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Jessica Secrest

Weeknight Swedish-ish Meatballs Over Rice

Leftover meatballs simmered in a quick cream-of-onion gravy and spooned over rice with buttery corn. Pure comfort in a bowl, on the table in the time it takes to microwave the sides.

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Ingredients

  • —cooked meatballs · leftover
  • 1 cancream of onion soup
  • 2 cansbeef broth · measured using the soup can; about half a container
  • —brown gravy mix · "some amount" — added off the heat
  • —cooked rice · for serving
  • —corn · heated in the microwave, for serving

Steps

  1. 1

    Add the cream of onion soup to a saucepan.

  2. 2

    Pour in about two soup cans' worth of beef broth.

  3. 3

    With the heat off, whisk in the brown gravy mix until smooth.

  4. 4

    Bring the sauce to a simmer and let it cook until it thickens.

  5. 5

    Add the meatballs and let them reheat in the sauce.

  6. 6

    Meanwhile, microwave the corn and heat the rice.

  7. 7

    Build each bowl with rice, corn, and meatballs with plenty of sauce.

Creator's notes

Jessica calls these "Swedish meatballs" loosely — it's a shortcut gravy built from pantry cans. Her kids ate chocolate chocolate chip waffles instead, plus grapes, strawberries, and a cottage cheese fruit dip.

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