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Soutzoukakia: Greek Baked Meatballs + Potatoes in Tomato Sauce

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A hand holding a spoon serves baked meatballs, potatoes, and tomato sauce from a baking dish. The dish is topped with white cheese cubes and sprinkled with green herbs. The scene is set on a light-colored countertop.

Prep

20 minutes

Cook

1 hour 15 minutes

Yield

3 -4

Soutzoukakia is a Greek meatball dish that is baked with potatoes and tomato sauce. It is the ultimate comfort food!

Soutzoukakia is the most comforting dish you’ll have all winter. It’s essentially delicious beef meatballs cooked in a warming tomato sauce with potatoes. It can be cooked up on one pan and is such an easy meal for the whole family. Prep it and let your oven do most of the work.

❤️ Why You’ll Love Soutzoukakia

  • Quick Prep: Soutzoukakia can be prepped in just 20-minutes, the rest of the time is spent cooking it up in the oven.
  • Healthy: This recipe has protein, potatoes, and a delicious tomato sauce base. You can feel good about serving it to everyone at the table.
  • One Pan: Cook this dish on just one pan. Don’t we all love spending less time doing dishes?
A close-up of a savory dish featuring roasted meatballs and chunks of potatoes coated in rich tomato sauce, garnished with fresh chopped parsley. The vibrant colors highlight the hearty and appetizing texture of the meal.

🍲 Ingredients

Passata: Passata is a fancy name for pureed, strained tomatoes that haven’t been cooked yet. That’s it. They are 100% just tomatoes and often used as a base in tomato sauces.

Spices: For the meatballs you’ll notice a couple spices that you don’t usually see in an Italian meatball. That’s all-spice and cinnamon! These warming spices can often be found in many Greek dishes. It warms up the flavor and pairs so nicely with the acidity of the tomatoes. Trust me on this one!

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A baking dish of Soutzoukakia filled with roasted meatballs, chunks of potatoes, and diced white cheese, all garnished with fresh herbs. A hand holds a spoon, poised to serve the dish. The ingredients are generously covered in a rich red sauce.

👩‍🍳 How to Make Soutzoukakia

For the potatoes

  1. Preheat the oven to 375F. To a large baking dish add the potato wedges, olive oil, dried oregano, salt and pepper. Toss to combine and then add the water to the dish. Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
Close-up of a dish featuring browned meatballs in rich tomato sauce, accompanied by cubed feta cheese and garnished with chopped parsley. A golden spoon rests in the center, surrounded by chunks of potato.

Make the sauce

  1. While the potatoes are cooking, make the sauce. In a medium pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onion and saute for a few minutes until softened. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the bay leaf, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and sugar, and stir to combine. Pour in the passata and water and bring it to a simmer over medium-high heat. Turn to medium-low and keep at a simmer for about 15-20 minutes with the lid partially on the pot, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened just slightly. Remove from the heat.

Make the meatballs

  1. Remove the crust from the bread slices and soak in a bowl of water for 5 minutes.
  2. Once the bread is soaked, remove it from the water and mix it with the ground beef, pressed garlic, grated onion, salt, cumin, pepper, egg, olive oil, onion powder, allspice, cinnamon and dried oregano. Knead well to combine the mixture. Let sit for 10 minutes
  3. After 10 minutes, scoop 2 tablespoons at a time and form into ovals/logs, about 2-3 inches in length.
  4. Set aside on a plate until the potatoes come out of the oven.

Assemble the dish

  1. Once the potatoes have cooked for 30 minutes, remove them from the oven and remove the foil from the baking dish. Nestle the meatballs in between the potato wedges. Pour the sauce all over the potatoes and meatballs in the baking dish. Drizzle with a bit of olive oil and then bake for 20-25 minutes uncovered or until the meatballs are cooked through.
  2. Garnish with fresh parsley and cubed feta cheese (if desired).

🗒 Tips and Tricks

🗒 Variations

I prefer not to mess with these delicious Greek recipes but here are a few things you can play with in this one:

  • Beef: Swap the beef in the meatballs for ground lamb, or a leaner protein like turkey or chicken.
  • Herbs & Spices: You can always add more or less of any herb and spice. Just be careful with the measurements of all-spice and cinnamon so the meatballs don’t become too sweet and overpowering.
  • Vegetables: You can serve this dish with additional veggies or even roast veggies with the potatoes. Root vegetables work best like carrots, turnips, sweet potato, and even onions!


🗒 Best served with

👝 How to Store Leftovers

Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Reheat the leftovers when you’re ready-to-eat!

🤔 Common Questions

How do you pronounce Soutzoukakia?

You pronounce it like sou-ju-ka-kia and believe me, it’ll become a household name once you make it once because it’s so good!

What’s the difference between a Greek and Italian meatball?

Italians often use a mix of pork and beef. They also sometimes add parmesan and parsley. Greeks usually flavor theirs with warming spices like cinnamon and all-spice or add in herbs like fresh mint.

A baking dish of Soutzoukakia filled with roasted meatballs, chunks of potatoes, and diced white cheese, all garnished with fresh herbs. A hand holds a spoon, poised to serve the dish. The ingredients are generously covered in a rich red sauce.

Soutzoukakia: Greek Baked Meatballs + Potatoes in Tomato Sauce

5 from 2 votes
Soutzoukakia is a Greek meatball dish that is baked with potatoes and tomato sauce. It is the ultimate comfort food!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Greek
Servings 3 -4
Calories 583 kcal
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Instructions
 

For the potatoes

Make the sauce

  • While the potatoes are cooking, make the sauce. In a medium pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onion and saute for a few minutes until softened. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the bay leaf, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and sugar, stir to combine. Pour in the passata and water and bring it to a simmer over medium-high heat. Turn to medium-low and keep at a simmer for about 15-20 minutes with the lid partially on the pot, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened just slightly. Remove from the heat.

Make the meatballs

  • Remove the crust from the bread slices and soak in a bowl of water for 5 minutes.
  • Once the bread is soaked, remove from the water and mix with the ground beef, grated onion, pressed garlic, salt, cumin, pepper, egg, olive oil, onion powder, all spice, cinnamon and dried oregano. Knead well to combine the mixture. Let sit for 10 minutes
  • After 10 minutes, scoop 2 tablespoons at a time and form into ovals / logs, about 2-3 inches in length.
  • Set aside on a plate until the potatoes come out of the oven.

Assemble the dish

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Nutrition

Calories: 583kcal | Carbohydrates: 60.1g | Protein: 35.1g | Fat: 23.6g | Saturated Fat: 4.9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14.8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 114.3mg | Sodium: 2593.9mg | Fiber: 7.1g | Sugar: 6.2g
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Christina

5 stars
Delicious!!!! 🤤🤤

Maria Koutsogiannis

thank you my love

Milena

5 stars
Sooo comforting and easy to make. Highly recommend!

Maria Koutsogiannis

thank you so much sweetie!! you are the best!!!

5 from 2 votes

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