I’m obsessive about my air fryer and have shared manner too many air fryer recipes on this website already. However, I’m not finished as a result of these air fryer meatballs are so scrumptious and simple and the right praise to a bowl of pasta and purple sauce.

This air fryer meatball recipe is fairly easy. These will go will with nearly any sauce or gravy you need to serve them with. However, if you’d like one thing much more flavorful, strive my stuffing meatballs. I additionally love that if you prepare dinner together with your air fryer you possibly can see all of the liquid fats that drains off as they prepare dinner (will probably be within the backside of the air fryer, beneath the grate). So, this can be a lighter choice for cooking one thing scrumptious that hopefully your entire household will love.

Associated: Unsure what to serve these with? Do that straightforward vodka sauce and any pasta or gnocchi you will have readily available.

Substances

• Floor beef, pork or a combination – see notes
• Italian breadcrumbs
• Milk
• Egg
• Garlic
• Parmesan cheese – the powdery variety is nice for this recipe
• Salt and pepper

If you wish to add extra spices to this combine, you completely can! Some issues to strive could be onion powder, cayenne, chili powder, and even Italian seasoning.

Instructions

Mince the garlic.

In a big bowl, mix all of the components. Combine collectively to create a meatball batter. Use your (clear) palms to type 16 balls, roughly the identical dimension.

Spray your air fryer grate with just a little nonstick spray. Then place the meatballs inside.

Air fry at 400°F (204°C) for 12 minutes. The inner temperature ought to attain 165°F, however you may also reduce one open to examine that it’s not pink inside (a tiny little bit of pink is OK, nevertheless it shouldn’t be uncooked).

Serve heat with pasta and sauce, gravy and mashed potatoes, or no matter else your coronary heart needs.

Suggestions & Notes

• In order for you, you possibly can add parchment paper to your air fryer. In the event you do, for this recipe I might advocate add some slits or holes to the middle so the surplus fats can drain off to the underside (beneath the grate).
• The surface of those meatballs will likely be virtually crispy, because the air fryer is a superb device for, properly, air frying. 🙂 So, these can also make a superb appetizer. However do take care to not overcook them or they will grow to be dry.
• I like to make use of a mixture of floor meat for this recipe. I typically use “Boston Burger” floor meat, which is 60% beef and 40% pork and fairly frequent on the grocery retailer I frequent. However any floor meat can work on this recipe! Simply take into account when you use a extra lean (hen, turkey) floor meat, the diet information will differ from those in my recipe card beneath.

Serving Ideas

Listed below are some vegetable and different facet dish choices to go together with these air fryer meatballs: