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large meatballs covered in red sauce

When looking for an easy, flavorful weeknight dinner, meatballs are hard to beat. They’re simple, easily customizable, and are great for meal prepping, but with all good things come a cost. With meatballs, the cost is the annoyance of forming each individual meatball, over and over again. Enter: these jumbo-sized meatballs. You only have to form 4 of them, cutting the recipe prep time down by at least a third. The large meatballs are then slow-roasted in marinara sauce to make them tender and oh-so-tasty.

Mixing monster meatballs:
The key to a good meatball is making sure you don’t overwork the meat. Try to mix the meat gently, only until all the mix-ins feel incorporated. There’s no need to keep going; your meatballs will come out tough. Think of your meat like flour in cookies: the more you mix it and work the dough, the tougher they turn out.

Serving ideas:
The meatballs are big enough to split in half and are best served over your favorite pasta. I love it with a bucatini, but you can never go wrong with classic spaghetti. Just don’t forget a shower of Parmesan on top.

Storage & make-ahead:
These meatballs can be shaped 1 day before serving and kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator or frozen for up to 1 month. If you plan on freezing them, give them a quick freeze in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet before transferring them to a freezer-safe container.

Did you try making these? Let us know what you think in the comments down below!

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PHOTO: RACHEL VANNI; FOOD STYLING: ADRIENNE ANDERSON