Porcupine Meatballs

Serves: 4

Ingredients

 * 1 pound ground pork
 * ⅓ cup uncooked rice
 * ½ cup crushed saltine crackers
 * 1 egg
 * ⅓ cup lowfat milk or reconstituted nonfat dry milk
 * ¼ teaspoon black pepper
 * sauce:
 * ½ cup minced fresh onion
 * 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
 * 1 cup water

Directions

 * 1) Mix ground pork, raw rice, crushed crackers, egg, milk, and pepper together.
 * 2) Form into twelve meatballs and place in baking pan.
 * 3) Combine minced onion, tomato sauce, and water to make a sauce.
 * 4) Pour sauce over the top of the meatballs.
 * 5) Cover with lid or foil and bake for one hour at 350°f.

Source

 * Pork, Ground, Frozen by the US Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe