Best 13 Porcupines Recipes

PORCUPINES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, rice, 1/2 cup of water and onion. Blend in salt, celery salt, garlic powder and pepper. Mix well. Shape into 1 1/2 inch balls.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the meatballs; drain fat.
• In an 11x7 inch baking dish, combine the tomato sauce and 1 cup of water. Place the browned meatballs into the tomato sauce, turning to coat well.
• Cover and bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes. Uncover, and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

OVEN PORCUPINES

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; shape into 12 balls. Place meatballs in an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over meatballs. , Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 1 hour. Uncover; bake 15 minutes longer.

OVEN PORCUPINES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix meat, rice, 1/2 cup water, the onion, salts, garlic powder and pepper.
• Shape mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls into balls.
• Place meatballs in ungreased baking dish, 9x13 inches.
• Stir together remaining ingredients; pour over meatballs.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake 1 hour.

PORCUPINES IN MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the hamburger, egg, onion, rice, salt, and pepper and blend well.
• Form into small meatballs.
• Place meatballs in a glass pie dish and cover with a microwave-safe plate.
• Microwave on high for 9 minutes.
• When done remove from microwave carefully (it will be very hot, and will make a lot of steam when you remove the cover plate).
• Pour the fat out and discard.
• Oooh, look at all the fat you got rid of!
• Combine the 2 cans of soup with 1/2 cup water in a crockpot.
• Add the meatballs and cook for 1-2 hours or until the rice has softened (not to long, though, or the rice will absorb all of the moisture and you'll just have one large mass).
• Serve over mashed potatoes.

MERINGUE PORCUPINES WITH CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Scoop spoonful of meringue onto large oval soup spoon, and use another soup spoon to form meringue into shape of small egg. Use second spoon to push meringue oval off first spoon, and onto parchment. Spoon 12 ovals onto each prepared baking sheet. Using a small offset spatula, pull out spikes of meringue, creating porcupine effect.
• Reduce oven to 200 degrees; bake until meringues are crisp on outside but have marshmallow consistency inside, about 1 hour. Reduce oven to 175 degrees if meringue starts to brown. Remove from oven, and gently press bottom of each meringue so that it caves in and can be filled. Turn off oven, and return to oven to dry, about 20 minutes. Let meringues cool completely before filling.
• Combine the cream and almond extract in a chilled bowl of an electric mixer, and whip on medium speed, until just stiff, about 2 minutes. Fill half the hollowed meringues with cream, the remaining half with preserves, and sandwich together. Serve as soon as possible after filling.

MERINGUE PORCUPINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
• Scoop a spoonful of meringue onto large oval soup spoon, and use another soup spoon to form meringue into shape of small egg. Use second spoon to push meringue oval off first spoon and onto parchment. Spoon 12 ovals onto each prepared baking sheet. Using a small offset spatula, pull out spikes of meringue, creating a porcupine effect.
• Bake cookies until they are crisp on outside but have marshmallow consistency inside, about 1 hour. Reduce oven to 175 degrees if meringue starts to brown. Remove from oven, and gently press bottom of each meringue so that it caves in and can be filled. Turn off oven, and return meringues to oven to dry, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely on parchment on wire racks before filling.
• Put cream and almond extract in the chilled bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and mix on medium speed until just stiff, about 2 minutes. Fill half of the hollowed meringues with cream, and the remaining halves with preserves. Sandwich together. Serve immediately.

SALMON RICE PORCUPINES

Steps:

• Mix together salmon and liquid, uncooked rice, grated carrot, egg, onion, salt and pepper, chives and curry powder if you want.
• Form into 6 balls.
• Place in a greased baking dish.
• Mix cream of mushroom soup and water together; cover the balls.
• Cover with foil paper.
• Bake for 1 hour at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Recipe says serves 6 but I'm guessing serves 3.

OVEN PORCUPINES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350. Mix meat, rice, 1/2 cup water, onion, salts, garlic powder and pepper. Shape mixture by rounded Tbsp. into balls. Place meatballs in ungreased 8 inch baking dish.
• 2. Stir together remaining ingredients; pour over meatballs. Cover with aluminum foil; bake 45 minutes. Uncover, bake another 15 minutes.

PORCUPINES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Mix together all of the meatball ingredients.
• Shape mixture into 9 meatballs and place in an ungreased 8x8" baking dish.
• Stir together sauce ingredients and pour over the meatballs.
• Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer.

PORCUPINES

Steps:

• 1. Seperate the rice from the package of beef flavoring. (Keep the flavoring to the side for the moment.)
• 2. Thoroughly mix together the ground beef, rice and egg.
• 3. Create happy-medium sized "porcupine" meatballs out of the mixture and place into a large skillet pan. (The porcupine shouldn't be any larger than an inch across.)
• 4. Now measure out how much water you need (on the back of the beef rice box) and stir in the beef seasoning.
• 5. Add this murky water to your skillet pan and bring to a low boil. Place a lid on the porcupines and let simmer, turning every couple of minutes.
• 6. You'll know your porcupines are done when they are beefy brown! Serve with some mashed potatoes and enjoy!

PORCUPINES

Steps:

• Mix together: beef, bread crumbs, egg, salt, paprika, and green pepper.
• Form into balls using about 1/3 cup meat mixture for each.
• Roll each ball in rice to coat lightly, then flatten somewhat to form thick patties.
• Heat Prego and chili powder in deep saucepan.
• Add patties to sauce, making sure there is sauce all over the patties (otherwise your rice will not cook well and will be crunchy--yuk).
• Cook covered over medium heat until done (about 45 minutes), turning patties as needed to keep well covered in sauce.

MEATBALL PORCUPINES

Steps:

• 1. Mix beef, rice, milk, onion, salt, celery salt, garlic salt and pepper. Form into 4 medium balls.2. Fry in melted shortening, turning frequently, until light brown (but not crusty) on all sides. Add tomato sauce, water and Worcestershire sauce. Mix well.3. Cover simmer 45 minutes over low heat. Add a small amount of additional water if liquid cooks down too much.1 SERVING: Calories 440 (Calories from Fat 215) Fat 24g (Saturated 8g) Cholesterol 65mg Sodium 1630mg Carbohydrates 32g (Dietary Fiber 2g) Protein 26g.

BEEF PORCUPINES

Steps:

• 1. Mix half of marinara sauce in with everything except for broth, oil and water.
• 2. Form meatballs.
• 3. Fry meatballs in oil until lightly browned.
• 4. Add rest of marinara, broth and water.
• 5. Cook until tender, about 40 minutes, with the pan covered.
• 6. Or bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.