Swedish Meatballs (Easy!)

Smothered in a simple and quick creamy dill sauce, this recipe for Swedish Meatballs (easy too!) is a meal you can get on the table in about 30 minutes. These Swedish Meatballs are delicious, filling, and require minimal effort!

We make meatballs about once/week, and we’re currently making them as I write. Rather, my S.O. is making them.

Although, he’s making meatballs that are more along the lines of the meatballs from these Turkey Meatball Sliders with Cabernet Sauce. More of an Italian-style meatball, but with ground turkey.

Swedish Meatballs are possibly my favorite, even above Italian meatballs, but I would never tell him that. I love a good recipe for Swedish Meatballs, especially an easy one, and this one ranks at the top too because of the creamy dill sauce that you smother the meatballs in. I LOVE dill. It’s easily my favorite herb.

You probably already know this because I talk about it whenever I cook with it. I recently shared a Lemon Dill Chicken Noodle Soup, and talked about my love for dill, so I won’t belabor it again so soon. 🙂

I used to make these Swedish Meatballs all the time when I was living in California. My kitchen was TINY, but I did so much cooking and baking there anyway. It was an otherwise spacious apartment with two bedrooms, but the tiniest kitchen, probably 50 square feet, if that. I made it work though. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Second to when I was in law school in Cleveland, I did a ton of cooking and baking when I lived in California. I loved to pick out recipes and test them. I could walk to Safeway and Trader Joe’s, and I would do that a few times a week to get what I needed for cooking dinner that night. Believe it or not, I cooked, and I did it quite a lot. These Swedish Meatballs (easy version!) are one of my go-to recipes, and I’ve referred back to this recipe for years.

We bake meatballs. It’s just a ton less work, easier clean-up if you cover the baking pan with foil, and I feel like they are a little lighter because I’m not using butter to ‘fry’ them.

It’s helpful to shave calories when you’re smothering the meatballs in a sauce made with heavy cream, of course. You could also make these with ground turkey to shave off a bit too!

The Swedish Meatballs only bake for about 15-20 minutes, so this recipe is honestly pretty fast to get on the table! The creamy dill sauce only takes a few minutes too, so you could probably crank this meal out in about 30 minutes if you whip through the part where you shape the meatballs into balls.

I love to double this so that I have meatballs to freeze and/or to pack for lunches during the week. Simple, filling, and quite fast to make!

Swedish Meatballs (Easy)

Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

A quick & simple recipe for Swedish Meatballs (easy too)! Smothered in a creamy dill sauce, these are on the table in about 30 minutes!

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Dinner

Servings 6 -8 servings

Ingredients

  

Swedish Meatballs:

• 1 1/2 lb. ground sirloin
• 1 egg + 1 egg white
• 1/2 c. milk
• 1 c. oats
• 1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 small yellow onion finely chopped
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Creamy Dill Sauce:

• 1 c. heavy whipping cream
• 1 c. beef broth
• 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. chopped fresh dill

Instructions

 

Swedish Meatballs:

• In a large bowl, combine all meatball ingredients and mix well.
• Shape into 1.5-inch balls.
• Cover a jelly roll pan or baking sheet with a lip with foil.
• Spray it with non-stick spray.
• Arrange the meatballs on the baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until meatballs are browned and cooked through inside. We usually check with a meat thermometer and want them to be medium, about 150 degrees.
• Meanwhile, prepare creamy dill sauce.

Creamy Dill Sauce:

• In a small bowl, whisk together whipping cream, beef broth, flour, and salt.
• Pour into a small saucepan.
• Over medium heat, bring to a simmer. Cook and stir for about 2 minutes, or until thick.
• Stir in dill.
• Serve over meatballs.

For more dinner ideas, you may also like these recipes:

Honey Balsamic Baked Pork Chops

Turkey Meatball Sliders with Cabernet Sauce

Sausage Pepper Mushroom Spaghetti Pie

Italian Stromboli Recipe