Reuben Meatball Casserole is the best recipe for Reuben casserole! It combines corned beef meatballs into a Reuben and it is delish! You will love this easy casserole recipe for St Patricks Day.

 

Freaky Friday

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he Winter edition of Freaky Friday is here! What is Freaky Friday? Once a quarter, Michaela from An Affair From The Heart organizes bloggers to make a recipe from each blog. It is a great event that I have participated in a few times.

 

Take Two Tapas

Reuben Meatball Casserole

When I had to pick on of Take Two Tapas recipes, I finally settled on her Savory Reuban Meatballs. I chose this recipe because well, St Patricks Day is coming up very soon. Plus I love Reubens, I mean hello, I am Irish, well part Irish, after all.

 

Best Recipe For Reuben Casserole

As I said, St Patrick’s Day is coming up. That holiday is HUGE here in Cleveland. Everyone here in Cleveland keeps asking me if I have recipes for a corned beef casserole. Which is also known around here as a Reuben casserole.

 

 

Well, no I don’t have that recipe on my blog. So when I saw the savory Reuben Meatballs on Jenn’s Blog, I knew it was perfect! Now I did make tiny changes like she did her more skillet, and I made it Reuben Meatball Casserole.

 

 

I also didn’t grind the corned beef like Jenn did, I shredded it instead. I had to use a binder for this corned beef casserole. What I did was take some of the mini pumpernickel slices of bread and made them into breadcrumbs for the binder. That way the meatballs embraced that wonderful Reuben flavor to them.

Corned Beef Casserole

I mentioned I made this in a casserole form. Layers of sauerkraut, corned beef meatballs, swiss cheese,  thousand island salad dressing to make up this casserole version of the deli sandwich. WOW! It is incredible and perfect to get my St Patrick’s day party mode on! To give it that extra Irish touch, Kerry Gold swiss cheese was on sale at the store, so bonus! Real Irish swiss cheese!

 

In all honesty, this version of a Reuben casserole recipe is for me the best recipe for Reuben casserole. You will love this deconstructed version of your favorite Reuben sandwich. Plus it is super easy to make! You are going to love it!

 

 

Yield: 4

Reuben Meatball Casserole Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Reuben Meatball Casserole is possibly the best recipe for Reuben casserole! It combines corned beef meatballs into a Reuben and it is simply delish! You will love this easy casserole recipe for St Patricks Day.

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Ingredients

• 1 tablespoons of oil
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 lb deli corned beef, shredded
• a sprinkling of salt and pepper
• 20 oz can sauerkraut
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons pumpernickel breadcrumbs
• 1 cup swiss cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup Thousand Island dressing
• mini  pumpernickel toasts

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Add the corned beef, ground beef, salt, pepper, pumpernickel breadcrumbs, and egg in a large bowl and mix well.
3. Form the meat into meatballs.
4. Add some oil to a pan and brown the meatballs.
5. When the meatballs are browned, take off the heat and set aside.
6. Sprinkle a layer of sauerkraut to the bottom of casserole pan.
7. Drizzle some of the thousand Island dressing over the sauerkraut.
8. Add the meatballs on top the sauerkraut.
9. Add another layer of the sauerkraut on top the meatballs.
10. Drizzle the rest the thousand island dressing on the top.
11. Finally, top with the shredded cheese.
12. Bake for 30 minutes.
13. Serve with mini pumpernickel toasts and ENJOY!

Notes

To make pumpernickel toasts make pumpernickel breadcrumbs toast about 2-3 of the mini pumpernickel bread. Then grind it up to make breadcrumbs.

This post was most recently updated December 31, 2018