Meatball-Stuffed Dinner Pockets
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Updated Feb 14, 2018
You’ve never had meatballs and sauce like this before! We’re making them weeknight-easy by starting with frozen meatballs, adding cheese and store-bought pasta sauce, then wrapping it all up in a biscuit for easy serving and maximum dipping—in more pasta sauce, of course.
Meatball-Stuffed Dinner Pockets
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- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 can (16.3 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Layers Buttermilk Biscuits (8 Count)
- 4 slices mozzarella cheese, each slice cut into 4 strips
- 16 frozen 1-inch meatballs (from 22-oz bag), thawed and cut in half
- 1/2 cup tomato basil pasta sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 8 teaspoons shredded Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray.
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Step2Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Press or roll each to form 6-inch round. Place two cheese strips in center of each round. Top half of each dough round with 4 meatball halves and 1 tablespoon sauce. Fold dough over filling; firmly press edges of dough with fork to seal.
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Step3Place pockets on cookie sheet. Brush tops with melted butter. Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon Parmesan cheese, then with Italian seasoning.
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Step4Bake 17 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Serve with additional pasta sauce, if desired.
Nutrition
320
Calories
15g
Total Fat
14g
Protein
31g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 320
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 35%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 14%
- Sodium
- 790mg
- 33%
- Potassium
- 110mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 31g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 14g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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