Easy Smoked Meatballs

These delicious smoked meatballs They are full of smoked flavor, seasoned with fresh herbs and completed by your favorite marinara sauce. Not only do they work beautifully as a main dish, but they are also the perfect addition to any Sandwich of meatballs or a diffusion to your next party. Juicy meatballs, Italian seasoning and tomato sauce: it looks quite simple, but it is one of our favorite easy smokers recipes and will certainly become a firm point for the home.

Cooked meatballs rolled in red sauce with burrata in the center sprinkled with herbs.

When it comes to simple savory recipes (just like our sausage appetizer), the smoke of meatballs could not be easier. You can start with meatballs of beef, pork and homemade lamb or use pre-fetched frozen meatballs in this simple four ingredients recipe. Simply burst everything in a cast iron pan and on a pellet grill for cooking.

The cooked meatballs collect enough smoky flavor in their quick time to cook to have that flavor of barbecue signs without being oppressive. It is a perfect appetizer or a main course. Cabbage, these meatballs are also fantastic compared to pasta or even Hoagies!

Because you will love this recipe

This is one of the simplest and delicious traeger appetizer recipes. These smoked Traneger style meatballs, in savory red sauce, are incredibly versatile and a success with any crowd. The mixture of spices of pepper and herbs and marinara sauce offer an Italian classic and nostalgic taste. Go great and try to smoke our classic homemade pool recipe for even more flavor!

Smoked meatballs ingredients

Frozen meatballs: ground meat, ground pork or any homemade meatballs work great.
Oil: Use your favorite neutral kitchen oil. We use avocado oil for this recipe.
GirlCarnivore on Easy Spice Blend or your favorite Italian spice mixture. We easily adore as it has a touch of perfectly balanced pepper and herbs.
1 Marinara sauce jar: use your favorite sauce. We use Roa for our limit diet.

How to make smoked meatballs

To start these meatballs, simply prepare your smoker at 375 F. If you start with Premade, as you can see in the photos, you just have to heat and collect some smoke, so this will be a quick cook. If you are preparing your meatball mixture, make sure they are about 1 inch. The biggest meatballs will take a longer time.
Then, prepare the meatballs by positioning them in a oiled cast iron pan in a single layer with a little space between each one. Sprinkle the seasoning above the top and pour the marinara.

Frozen meatballs placed in a pan. — Add the meatballs to the pan.

Then, place the pan on the grids of the preheated smoker, close the lid and let them smoke.
Since we used previously frozen meatballs, they only need to warm up to the end, then cook them for about 45 minutes, launching once if necessary to make sure they are golden in the university. If you are preparing homemade pig, beef or turkey meatballs, make sure that the ground meat reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F with an instant reading digital thermometer.
Finally, carefully remove the pan from the grill and let it cool for a few minutes before spoonful of the meatballs in a serving bowl or serve directly from the hot pan.
If you feel fantasy, finish them with a sprinkling of chopped parsley, salt and pepper.

For suggestion! Do you want to make it a little more class? Add these Marinate Mozzarella balls Above when it is ready to serve.

Kunned pan full of meatballs covered with seafrael on grids. — Smoked the meatballs.

Suggestions for experts’s recipes

If you use a pellet smoker, consider adding a box of smokers full of wooden chips or a piece of wood to the grids to instill more smoke flavor. We love Hickory Wood for this smokers’ recipe.
We served this recipe of smoked meatballs with burrata cheese immersed in the center for a fun appetizer. You could do it with feta or even brie.
You can serve with a serving spoon or single toothpick.

What to serve with smoked meatballs?

One of the best parts of this recipe of smoked meatballs is their versatility. They are delicious on their own or they can be added to the spaghetti spaghetti for a classic easy meal or Zoodles if you are keeping it Keto. They are perfect for meatballs subtitles or combined with one side such as potatoes or Mac and cheese. These meatballs work as a protein for almost all the dishes that incorporate Italian flavors.

Leftovers and heating

Keep these smoked meatballs in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.

Heat these smoked Traneger meatballs in a cast iron pan, in the oven or in the microwave when you are ready to enjoy them. Just make sure they are heated by rotating them according to need.

Handing in the cheese on a plate of smoked meatballs of Traeger.

Faq

How long to smoke meatballs?

Generally, when using a pellet traeger grid, you need to smoke meatballs everywhere for 30-45 minutes. This recipe takes 45 minutes, because we go directly from Frozen. This helps them to warm up to the end for the best results.
Since these are small, they do not need to collect too much flavor of smoke to prevent them from tasting acre and bitter.

Can you smoke frozen meatballs?

YES! This recipe requires frozen meatballs. They work as well as fresh meatballs and keep your time in the kitchen quick and fast.

Summer of meatballs in red sauce in the white bowl with burrata in the center sprinkled with herbs.

More delicious meatballs recipes

We hope you liked this recipe for smoked meatballs! This is one of our favorite ways to cook meatballs. If you liked you too, Evaluate the recipe And let us know in the comments! How did you serve your meatballs? Which marin sauce have you used?

These smoked meatballs with marinara sauce are an easy delicious meal (or added to any plate of divers or pasta)!

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Prepare the meatballs:

Turn the oil on the bottom of a 10 “cast iron pan to cover.
Put the frozen meatballs in the pan in a single layer.
Season with GirlCarnivore on a simple mixture of spices.
Pour the marinara sauce over.

Smoke the meatballs

Place the cast iron pan on the preheated smoker grid.
Close the lid and smoke.
Cook the meatballs for about 45 minutes or until they warm up, launching the meatballs twice during the time to cook to uniform the gilding.
If you use previously cooked frozen meatballs, make sure the meatballs are heated.
If you use fresh homemade pork meatballs, beef or turkey meat, make sure that the ground meat has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.

Rest and serve

Remove the pan with the grill carefully and let it cool for 5 minutes.
Spoon in a serving bowl or serve directly from the pan.
Garnish with salt, pepper, chilli pepper and chopped parsley.

If you use a pellet smokerTake into consideration the addition of a box of smokers full of wooden chips or a piece of wood to the grill to instill more smoke flavor.
We love Wood Hickory For this cook.
Served with these meatballs with Burrata cheese immersed in the center for a fun appetizer. You can serve with a serving spoon or single toothpick.

Course: Appetizer, main course

Kitchen: barbecue