These days, I’m all about meal prepping on the weekends to get me through the busy work week, and one of my new favorite staples I’ve added to the rotation is meatballs—of all varieties. Last week, I made Southeast Asian-style turkey meatballs with ginger, lemongrass, and fish sauce that I added to rice noodle soup, ate with rice in lettuce wraps, and turned into banh mi for a fast lunch. This week I’m thinking about herby lamb meatballs, maybe stuffed into pitas, turned into a Greek “burrito,” or just served with fragrant rice and vegetables.
What I like about making meatballs from scratch, aside from the relatively easy prep (and not slogging through Costco-sized bags of the premade frozen stuff), is that I can use whatever ground meat (or faux meat) and aromatics that strike my fancy. To keep things interesting, I’ve curated a list of excellent meatball recipes from Serious Eats—including super juicy and tender Italian-American meatballs with tomato sauce, comforting Mexican meatball soup, and legit Swedish meatballs—so you’ll never get bored or run out of ideas about what to make for dinner…or your next cocktail party. Now let’s get rolling!