Question

How long do you brown meatballs before putting in sauce?

Answer 1

Browning meatballs before putting them in the sauce takes between 10 to 20 minutes depending on how well done you would like the meatballs before adding them to the sauce.

I cook or brown the meatballs for at least 10 minutes and then add the meatballs to the sauce and let the meatballs cook the rest of the way in the sauce.

You can add raw meatballs to sauce and cook the meatballs in the sauce but it's better to brown the meatballs first and then they won't take so long to cook in the sauce.

Then when you finish cooking the sauce and meatballs it takes between 20 to 25 minutes depending on how you like your meatballs and sauce.

If the meatballs are still pink then they need to cook a bit longer.

Answer 2

Meatballs that are fully cooked should not be a little pink as that means they are not fully cooked.

Meatballs are ground meat rolled into a ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning.

Meatballs are cooked by frying, baking, steaming, or braising in sauce.

There are many types of meatballs using different types of meats and spices.

A really good meatball is about 50 percent meat and 50 percent breadcrumbs.

The true secret to good meatballs is day-old bread, soaked in milk or water, to bring lightness to the mixture.

When you cook beef, pork or veal for too long, it starts to get tougher.

But the bread in meatballs never gets tough.

Baking the meatballs gives the meatballs a little more flavor without additional oil since you are searing the outside under the broiler in your oven.