Spicy Mini Meatball Grilled Cheese

Spicy Mini Meatball Grilled Cheese might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 2 and costs $5.29 per serving. One portion of this dish contains roughly 88g of protein, 57g of fat, and a total of 1051 calories. It is brought to you by How Sweet Eats. This recipe is liked by 7721 foodies and cooks. Head to the store and pick up canned tomatoes, provolone cheese, unsalted butter, and a few other things to make it today. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a great spoonacular score of 99%. Similar recipes include Spicy Farmhouse Chicken and Pasta Soup with Mini Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Mini Italian Meatball Mac and Cheese Stuffed Peppers, and French Onion Soup with Mini Gruyère Toasties (aka mini grilled cheese).

Servings: 2

 

Ingredients:

1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon dried parsley

4 ounces fontina cheese, freshly grated

2 garlic cloves, minced

sandwiches

1 pound lean ground beef

meatballs

4 slices seedy whole grain bread (or your favorite bread)

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/4 cup panko bread crumbs

1/2 teaspoon pepper

2 ounces provolone cheese, freshly grated

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1/3 cup romano cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

Equipment:

bowl

frying pan

griddle

Cooking instruction summary:

To make the meatballs, combine the beef, cheese, bread crumbs, garlic, basil, parsley, pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix until just combined (don't overmix!) and them form meatballs that are a little less than 1-inch in diameter. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Add the meatballs and cook until they are browned on all sides (don't worry about them being cooked through yet), about 5 minutes total. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the diced tomatoes, butter, another pinch of salt and pepper and stir. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes. Now, do what you want with your meatballs! Like make grilled cheese.To make the grilled cheese, spread the outsides of the bread with a 1/2 tablespoon of softened butter. Heat a skillet or griddle over medium heat. Add some grated fontina to the bottom slice of bread, cover it with a few meatballs (I sliced mine in half), add a bit more fontina and another bread slice. Cook the sandwich until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden and toasty. Serve immediately!

 

Step by step:


1. To make the meatballs, combine the beef, cheese, bread crumbs, garlic, basil, parsley, pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a large bowl.

2. Mix until just combined (don't overmix!) and them form meatballs that are a little less than 1-inch in diameter.

3. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the olive oil.

4. Add the meatballs and cook until they are browned on all sides (don't worry about them being cooked through yet), about 5 minutes total. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the diced tomatoes, butter, another pinch of salt and pepper and stir. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes. Now, do what you want with your meatballs! Like make grilled cheese.To make the grilled cheese, spread the outsides of the bread with a 1/2 tablespoon of softened butter.

5. Heat a skillet or griddle over medium heat.

6. Add some grated fontina to the bottom slice of bread, cover it with a few meatballs (I sliced mine in half), add a bit more fontina and another bread slice. Cook the sandwich until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden and toasty.

7. Serve immediately!


Nutrition Information:

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1050k Calories
87g Protein
56g Total Fat
47g Carbs
56% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
1050k
53%

Fat
56g
87%

  Saturated Fat
28g
181%

Carbohydrates
47g
16%

  Sugar
13g
15%

Cholesterol
258mg
86%

Sodium
2185mg
95%

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Protein
87g
176%

Selenium
80µg
115%

Phosphorus
1112mg
111%

Vitamin B12
6µg
111%

Zinc
16mg
111%

Manganese
1mg
92%

Vitamin B3
18mg
92%

Calcium
889mg
89%

Vitamin B6
1mg
73%

Iron
10mg
60%

Vitamin B2
0.91mg
53%

Potassium
1656mg
47%

Magnesium
168mg
42%

Copper
0.83mg
41%

Vitamin B1
0.55mg
37%

Vitamin E
5mg
34%

Fiber
8g
34%

Vitamin K
33µg
32%

Vitamin A
1598IU
32%

Vitamin B5
2mg
29%

Vitamin C
19mg
23%

Folate
82µg
21%

Vitamin D
0.9µg
6%

covered percent of daily need
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Food Trivia

The fig is also a fertility symbol and the Arab association with male genitals is so strong that the original word 'fig' is considered improper.

Food Joke

The Passover test [My thanks to Jeff G for the following] Sean is waiting for a bus when another man joins him at the bus stop. After 20 minutes of waiting, Sean takes out a sandwich from his lunch box and starts to eat. But noticing the other man watching, Sean asks, "Would you like one? My wife has made me plenty." "Thank you very much, but I must decline your kind offer," says the other man, "I’m Rabbi Levy." "Nice to meet you, Rabbi," says Sean, "but my sandwiches are alright for you to eat. They only contain cheese. There’s no meat in them." "It’s very kind of you," says Rabbi Levy, "but today we Jews are celebrating Passover. It would be a great sin to eat a sandwich because during the 8 days of Passover, we cannot eat bread. In fact it would be a sin comparable to the sin of adultery." "OK," says Sean, "but it’s difficult for me to understand the significance of what you’ve just said." Many weeks later, Sean and Rabbi Levy meet again. Sean says, "Do you remember, Rabbi, that when we last met, I offered you a sandwich which you refused because you said eating bread on Passover would be as great a sin as that of adultery?" Rabbi Levy replies, "Yes, I remember saying that." "Well, Rabbi," says Sean, "that day, I went over to my mistress’s apartment and told her what you said. We then tried out both the sins, but I must admit, we just couldn’t see the comparison."

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