Paleo Meatball Sub
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Recipe type: Paleo, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Refined sugar-free, Yeast-free, Corn-free, Grain-free
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Serves: 6
 
Oven-baked paleo meatball recipe with homemade dry garlic rib sauce added before baking.
Ingredients
Meatballs
  • 0.6kg extra-lean ground beef
  • 1 batch (125mL) of homemade dry garlic rib sauce, recipe below
  • ¼ cup almond flour
  • 1 small egg
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
Sweet Potato Sub
  • 6 sweet potatoes, roasted whole in a 400F oven for 40-50 minutes depending on size
Sauce
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicon baking mat.
  2. Add meatball ingredients to a large bowl. Mash with your hands to combine.
  3. Pinch off a section of meat, about 1½ tablespoons, and roll between palms to form a ball. Place on the prepared baking sheet and repeat with remaining meat.
  4. This recipe will make 24 meatballs, 4 balls per serving.
  5. Bake meatballs in preheated oven for 20-22 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 165F. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
  6. Then, cut sweet potatoes in half, lengthwise, and sandwich 4 meatballs between each "sub". Drizzle with BBQ sauce and serve.
  7. Add to bowl with meat and extra things. Mix.
Notes
Almond Flour: I tested this recipe without any flour or binder at all and it didn't work. Something needs to be used to hold everything together. If you are NOT grain-free, you could use gluten-free breadcrumbs, quinoa flakes or perhaps oat bran. I have not tested these options. If you ARE grain-free, you could try finely-ground sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds.
Egg: I tested this recipe without eggs and it didn't hold together as well as I would have liked. It still "worked" but was a bit sloppy.
Recipe by Healthful Pursuit at https://www.healthfulpursuit.com/2014/02/paleo-meatball-sub-with-dry-garlic-rib-sauce/