Oven-Ready

Buffalo-Style Pork Meatballs

with bacon-blue cheese green beans

Prep & Cook Time: 40-50 min.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Spice Level: Medium

Cook Within: 5 days

Contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy

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In Your Box (serves 2)

  • 12 oz. Green Beans
  • 10 oz. Ground Pork
  • 1 fl. oz. Buffalo Wing Sauce
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    1 oz. Cream Cheese
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    ½ oz. Blue Cheese Crumbles
  • ½ oz. Crumbled Bacon
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    2 Saltine Crackers
  • ½ tsp. Garlic Salt

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  • Nutrition (per serving)

  • Calories
    520
  • Carbohydrates
    16g
  • Net Carbs
    11g
  • Fat
    36g
  • Protein
    34g
  • Sodium
    1490mg

Recipe Steps

You Will Need

  • Olive Oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 2 Mixing Bowls

Before You Cook

Cooking Guidelines

To ensure food safety, the FDA recommends the following as minimum internal cooking temperatures:

  • Steak and Pork 145° F (rest cooked meat, 3 minutes) |
  • Seafood 145° F |
  • Chicken 165° F |
  • Ground Beef 160° F |
  • Ground Turkey 165° F |
  • Ground Pork 160° F
  1. 1

    Start the Green Beans

    Turn oven on to 425 degrees. Let preheat, at least 10 minutes. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water before cooking, and after handling raw meat. Remove all produce from any packaging or constraints, then thoroughly rinse and pat dry. Set cream cheese on counter to soften.

    Trim green beans, if necessary.

    In provided tray, combine green beans, 1 Tbsp. water, and 2 tsp. olive oil. Cover with foil.

    Bake covered in hot oven, 15 minutes.

    While green beans bake, continue recipe.

  2. 2

    Add the Meatballs

    Finely crush crackers.

    In a mixing bowl, combine ground pork, crackers, half the Buffalo sauce (use less if spice-averse; reserve remaining for crema), 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Form mixture into 6 evenly-sized meatballs.

    After 15 minutes, carefully remove tray from oven. Drain any excess liquid. Add garlic salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Stir to combine and push green beans to one side of tray. Top evenly with bacon. Tray will be hot! Use a utensil.

    Transfer meatballs to now-empty side of tray.

  3. 3

    Bake Meal and Make Buffalo Crema

    Bake uncovered in hot oven until green beans are tender and meatballs reach a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees, 20-25 minutes.

    While meal bakes, in another mixing bowl, combine remaining Buffalo sauce (to taste), softened cream cheese, and 2 tsp. water. Stir vigorously to combine. If too thick, add additional water, 1 tsp. at a time, until desired consistency is reached.

    Carefully remove tray from oven.

    To serve, top meatballs with a dollop of Buffalo crema (to taste) and garnish green beans with blue cheese (to taste). Bon appétit!

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