How To Make Meatballs Without Bread Crumbs?

Some may think it is not possible to substitute any ingredient in their prize winning meatball recipe, but you can make meatballs without bread crumbs.  The key is to find substitutes for the bread crumbs.  There are many expected and unexpected choices available.  Crackers, hot cereals like malt-o-meal and oatmeal, and cold ones like corn or wheat flakes are great alternatives to bread crumbs.  Bread crumbs, crust or toast serve as filler for your meatballs.  They help them stick together when you fry, broil, bake, or grill them.   You can get pretty creative when you run out of those bread crumbs.  If you have a blender and some other starch (potatoes, rice, couscous?!), you may get the same effect you would get from the bread crumbs.  You are after consistency and taste. Think about it; you don’t really taste the bread crumbs in the meatballs, do you?  Herb and spices can replace the artificial flavorings in breads and bread crumbs.  There are too many recipes available on the Internet to name, however most major cereal sites for hot and cold cereals have recipes for bread crumb free meatballs. Look at the packaging on your crackers, rice, potatoes, and even couscous and you just may find a recipe for bread crumb free meatballs.

There are a number of alternatives to bread crumbs so you don't have to worry about using them. The basic purpose of bread crumbs is that they help the balls stick together. For this purpose, You can use uncooked finely crushed rice and it will help them stick together. You can also use egg that helps them stick together. You can use crushed corn flakes or corn flour or oatmeal for the same purpose.

No need to use any filler, 1 egg and a dash of steak sauce.

Eggs

You can use oatmeal instead or crackers or eggs or all of them.