PORCUPINE MEATBALLS

Paula George
PORCUPINE MEATBALLS
Meatballs:
1 c. uncooked rice
1 lb. ground chuck
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. cooking oil

Optional Meatballs:
1 cup Zatarains Yellow Rice & seasoning
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 lb. ground chuck
1 Tbsp. cooking oil

Sauce:
4 c. crushed canned tomatoes
1 Tbsp. worcestershire
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Optional Sauce:
1-1/2 cup beef broth
1 (15 oz) can plum tomatoes, hand crushed
1 can Rotel Tomato sauce)
1 Vidalia onion chopped
remainder of Zatarain's Yellow Rice

Mix rice with ground beef, pepper, salt and onion. Shape into balls the size of walnuts.
Pour cooking oil into a large pan with a lid. Add meatballs and brown on all sides.
Combine tomatoes, worcestershire and Italian seasoning and add to the meatballs.
Cover the pan and cook slowly about 30 minutes or until the rice is tender and the meatballs are doubled. Meatballs will look like porcupines with bristles sticking out