Salefork
Home / Recipes / American

Dinner for 5

Meatballs and Gravy

Oven-baked beef meatballs simmer in a rich mushroom gravy made with broth, onions, and garlic.

$3.60per serving $$$
72 minstart to table
5servings

AmericanHigh-proteinFamilyDinnersThanksgiving on a budget

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup panko
  • 2 lb 80/20 ground beef
  • 1/2 cup yellow onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 8 oz mushrooms
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 1 tbsp garlic
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 1/2 cups low sodium beef broth (optional)
  • 2 tsp better than bouillon beef base
  • 2 tsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Steps

  1. Stir the milk and breadcrumbs together in a large bowl and rest for 5 minutes.
  2. Mix in the beef, onion, garlic, egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, thyme, salt, and pepper.
  3. Shape the mixture into meatballs and place them on a greased baking sheet.
  4. Bake at 400 F for 25 minutes, until the centers reach 160 F.
  5. Melt the butter in a large skillet, cook the mushrooms, onion, and garlic for 6 minutes, then stir in the flour.
  6. Whisk in the beef broth, beef base, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper, then simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Add the cooked meatballs to the gravy and simmer for 5 minutes.

Main ingredient on sale this week? See what to make with ground beef on sale.

Find this week's cheapest dinners

Pick your store and we build five dinners from this week's ad, with cost per serving and a shopping list by aisle.

Find this week's cheapest dinners

More like this