This Swedish Meatball recipe is quick, easy, and tasty! With a simple sauce, serve these Swedish Meatballs over egg noodles or rice and potatoes!
This post was sponsored by Casa di Bertacchi. Although I was compensated to develop these Swedish Meatballs, all opinions expressed are my own.
If you follow me on Instagram, you all probably know that I’ve been home very little these past few weeks. First I was off to Nashville for the Pillsbury Bake-off and just this last weekend, I was in Arizona visiting some friends as part of a girls trip long-weekend. This was my first legit ‘only Mom’ vacation in the last 7 years and I’m not gonna lie….it was pretty awesome 🙂 Yes, I love my kids and their sticky fingers and their noise and chaos that they bring to my everyday life, but sometimes a girl needs a break.
I packed workout clothes. #didntusethem
I ate ridiculous amounts of cupcakes. #oppositeofworkingout
And, I shopped so much that I had to buy an extra suitcase to bring all of it home!! Hobby Lobby made me do it. {Just kidding, Gord!} #notreally
Me trucking two large suitcases through the airport was REALLY the highlight of my trip. Well, that and my friend Claudia dancing through the airport terminal as I recorded her the whole time without her knowing. I’m such a good friend.
Anyways, something I’ve learned from my friends this weekend, besides wanting to go home and organize my whole life, is when it comes to meal prep, we should work smarter, not harder.
Enter these frozen meatballs.
The Casa di Bertacchi brand of meatballs is a relatively new one to me, but I’m glad I got the opportunity to try them out and enjoy! You can buy a 6-pound bag of fully cooked and frozen meatballs from Sam’s Club, keep them in your freezer and use them as needed in so many different recipes. It’s such a time saver and they taste great. Especially perfect around the holidays. Me and bulk food stores become BFF’s for November and December. If you’re a sample junkie like me, be sure to head over to Sam’s Club December 20th, 21st or 27th to try these yourself!
A few weeks ago for dinner, I tried these meatballs in this Swedish Meatball recipe and my whole family gobbled them up! It’s recipes like these that make my world go round. I love a fast recipe my whole family will love.
To make them, you just make a quick roux sauce, add in a little sour cream and the meatballs and heat thoroughly. Serve it over egg noodles, rice or potatoes. Give it a whirl and let me know what you think 🙂
Scroll down for the recipe.
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Shortcut Swedish Meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups beef stock
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 pound frozen beef meatballs such as Casa di Bertacchi brand
- mashed potatoes rice or egg noodles for serving
Instructions
- In a large cast iron skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Sprinkle in flour and whisk. Cook 1 minute and slowly whisk in beef stock to prevent lumps. Cook 3 minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Reduce heat to low and melt in sour cream, salt and pepper. Add in frozen meatballs, stir to coat and cover with foil. Cook 10 minutes or until meatballs and heated through.
- Serve over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles.
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Jessica from All She Cooks made Holy Mother Meatball Pizza
Melissa from Bless This Mess made Slow Cooker Honey Teriyaki Meatballs
Angie from Eclectic Recipes made Albondigas (Mexican Meatball) Soup
Tonia from The Gunny Sack made Meatball Pretzel Bites
Chrissy from The Taylor House made Slow Cooker Meatball Stew
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Have a great day, friends!
Karli says
YUM! I love shortcuts and I really love this recipe idea. I’ll be making this next week for sure!
Melissa @ Bless this Mess says
You can’t beat a homemade sauce with some premade meatballs! Love the idea and I know my kids would too! Thanks for sharing!
Jamie | Jamie's Recipes says
i love the handy help from premade meatballs paired with the homemade sauce. It’s a wonderful way to get dinner on the table in a hurry!
Karen @ On the Banks of Salt Creek says
We don’t have Sam’s Club and I have not heard of this brand but my go to frozen meatball are from IKEA. It is such an easy meal. Ever since we moved to the boonies I try to keep a few bags of these in the freezer for those times I just need to throw something together. My family loves them.
Stacey @ Bake.Eat.Repeat. says
These Swedish meatballs look delicious! Sometimes shortcut meals are a necessity – I love this one!
Deborah says
I have some of those meatballs in my freezer (LOVE the huge bag – they last forever!) and I’m totally going to be trying this!
Carol says
Yummy! Everyone loved it!
Claire Rogers says
Wouldn’t it be best to thaw the meatballs first?
Julie H. says
I think I’ve made these a thousand times! I’ve started making and freezing my own meatballs. This is my daughter’s favorite meal.
Sarah M. says
I love the Swedish meatballs at Ikea, so I will have to make this recipe fo sho! Lol
Kari Jensen says
I love this recipe, I have made it many times 🙂
Justine Fish says
Made these for dinner tonight!! So good!!
Pam R says
These meatballs look delicious! Can’t wait to try them!
Sheila Osterhues says
Simple and yummy, my kind of recipe. Can’t wait to try them!
Veon says
This looks like a really good recipe, and my niece loves pasta, so I have to try it out
Tiffany says
These meatballs look delicious and super easy. My family is going to love them.