Juicy Pork Meatballs Recipe (Kotlety) (2024)

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Ahem. I present to you THE meatball of all meatballs. There’s an oddity in the list of ingredients, but believe me when I tell you; these will be the talk of your dinner party. These meatballs are incredibly juicy and quite possibly the best ones I’ve ever tried. I kid you not.

My sisters Tanya & Sveta have been raving about how their Mama-in-law (they married two brothers, you see) makes fantastic meatballs. I finally asked Maria for the recipe. I knew from the first bite; my sisters were right.

Flashback! (I love how food triggers memories). I remember the first time we gave my grandpa a burger, he took it apart and ate each ingredient separately. He was probably wondering why we served Katleti in such a strange way.

The Ukrainian way is to servekatleti (meatballs)along side potatoes and salad, but I do think they’d taste great as sliders. Yum, yum!

Ingredients for Juicy Pork Meatballs:

2slices good black/rye bread
1lb lean ground pork (I ground my own lean pork tenderloin)
1 small/medium onion, finely chopped
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 tsp Mrs. Dash salt-free seasoning, or your fave seasoning
3/4 tsp Salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp mayo.
1/2 cupItalian bread crumbs.
Oil to Saute (I used extra light olive oil)

P.S. Maria said you can double the batch and freeze half of them raw then thaw and saute them when you’re ready for more!

How to Make Juicy Pork Meatballs:

1. Dry your bread slicesin the oven at 350˚F for 25 minutes (or in the sunshine) until fully dried.

2. Once bread is fully dried, soak it in water for 10 mins then squeeze out the water and drain really well. I placed/presseda bowl over the bread crumbs inside ofmy colander to help drain it. Break bread into crumbs.

3. Saute onions in a medium pan over medium/high heat until golden brown then set aside.

4. Place ground pork into a large mixing bowl. Add moist bread crumbs, sautéed onion, 1 beaten egg, 1/2 tsp Mrs. Dash seasoning, 3/4tsp salt, 1/8 tsp black pepper and 1 Tbsp Mayo. Mix until well combined.

5. Form 1 1/2″ meatballs and slightly flatten each one.Roll meatballs in bread crumbs and arrange on a platter.

6. Heat a large non-stick pan (I used my cast iron skillet) over medium heat with 2 Tbsp oil. Once oil is hot, add 1/2 of the prepared meatballs (about 10) and cookabout 3 minutes per side, adding more oil as needed.

Sauteuntil meatballs are golden brown on the outside and cooked through. Remove to a plate lined with a paper towel.

These were soo stankin’ juicy! My mouth is watering. Come to Mama!

Just in case you missed the juiciness..