How To: Freezing Meatballs

Step 1

Step 1: Find your favorite meatballs recipe. These are my favorite meatballs.

Step 2

Step 2: Prepare the meat mixture and use a cookie scoop to scoop out the meat mixture into even-sized meatballs. You can choose a size of the cookie scoop according to the meatball size you prefer.

Step 3

Step Lay out the meatballs in a baking pan, side by side, and bake until just done.

Step 4

Step Cover a large cutting board with parchment paper and lay cooked meatballs out on the paper to cool to room temperature.

Step 5

Step Once the meatballs are at room temperature, place the cutting board with meatballs in the freezer for 1-2 hours.

Step 6

Step Once the meatballs are just frozen, divide them among the freezer bags, close them tight, label and place back in the freezer.

Step 7

To THAW meatballs: pull the bag with meatballs out of the freezer and place in the refrigerator to defrost. This can take a few hours or overnight, depending on size of meatballs and how many are in the bag.

Step 8

**You can prepare sauce and cook the meatballs in the sauce for a few minutes before serving.

Step 9

***If you've frozen meatballs with sauce already, you will just have to reheat the meatballs in sauce in the oven or in the pan on stove-top. To reheat them, bring meatballs in sauce to simmer over medium heat and cook for a few minutes to heat through. Or, place them in a baking dish and reheat at 350 until hot throughout.