Meatball

This is a dish about textures: slightly crispy köfte, rich and yielding on a savory bed of onions; tangy tahini-yogurt sauce and tart muhammura; hot, soft pita bread.

This is a classic spaghetti and meatballs recipe—with a big kick of spice!

Albóndigas is Spanish for meatballs. Ours are lightened with grated zucchini for this chile soup recipe.

This recipe is in the category of "easy if you cook and not too hard if you don't." It took about an hour and a half to make, didn't require any sophisticated techniques, but did have a complex taste.

Think "meatballs" and you're probably picturing the Italian-American classics (in garlicky tomato sauce) served over spaghetti. These are Mexican meatballs—a lighter, altogether subtler proposition.

Sumac, lemon, mint, and sesame give an upgrade to humble ground chicken in this chicken meatballs recipe.

For these pearl meatballs, a mixture of pork, ginger, and scallions are combined into a meatball, then rolled in grains of sweet glutinous rice.

Lion’s head meatballs are traditionally stewed or steamed in a casserole dish; here they star in the sandwich of my childhood dreams.

The carrots melt into the broth of this comforting soup with meatballs.

The trick to keeping this salad crisp? Salt, drain, and squeeze excess liquid from the cucumbers before dressing them. Add a swoosh of yogurt and juicy oven-baked meatballs to make it a flavorful, filling meal.

This zesty dish sits between a stew and a soup and is flavored with garlic, cumin, chile flakes, and tons of fresh herbs. Serve it with rice or crusty bread for a hearty, comforting dinner.

Herby turkey meatballs get flavored with pistachios, tangy pomegranate, and grape molasses. Serve the meatballs as wraps with lavash and crisp lettuce.

Bright in color and flavor, the silky sauce for these meatballs is made from a purée of coconut cream, Thai green curry paste, and spinach.