Homemade Meatballs No Milk & No Egg
These homemade meatballs get rave reviews, nobody can tell they are dairy-free, egg-free, AND wheat-free!
No milk, egg, or flour required.
Use this meatball recipe for marinara meatballs with pasta, meatball subs, grape jelly meatballs, or barbecue meatballs.
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While I tend to be a lazy cook more often than not, sometimes I have to take the extra time for these family favorite meatballs.
These are a true winner in our house, and it's always three cheers for mom when I make them.
It's not that this meatball recipe is hard, it just takes some time and effort.
I mean, anytime you're handing raw meat and rolling anything into 3 dozen balls...I consider that work. Ya know?
Basically, these homemade meatballs aren't quite as easy as popping frozen chicken nuggets into the oven.
But again, the extra work and time is worth it!
Not only are these so good, but there's usually enough for leftovers and my family absolutely will eat them for days.
It's actually my son's favorite food of all time.
Even though these are dairy-free, egg-free, and wheat-free...they taste normal and absolutely delicious. Everyone enjoys them!
I love that I can make these safely for my father-in-law who's allergic to wheat, for my niece who's allergic to egg, and of course for my boy who's allergic to milk.
You don't even need milk or egg replacers for this recipe, these truly take no milk and no egg.
And they still stay together wonderfully!
Check out these awesome reader reviews.
MEATBALL REVIEWS
"This recipe was just as good as my friend's Italian family meatballs with milk and cheese. Made them for a party and everyone was extremely delighted (especially our gluten free guest and my dairy/egg free child). I was worried they wouldn't be moist without the milk, but the onions did it." Blog Reader
"This is a very good meatball recipe. Whether you need a dairy-free meatball or not, it’s delicious! This recipe is a keeper." Pinterest Reader
"Tried these today for the first time and omg they are so tasty and easy to make! We’ve recently become a household with lots of allergies, egg being one of them, so finding eggless meatballs is great! And my toddler loves them so that’s a win too. Thank you!" Blog Reader
"I made these exactly as recipe, only because I didn’t have eggs. So good! It’s a keeper.
I served as a meatball sandwich with red sauce and mozzarella on a garlic and olive oil rubbed oven toasted hard roll." Blog Reader
HOW TO EAT THESE MEATBALLS
These homemade meatballs are wonderfully versatile.
Here are all the different things we do with these meatballs once they are baked:
- marinara and pasta as a classic Italian dish
- leftover marinara meatball sub sandwiches
- simmered as barbecue meatballs for a party appetizer
- simmered as grape jelly meatballs for parties, too
If your family truly needs egg-free, choose your favorite egg-free pasta for marinara dishes.
See our popular meatball recipe below.
MEATBALLS RECIPE
Preheat oven to 375
Makes about 36 1" meatballs
INGREDIENTS
1 onion, finely diced
1 clove minced garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground burger
½ cup quick oats uncooked
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon course kosher salt
DIRECTIONS
Mix all ingredients in a large bowl with your hands, just until fully mixed.
Form 1" meatballs and bake on a foil-lined cookie sheet for about 20 minutes.
I make mine the size of golf balls and 20 minute bake time is perfect.
Internal temperature should reach 160 degrees, although I always go a little over.
Then simmer the cooked meatballs in marinara sauce, barbecue sauce, grape jelly sauce, or eat them plain.
Hope you enjoy these dairy-free, egg-free, wheat-free meatballs as much as we do!
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Can you cook these meatballs in the pot of sauce instead of the oven?
A Google search makes it sound like you can, but we haven't tried. The recipe makes so many that it would need quite a large pot to cook them all. But definitely look that up and see what you think!
I’m making this for a friend to warmup the next day. I baked the meatballs and now have them with pasta sauce in a tin pan. Any suggestion for oven temperature and time to warm up meatballs and sauce for meatball subs?
Thank you!!!
Hi Kendra, we usually just microwave the meatballs next day for subs. If you want to reheat them all at once in the oven, I'd definitely cover them with foil so they don't dry out. That sauce will help keep them moist, too. But oven reheating could take a bit of time. 🙂