Salisbury Steak Meatballs Recipe with Gravy | Best Recipe Box (2024)

Salisbury Steak Meatballs with Mushroom and Onion Gravy

For years our flavorful salisbury steak recipe has been a go-to favorite on our website. It’s hard to not love this simple and classic skillet salisbury steak recipe. But we created other favorites like this salisbury steak burger and now it’s in meatball form. The meatballs are fantastic because they’re great as a smaller bite and it definitely serves more folks. It’s just another way of eating one of our favorite recipes.

Why are these meatballs so good?

It’s always about the gravy! Our gravy just doesn’t have mushrooms, it has onion too. The caramelized onion along with the sauteed mushrooms adds so much depth of flavor. The crusty, charred bits of onion really takes the gravy to another level. If you’re not a fan of onions, you can just make our popular and easy mushroom gravy.

Video: Recipe for Salisbury Steak Meatballs

Can you use other meat instead of beef?

Sure! You can use any protein you like. Although classic salisbury steak is made from ground beef, there’s always different modern ways to make it custom to your diet.

• Vegan salisbury steak meatballs: you can use beyond meat or impossible meat. These plant based meat products are. perfect to make vegan plant based meatballs.
• Ground chicken or turkey is definitely a lower fat and learner ground meat.
• Pork meatballs are great if you’re loving ground pork.
• Lamb meatballs have so much flavor and add it to this already fantastic gravy is a flavor bomb all around.

Tips on How to Make Salisbury Steak Meatballs Recipe

• We like to use a leaner ground beef because it doesn’t shrink too much. We prefer 85% lean beef and the flavor is still great. Remember, it’s the gravy that gives these salisbury steak meatballs more flavor and juicy texture.
• Like we mentioned above, you can use other ground meat alternatives if you really don’t want to use ground beef.
• Season the gravy well! The salt really adds flavor so seasonings like salt and worcestershire sauce add great umami flavor. You can even use soy sauce if you don’t have worcestershire sauce.
• Sear the meatballs well. It’s important to get a good sear on the meatballs to get that outside crust. It holds the round shape well and keeps the meatballs juicy on the inside.
• Substitute for bread crumbs is using crushed pork rinds for binding.
• All recipe details are in the recipe box below along with step by step photos.

Nutrition Information per Serving

Calories: 480kcal, Carbohydrates: 19g, Protein: 25g, Fat: 33g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Cholesterol: 142mg, Sodium: 1373mg, Potassium: 581mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 620IU, Vitamin C: 4mg, Calcium: 52mg, Iron: 3.6mg

How to Make Keto Low Carb Salisbury Steak Meatballs?

It’s simple to make these lower carb and keto friendly. A few substitutions will do the trick.

• To thicken the gravy, don’t use regular all purpose flour. For the keto friendly version, you can use xanthum gum and more. Here’s a great article that goes into details for keto thickeners.
• For binding the meatballs together instead of using bread crumbs, you can use crushed pork rinds.
• Coconut flour and almond flour are also good substitutes for regular bread crumbs.

What to serve with salisbury steak meatballs?

There’s so many ways to enjoy these flavorful meatballs. Here’s a few of our favorite and most popular ways to serve:

• As an appetizer! These fabulous little bites are always wonderful at a party. Serve with little toothpicks or party picks so guests can serve themselves. Add a little ladle so they can spoon some gravy over.
• Sliders! If you make these meatballs a little bigger, they’re the perfect size for sliders.
• Hoagie sandwich: buy some soft hoagie bread and fill it with a few meatballs and a big spoonful of gravy!
• With pasta or egg noodles: Kids love eating meatballs with egg noodles or on different types of pasta.
• Rice or other grains is always another great options.
• On mashed potatoes, of course! This is our favorite way to eat meatballs: serve them on a bed of mashed potatoes.

Can you make Salisbury steak meatballs ahead of time?

Yes! These meatballs are perfect for meal prep. You can make the whole recipe ahead of time. But when the meatballs are cooked, remove them from the gravy and allow them to cool. Then freeze the meatballs separately. You can freeze the gravy too. But when it thaws, it might be too watered down. Allow it to heat up and stir it really well to break up all the clumps. Add a little bit of heavy cream or butter to thicken it a bit.

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• Baked parmesan meatballs
• Grilled glazed asian meatballs or sliders
• Instant pot or pressure cooker meatballs