One Pot German Meatballs & Potatoes
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In one pot, create a delicious meal of German meatballs and potatoes in a creamy white caper sauce, incredibly flavorful and an easy dinner recipe!
This week, I’ve partnered up with some of my favorite fellow food bloggers to promote the “Food Blogger Winter Games”, a series of recipe posts from each blogger highlighting different countries cuisines ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
The country I selected to cook from was Germany and yesterday I shared a delicious recipe for Pork & Sauerkraut Cabbage Rolls. Today, I’m sharing a new one pot recipe for German meatballs and potatoes. This is a great dinner recipe for all those fellow “meat and potato” lovers out there! And that creamy lemon caper sauce, O-M-G, I dare you not to drink it straight from the pan, it’s seriously so good!
Besides being seriously scrumptious, I love that this entire dish is made in one pot, keeping clean-up a breeze! I love my One Pot Recipes and keep them in constant rotation for weeknight dinners at my house.
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One Pot German Meatballs & Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 1 cup diced onions
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb ground pork
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ tsp kosher salt, divided
- 1 ½ tsp black pepper, divided
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp oregano
- ¼ cup flour
- 4 cups beef broth
- 3.5 oz jar capers , drained
- ½ tsp lemon zest
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 lb red potatoes, quartered
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley, optional garnish
Instructions
- Add 1 tbsp olive oil to a large pot or dutch oven, cook the diced onions & garlic 3-5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the cooked onions and garlic, ground beef, ground pork, breadcrumbs, eggs, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, paprika and oregano.
- Use your hands to roll the mixture into approximately 24 golf ball sized meatballs.
- In the same pot you cooked the diced onions, add an additional tablespoon of olive oil, bring to medium-high heat and place the meatballs in the pot, brown on all sides, 3-5 minutes.
- Remove the meatballs from the pot and set aside.
- Keep the pot over medium-high heat.
- Add flour to the pot with the drippings from the meatballs.
- Scrape up all of the meatball drippings and combine with the flour.
- Stir in the beef broth and bring to a boil.
- Add the remaining ½ tsp kosher salt and ½ tsp black pepper.
- Add the capers, lemon juice, lemon zest and bay leaf.
- Stir to combine, then add the meatballs back into the pot with the potatoes.
- Cover, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 45 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender. Before serving, add the sour cream to the pot and stir into the sauce.
- Optionally top with fresh chopped parsley when serving.
Nutrition Facts
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6 Comments on “One Pot German Meatballs & Potatoes”
I tried this recipe today in anticipation of taking it to a party. It was too salty. The recipe needs to specify low-sodium beef stock and possibly rinsing the capers. Beyond the dish being a little salty, it was very tasty and we will definitely make it again in the future. The meatballs were delicious .
Hi Alba, I’m glad you enjoyed the dish, but I’m sorry you felt it was too salty. I made the dish several times before adding it to the blog and felt that it needed more salt each time I made it. I understand that everyones tastes are different though, so I’m excited for you to try it again with less salt or low-sodium beef stock.
Hi! Fresh or dried oregano?
Hi Christina, you can use either, but I used dried oregano in the recipe. Enjoy!
We love German meatballs in our house! Ive never had them with capers and now Im kind of craving them to see how awesome thats going to be in them!
One pot recipes are the best! And yes, that lemon caper sauce sounds incredible! My family is going to love this one!