Serve these meatballs as an appetizer at parties or for dinner with mashed potatoes, or over egg noodles or rice. To save time, frozen meatballs could be used.
Meatballs:
2 lb. lean ground beef
1/3 c. finely chopped green bell pepper
1/3 c. finely chopped onion
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. Italian-style dry bread crumbs
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. ground black pepper
Sauce:
1 pkg dry onion soup mix
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of onion soup
1 can water
2 T. browning/seasoning sauce
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine ground beef, green pepper, onion, eggs, browning/seasoning sauce, bread crumbs, salt and pepper; mix thoroughly.
Shape meat mixture into meatballs about 2 inches in diameter. Place about 1 inch apart on a large, shallow baking sheet; bake 30 minutes.
While meatballs are baking, make sauce.
In a 9 × 13 inch baking dish, whisk together soup mix, soups and water. When the meatballs are done baking, remove them from the baking sheet and place them into the soup mixture; coat the meatballs in the soup mixture. Return them to the oven; bake 20 - 30 minutes, or until sauce begins to bubble.
**To save time, frozen meatballs can be used.