Flavorful, filling and comforting these Copycat IKEA Swedish Meatballs are a delicious recipe that you can make at home! A fun recipe that the whole family will fall in love with.

I loooooove Swedish Meatballs. Like absolutely love them, they are one of my favorite meals ever. I also love IKEA Swedish Meatballs, unfortunately we have to travel to get that goodness.

If you’ve seen any of my previous recipes then you’ll know that I love making restaurant recipes at home. These Copycat IKEA Swedish Meatballs are one of my favorite copycats!

They are full of flavor, easy to put together, and perfect for feeding a whole family. Our family goes crazy or this recipe, they ask for me to whip it up for dinner all the time and I absolutely do!

I have various different meatball recipes on my site, but nothing is better than homemade. I love them as appetizers or meals, meatballs are just a great recipe that you can use in various ways.

We love serving these Swedish Meatballs over egg noodles or mashed potatoes, they are a great combination and perfect either way that you serve them!

Some of my other favorite meatball recipes we have on our site include: Grape Jelly Meatballs, Porcupine Meatballs and Baked Meatballs.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

They are a great copycat recipe that taste almost identical to IKEA.
This can be double to serve a larger crowd or at a family function.
With various spices, you get a really flavorful meatball that you won’t want to stop eating.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT BOTTOM):

Olive oil
Onion
Garlic
Ground beef
Ground pork
Panko breadcrumbs
Parsley
Egg
Seasoned salt
Pepper
Ground allspice
Ground nutmeg
Butter
All-purpose flour
Beef stock
Heavy cream
Sour cream
Dijon mustard
Salt

HOW TO MAKE COPYCAT IKEA SWEDISH MEATBALLS, STEP BY STEP:

In a heavy bottom skillet with deep sides or a dutch oven over medium-low heat, add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil once hot add the onion to the oil and saute until translucent and soft, 5-8 minutes. Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, 30 seconds. Take the mixture out of the pan on a plate, set aside.
In a large bowl add the ground beef, ground pork, bread crumbs, parsley, egg, seasoned salt, pepper, allspice, nutmeg, and the cooked onion and garlic. Mixture together until just combined.
Take about 2 tablespoons of the meat mixture, roll them into balls and place them on a plate.
In the same skillet or dutch oven, add another 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and in batches fry the meatballs on all sides over medium-high heat, do not crowd the pan. About 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer the browned meatballs to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain any excess oil. Add more olive oil if needed while frying the remaining batches.
Once all the meatballs are browned, lower the heat to medium, make the sauce by adding the butter to the pan and letting it melt.
Whisk in the flour, let it cook for 2 minutes whisking constantly. Slowly stream in the beef stock while whisking constantly.
Add the heavy cream, sour cream, dijon mustard, and pepper, whisk to combine.
Add the meatballs back to the pan, cover in the sauce, and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the sauce is thickened and the meatballs have reached an internal temperature of at least 165°F.
Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning if necessary.
Garnish with optional parsley. Serve the meatballs over egg noodles or mashed potatoes, with a side of lingonberry jam!

DO I HAVE TO USE A MIXTURE OF MEATS?

We feel that mixing ground beef and ground pork together really creates the flavor that that IKEA Swedish Meatballs have so we like to use half and half of both of those.

If you want to use all ground beef you can. It won’t make a huge difference but enough for us to be able to tell the difference, but if you’re not used to the taste of a mixed meat mixture then it should be fine.

Also we like to use a lower fat meat so try not go below 80/20. Usually for our beef we like to use an 85/15, this will help with less grease and shrinkage of your meatballs.

WHAT GOES WITH THESE MEATBALLS?

Traditionally these meatballs are either served over mashed potatoes or egg noodles, you can take your pick on which one you like best. I like the mashed potatoes.

You can serve alongside any of your favorite side dishes, a lot of the time these are served with lingonberry jam which is sweet and amazing and the perfect accompaniment.

Other side dishes could be homemade dinner rolls, great beans a side salad and more. The meatballs and potatoes/noodles are a meal in itself but you can definitely add a side dish to this.

HOW TO STORE:

These Copycat IKEA Swedish Meatballs can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up 3-4 days. You can reheat on the stovetop until warm or in the microwave.

These can also be frozen. The meatballs are best frozen separately from the sauce as the cream based sauces do not seem to freeze well.

To freeze the meatballs once they are cooked, place them on a baking sheet and let them freeze (about one hour) then place them in a freezer safe bag. They should keep in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Let defrost in the refrigerator overnight, make your sauce and add your meatballs and let them simmer until warm.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

For true copycat style use both ground beef and ground pork.
This recipe can easily be doubled to serve a larger crowd for a family gathering.
These are best served over mashed potatoes or egg noodles.
You can choose to serve with any side dish you like.
These can be frozen, see my tips above.

If you are a copycat recipe lover like me and want a comforting recipe that will warm you through then you have to make these Copycat IKEA Swedish Meatballs.

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Copycat IKEA Swedish Meatballs