My coworker’s husband posted a video of him making meatballs using an ice cube tray a little while back. Interesting right? I knew I had to make it when he said he lined the trays with BACON before adding the meat mixture. My son loves bacon but I rarely make it as it’s highly processed.
In this recipe though it is not all bacon but every single meatball is covered with bacon. The whole thing is baked, so the bacon gets crispy and the grease drains off too – a win-win if you ask me!
Serve with dipping sauce of your choice as an appetizer or snack, or add rice pilaf with some salad and you’ve got an easy lunch or dinner done!
This will be perfect to serve as an appetizer for your holiday spread too!
Makes 28 meatballs
Ingredients:
- 1 lb ground beef, chicken, or turkey
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 8 – 10 slices bacon
- Barbecue sauce, Ranch, sweet chili sauce, etc. for dipping
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a large bowl, mix the ground meat, onion, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, milk, egg, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper until combined. Set aside.
- Line two empty ice trays with bacon, (my trays took 2 strips per row, total of 4 per tray) overlapping each piece to cover the tray completely. Fill with ground meat mixture, pressing down to fill each cube completely.
- Flip the ice tray over onto a baking sheet, gently squeeze cubes to release meatballs, and carefully lift the ice cube tray off.
- Bake for 20 – 30 minutes, or until bacon is crisp and browned, and meatball is cooked through.
- Transfer the meatball sheets to a cutting board and cut the bacon to create individual meatballs.
- Serve with your choice of dipping sauce. Enjoy!
Ice Tray Meatballs
Bacon wrapped meatball made in ice cube trays, need I say more?
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef, chicken, or turkey
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 8 – 10 slices bacon
- Barbecue sauce, Ranch, sweet chili sauce, etc. for dipping
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a large bowl, mix the ground meat, onion, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, milk, egg, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper until combined. Set aside.
- Line two empty ice trays with bacon, (my trays took 2 strips per row, total of 4 per tray) overlapping each piece to cover the tray completely. Fill with ground meat mixture, pressing down to fill each cube completely.
- Flip the ice tray over onto a baking sheet, gently squeeze cubes to release meatballs, and carefully lift the ice cube tray off.
- Bake for 20 – 30 minutes, or until bacon is crisp and browned, and meatball is cooked through.
- Transfer the meatball sheets to a cutting board and cut the bacon to create individual meatballs.
- Enjoy!