Basic Jimmy Dean’s Hot Sausage and Beef Meatballs
Servings: 22 Meatballs
I have been using Jimmy Dean’s hot sausage since I started making chili. It has a really nice spice blend and flavor on top of having a nice kick. It also has a nice consistency and mixes well with ground beef. I like to use this meat mixture for a variety of recipes but mainly it’s a go-to meatball when I want there to be a little heat in the recipe. It’s also the meatball base that I use for some of my recipes that are stuffed since the it holds up better during the cooking process because of the combination of these meats.It’s the classic combination of pork and beef that is the base of a lot of meatball recipes out there in the world. You can always substitute out the Jimmy Dean’s Hot Sausage for any variety of Jimmy Dean's Sausage or your favorite hot Italian sausage or premade sausage. We have a couple of local grocery stores that have their own house blend that I love too. The consistency of those ground sausages is a little different than Jimmy Deans so just take that into consideration when swapping out the meat in this recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb ground Jimmy Dean’s Sausage
- 1 cup Italian Style breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a bowl combine the ground meats, breadcrumbs, eggs and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Take a scoop of the meat mixture and form a ball in your hands by gently rolling the meat around.
- Place your meatballs on a greased baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 22 mins.