Baked Ham Balls

There are all kind of meatballs and I love them all, but baked ham balls are different and one of my favorite. Easy to make and full of flavor, they are a great weeknight dinner served with egg noodles.

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This easy recipe for baked ham balls is a combo of ham and ground beef. The mixture is topped with barbecue sauce and baked. No messy frying either. Place scoops of the meat mixture onto a baking pan and let the oven do the work.

Preparing the ham mixture    

Using a food processor, finely grind the cooked ham.

Chop the onion.

In a large bowl, combine the ground ham and the ground beef with the eggs, bread crumbs, onion, milk, mustard and pepper. Using a large fork or your clean hands, gently toss the mixture until well combined.

Using about 1/3 cup mixture for each, shape into balls. I used a regular-size ice cream scoop to shape the balls easily plus it keeps them all uniform in size. Place ham balls in a lightly greased rectangular baking dish or a foil lined shallow baking pan.

Baking the ham balls

Pour barbecue sauce over meatballs and place in a preheated oven. Bake, uncovered, in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 45 minutes or until instant-read thermometer inserted into balls registers 160°F. While the ham balls are baking, prepare the noodles or pasta.

The ham balls smell and look so good!

Serve and enjoy!  🙂

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Baked Ham Balls 

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Serves 6-8

INGREDIENTS

Prep: 20 minutes Bake: 45 minutes

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1-1/2 cups Panko breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion (1 medium)
• 3 Tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. dry mustard 
• 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 pound ground cooked ham
• 1 pound ground ground beef
• 1 cup (or more) of your favorite barbecue sauce

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl combine the ground ham and ground beef with eggs, bread crumbs, onion, milk, mustard, and pepper.

Using about 1/3 cup of the mixture for each, shape into balls.

Place ham balls in lightly greased rectangular baking dish or foil-lined shallow baking pan.

Pour barbecue sauce over meatballs.

Bake, uncovered, in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 45 minutes or until instant-read thermometer inserted into balls registers 160°F.

You might want to finish the meal with…

Balsamic Marinated Asparagus 

And for dessert…

Homemade Chocolate Pudding