Easy One-Pot Swedish Meatballs with Egg Noodles – your family will love this swedish inspired family meal.
A friend of mine recently shared one of those viral videos for One-Pot Swedish Meatballs with Egg Noodles and I thought WOW! What a great idea!
I love swedish meatballs, it’s such a wonderful winter dinner, and this looked so amazing.
After watching the video though I was really disappointed with the fact that they essentially made spaghetti meatballs and then made some vaguely Swedish sauce to cook the egg noodles in.
It was weird. It was also blatantly a rip off of a Betty Crocker recipe without any credit to Betty Crocker. Lame.
I knew I could do it better, and at least a little more authentic because Worcestershire sauce and parmesan cheese is not Swedish guys. It just is not.
My version though? Amazing.
(I have seen a recipe that even claims that Worcestershire sauce is traditional to this recipe. Please. It’s 100% not unless you are specifically discussing the traditions of Betty Crocker.)
How to Store One-Pot Swedish Meatballs
To store leftover one-pot swedish meatballs with egg noodles, place them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They will last for 3-4 days.
Reheat in the microwave, or over low heat with the lid on and a little broth stirred in to moisten the noodles.
About the Ingredients for One-Pot Swedish Meatballs
Breadcrumbs – Use either homemade breadcrumbs or unseasoned store bought crumbs. Italian seasoned breadcrumbs? Are we cooking an Italian dish? No.
Milk – Adds moisture and flavour. Any MF% will do.
Ground Meat – 1/3 beef, 1/3 pork and 1/3 veal is the ideal here but you can go with all or just one.
Onion – Yellow or white onion.
Egg – Binds everything together.
Seasoning – Allspice, salt and pepper is all you need for seasoning.
Oil – Butter will add better flavour but any neutral flavoured oil is fine.
Chicken broth – Sodium reduced is a good idea here and then season with salt to get the right flavour. You could use beef broth instead.
Heavy Cream – Heavy whipping cream is best here to get a thick enough, rich sauce.
Egg Noodles – Broad or extra broad.
Lingonberry Jam – Serve with lingonberry jam.
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How to Make One-Pot Swedish Meatballs with Egg Noodles
Yields: 6 Servings | Prep time: 10 Mins | Cook time: 28 Mins
Ingredients:
1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
1/2 cup milk
2 lb ground beef (1/3 beef, 1/3 pork and 1/3 veal is ideal)
1 small onion, grated
1 egg
1⁄4 tsp ground allspice
1⁄8 tsp salt
1⁄4 tsp white pepper
butter or oil
900mL chicken broth
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
4 cups egg noodles
Directions:
Soak the bread crumbs in the milk in a large bowl for about 10 minutes.
Mix in meat, onion, egg, allspice, salt and pepper until well combined.
Refrigerate for an hour or so, to help firm it up.
Form meatballs smaller than a golf ball, using 1-2 tablespoons of meat per ball.
Heat a large cast iron casserole over medium high heat.
Melt a small amount of butter or oil in the pan and add some of the meatballs, being sure not to overcrowd them.
Continue to cook until they are evenly brown on all sides then remove each bath to a platter as you fry the next batch.
Once you are done the last batch, add broth, whipping cream and 1 sp salt to the casserole and heat to boiling. Stir in egg noodles and meatballs then reduce heat to a simmer.
Simmer the sauce 15 to 18 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is cooked and sauce is thickened.
Serve with Wild Lingonberry Sauce. (You can usually find it in the European section at the grocery store or simply stock up at Ikea on your next visit.)
One-Pot Swedish Meatballs with Egg Noodles
Easy One-Pot Swedish Meatballs with Egg Noodles - your family will love this swedish inspired family meal.
Ingredients
- 1 ⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 lb ground beef, 1/3 beef, 1/3 pork and 1/3 veal is ideal
- 1 small onion, grated
- 1 egg
- 1 ⁄4 tsp ground allspice
- 1 ⁄8 tsp salt
- 1 ⁄4 tsp white pepper
- butter or oil
- 900 mL chicken broth
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 4 cups egg noodles
Instructions
- Soak the bread crumbs in the milk in a large bowl for about 10 minutes.
- Mix in meat, onion, egg, allspice, salt and pepper until well combined.
- Refrigerate for an hour or so, to help firm it up.
- Form meatballs smaller than a golf ball, using 1-2 tablespoons of meat per ball.
- Heat a large cast iron casserole over medium high heat.
- Melt a small amount of butter or oil in the pan and add some of the meatballs, being sure not to overcrowd them.
- Continue to cook until they are evenly brown on all sides then remove each bath to a platter as you fry the next batch.
- Once you are done the last batch, add broth, whipping cream and 1 sp salt to the casserole and heat to boiling. Stir in egg noodles and meatballs then reduce heat to a simmer.
- Simmer the sauce 15 to 18 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is cooked and sauce is thickened.
- Serve with Wild Lingonberry Sauce. (You can usually find it in the European section at the grocery store or simply stock up at Ikea on your next visit.)
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Amount Per Serving: Calories: 919Total Fat: 49gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 22gCholesterol: 254mgSodium: 4149mgCarbohydrates: 58gFiber: 4gSugar: 5gProtein: 58g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!
Kay
Monday 29th of January 2024
I’m a very novice cook, and messed this up royally. The total cook time does not include time to refrigerate the mixture, so I had to skip that step. Letting the breadcrumbs sit in the milk for 10 min created a hard mash that absolutely did not mix—all of my meatballs had big clumps of breadcrumbs. Grating the onion just resulted in a lot of liquid and a pulpy mash. Medium high heat burned the meatballs immediately, and had to use medium low and covered which made them take forever, so dinner was really late. If anyone has tips to address those, I’d appreciate it.
Elizabeth Lampman
Tuesday 30th of January 2024
Sorry to hear about your issues with the recipe Kay!
I'll be honest, I usually skip the chill time on these myself.
If you are having a hard time combining the ingredients evenly, I would either throw it all in a food processor if you have one for a quick whizz to get things to combine fully. nI find this happens if the meat is still cool, it might help to let it come to room temperature before combining.
For the onion, check out this method and make sure you are using the large side of a box grater. (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QSCr29qxTqo)
I would brown the meatballs on medium high, about 2 minutes per side, then lower the heat to medium to cook them through if you are finding they are burning. Swedish meatballs should be pretty small, and shouldn't take long to cook.
Hope this helps!
Dawn Taylor
Wednesday 3rd of November 2021
Are you supposed to use 2 pounds of meat or just one.
Elizabeth Lampman
Friday 5th of November 2021
Two pounds of meat.
Tracey
Sunday 8th of April 2018
Made it tonight! I subbed beef broth for the chicken. Added a bit of sour cream at the end to thicken the sauce. It was amazing!!
Kathy
Wednesday 19th of April 2017
When you say 4 c. egg noodles, is that a 12 oz package? I ask because the wide egg noodles will measure differently than regular egg noodles in a measuring cup - I just want to make sure I have the right pasta to liquid balance!
Elizabeth
Friday 3rd of July 2020
Correct.
Elizabeth
Wednesday 19th of April 2017
I used most of a 12 oz package - 4 cups is only 8 oz, I used broad egg noodles.
kathy downey
Saturday 25th of March 2017
I can't wait to try this recipe my family is going to love this !