This Easy Meatballs in Dijon Gravy recipe is the perfect quick and simple weeknight dinner idea. The mustard sauce brings this dish to the next level!
Going to leave for Vancouver in 2 days, and we still have a lot of ground beef and assorted vegetables in our fridge. Help!
Good thing meatballs are one of the best freezer meals I know how to make. Now we will also have a meal when we come back on two weeks.
After all, coming back from a long period of no cooking requires some slow transitions into cooking for ourselves again. And this is going to taste great when we come back. Just as long as we don’t eat it all before we leave.
There was a time that the only meal John would cook for me was meatballs.
No, scratch that. It was either frozen meatballs from a bag, or another oven ready meal that you can find in the freezer area. Examples: pizza bagels and fries, chicken nuggets and fries.. basically anything, so long as there is fries.
Not that I minded. Clearly I still eat like a teenager. And not like one of my health conscious teenager students. Like a pizza and brownies kind of teenager.
But now that our freezer can basically only fit 3 frozen pizzas, we needed to fend for ourselves and actually learn to cook. Like, real person food.
We have definitely come a long way from our freezer meal days. Sure, we still have the odd frozen pizza (and fries) now and again, but mostly we stick to home cooked meals.
…or fast food.
But, enough about us. Let me talk about these meatballs!!
They are so ridiculously quick and easy to make, these can be whipped up super easily on busy weekday nights, or on lazy weekends. I am talking about meatballs, from start to finish, in 30 minutes.
That is basically like freezer meatballs timing! And it is 10x better for you, made from scratch!
Well, that is depending upon how much gravy you make..
You can eat this with mashed potatoes and veggies, or on top of spaghetti like I did in these pictures. Any way you enjoy these, you can be sure that you will be going back for seconds. And maybe even thirds.
Yeah.. I think that these meatballs are going to be gone long before we leave for Vancouver.
What you need to make Easy Meatballs in Dijon Gravy
- ground beef
- breadcrumbs
- onion
- garlic
- dried parsley
- salt & pepper
- nutmeg
- all-spice
- egg
- milk
- butter
- flour
- beef broth
- dijon mustard
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Easy Meatballs in Dijon Gravy
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1.5 lbs ground beef
- 1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground pepper
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground all spice
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp milk
Dijon Gravy
- 3 Tbsp salted butter
- 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together all of the meatball ingredients until fully combined. You can knead it with your hands or mix it in a stand mixture with a dough hook attachment.
- Form balls with the meat mixture with your hands or a cookie scoop. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet and place in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.
- Heat some oil on a large skillet. Brown the meatballs on all sides until the meatballs are cooked through. Remove from the saucepan and set aside.
- Melt the butter on the skillet. Whisk in the flour until medium brown. Pour in the broth and simmer until thickened. Add in the milk and mustard. Simmer until thick and creamy.
- Place the meatballs in the sauce and cook until the meatballs are heated through.
This recipe was good, however it did not have a mustard taste at all. I even doubled the amount
I have to agree with the other users stating that this recipe was not only bland, but I could NOT taste the mustard at all. It was okay as written, and I added 3/4 teaspoon salt to the sauce along with Parmesan cheese. Like Lauren’s idea of adding caramelized onions and red peppers, but think I would also add mushrooms as well. DEFINITELY needs more mustard – a LOT more – at LEAST 2 Tablespoons. Will make it again with revisions. Appreciate the recipe, so thanks for the “starter”, as it is a more unique dish.
Why so mean?? Someone was kind enough to publish a great recipe, there is no need to be so critical. You may not have liked them but I am positive others did. Please try to be less offensive!
Thank you! Can’t wait to try it!
Thanks Katy 🙂
How many servings does this make? Looks delicious!
It depends on if you are eating them with pasta or alone. I would say 4-5 servings
This is probably just personal preference but as written, while I LOVED the meatballs, after tasting the gravy I felt it was very bland.. almost flour tasting so I ending up adding about 1/4 cup real maple syrup to it (I thought it would go well with the all spice and nutmeg in the meatballs) and we loved it with mashed potatoes! the meatballs were great even on their own and I never would of added those spices to meatballs so I will add this to my dinner rotation but with the added syrup.
I will have to try it with your substitutions. That sounds very tasty!
Making the meatballs tonight using ground turkey. They smell delicious. I’m excited to taste them.
Yay! Sounds good with turkey. Let me know how it turns out.
We tried these this evening and they were delicious. This one is a keeper!
Thank you so much Nancy!
Yum! Thank you for the recipe and inspiration! It was awesome!
Yay! I am so glad you liked it 🙂
I just prepared it, fantastic!
Yay, I am so glad!! 🙂
These are so easy to make and delicious! I used 1lb of beef and cut back on the rest of the ingredients and they still turned out lovely. Thank you !
I am so glad it turned out well for you Rachel 🙂
Absolutely delicious! My package of ground beef wasn’t quite 1.5 pounds, it was about 1.22 so I didn’t add the full amounts of everything else! The gravy was delicious, I added 2 Tbsp of dijon mustard, served this with mashed potatoes, peas, and bread! This would be delicious with egg noodles too! Would definitely make again!
Yay!! I am so glad to hear this! That combo sounds amazing. I will need to try it with mashed potatoes and peas 🙂
Loved this recipe! As did our 8 year old! I used ground turkey and chicken broth and was fantastic. Will absolutely be part of our dinner rotation. Thanks!
Thank you so much Andrea! I am so glad you enjoyed it! Also, thanks for the suggestion! I will try it with turkey next time!
easy and good but not enough mustard taste for me – i added a little more as i was making the sauce (and some salt) but still not enough – would up the amount and add some other flavorings
Thanks for the feedback Isabelle, and for giving it a try 🙂
What a good recipe. Thanks for sharing it. I added some spicy seasoning to it to give it a kick after it was cooked. So good! Thank you.
I am so glad you liked it! Spicy seasoning sounds like a great addition.
Can’t wait to try these! When I cook meatballs, I usually do it in a very hot oven on a cookie sheet lined with parchment. No frying mess and they are still nice and browned.
Let me know how they go! That sounds like a great way to do meatballs 😉
Do you have any idea of nutrition in these?
Calories, fat, carb, fiber etc?..
No, sorry. I will try to add nutrition labels to this post soon though. I will let you know when I have them up!
This sounds delicious! How would it work with ground lamb?
Ground lamb would be amazing in this!