simmered in tomatoes and topped with bleu cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- ⅔ cup uncooked rice
- 2.5 cups water
- 1.5 T steak seasoning
- ½ t salt, optional, depending on composition of steak seasoning (for meatballs)
- 1 t salt (for sauce)
- 1 28 oz can of tomatoes
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 4 oz bleu cheese
- 2 T olive oil, bacon grease, or any other fat of your choice
Instructions
- Blend the meat, steak seasoning, and optional salt together. When you measure out your milk, crack your egg into that same measuring cup and whisk the egg and milk together. Add the rice, milk, and egg to the meat, and blend well. The mixture will look quite wet at first, but it will come together.
- Form the meat into balls, ~2" wide, and quickly brown in the fat of your choice over medium heat. You don't need to cook them through, just brown the outside. Remove the meatballs carefully with tongs or a spoon and set aside. Larger meatballs will be more fragile to move around.
- Put the tomatoes and salt into a large pan, saucier, or pot. You'll need enough space for all the meatballs to fit in it as well. Bring that to a boil and then nestle the meatballs into the tomatoes.
- Cover and simmer on low for 1.5 hours. Crumble the bleu cheese on top when serving.