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Easy Homemade Swedish Meatball Sauce Recipe

You are in the right place if you LOVE easy recipes! This Easy Homemade Swedish Meatball Sauce Recipe has a delicious creamy sauce and can be served over either homemade meatballs or store-bought meatballs!

We save lots of money AND time by meal planning, making meals ahead of time (so we don’t eat out), and buying foods in bulk as much as possible. A perfect example of this is by making your meatballs ahead of time OR buying them and having them ready to serve anytime you’re ready! Then add any sauces you like…such as this Swedish Meatball Sauce Recipe. It’s so easy!

What you’ll love about this recipe:


  • KID FRIENDLY – Our kids love this recipe! No hidden veggies for them to pick through.
  • PERFECT FOR BEGINNING COOKS – This is practically a no-fail recipe! Mix all the ingredients together and BOOM you have a delicious meal you can be proud to serve!
  • FAST – This recipe is made in about 20 minutes!
  • INEXPENSIVE – This creamy Swedish Meatball Sauce is made with very basic ingredients that you probably have in your pantry or fridge. No expensive ingredients!

Homemade Swedish Meatball Sauce Recipe

I’m going to assume that you have either hopped over to my homemade ground beef meatball recipe and made your meatballs OR you have some store-bought meatballs in your freezer…SO once you have your meatballs made you can make so many different kinds of sauces for them to create so many different kinds of meals!

This is how to make an authentic Swedish meatball recipe and it’s SO easy and SO delish…even better than Ikea…that’s my opinion anyway!! This makes a quick meal for those busy weeknights…that is if you already have your meatballs ready to go. You’ll want to put this in your meal plan rotation for sure!

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 C all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbls butter
  • 1 C half & half or Heavy Cream 
  • 1 C Beef Broth ~ I love Better than Bullion ~ it’s deelish!
  • 1 Tsp. of Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1/2 Tsp. Onion Powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Optional ~ Sour Cream…this will make your Homemade Swedish Meatballs more like a Beef Stroganoff. 

Directions:

I like to just make everything in a large skillet directly, rather than dirtying up a large bowl AND lots of dishes.

In a large skillet stir flour and butter over medium heat until browned…this can get a little clumpy. if you have too much flour and not enough butter. Make sure you have your flour and butter portions correct…sometimes I’ll add just a little more butter if I need to.  If it seems clumpy…don’t worry it will become smooth when you add the rest of your ingredients.

Cooking Tips for Best Results:

  • When making your Swedish Meatball Sauce the best thing to do is add the flour a little bit at a time. This will keep your roux (name for beginning a cream sauce) smooth…add a little more butter if it turns into a big clump.
  • Don’t panic if your butter and flour (roux) are a little clumpy…it will smooth out as you add the other ingredients and cook.
  • If your sauce is too thick, add a little more heavy cream.
  • If your sauce is too thin, just let it simmer longer. Be sure and stir occasionally or the bottom can burn.

Now Slowly whisk in your Half and Half (or heavy cream), Beef Broth, salt, and pepper. Remember, even if there are a couple of clumps floating around in your creamy gravy sauce they will soften and smooth out as you stir and simmer.

How to Make an Authentic Swedish Meatballs Sauce Recipe

How long do you cook meatballs in the sauce?

Bring to a boil.  Cook, stirring until thickened and smooth.  if gravy has lumps you can pour through a strainer but no need to.  Add meatballs to sauce and heat to serving temp. which is about 8 min. or 160 degrees in the middle. I will also cut one of the tender meatballs open to make sure they are heated all the way through.

You can also just make your sauce and cook your meatballs separately. Then pour the sauce over your meatballs and the whole dinner if you like!

Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and green beans
Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and green beans

Best way to serve Swedish Meatball Sauce

If you want to jazz up your Swedish Meatballs you can always add onions or fresh parsley or green onions sprinkled on top of your Swedish meatballs. I’m all about color when I eat so I like to add little goodies. You don’t have to though!

We like to serve our Swedish Meatball Sauce over one of these 3 Sides:

  • Serve over Egg Noodles
  • Serve over Mashed Potatoes
  • Serve over Rice

As always store your leftover meatballs and sauce in an airtight container. They should keep well for a few days. If you are not going to eat your leftovers within a few days you can always freeze them for one of those busy weeknights in a freezer-safe container.

How to reheat Swedish Meatball Sauce?

There are 3 easy ways to reheat Swedish Meatball Sauce:

  1. Microwave ~Put your Swedish Meatballs and Sauce into a microwavable dish and reheat. Watch for splatters and burning. Since the Swedish meatball sauce has dairy in it, it can burn if left in too long.
  2. Stove top ~ Simply put your leftover Swedish Meatballs and sauce into a pan and reheat on medium. Watch for scorching on the bottom of the pan.
  3. Oven ~ Coming home from work or a busy day out? Put your Swedish Meatballs into an oven-proof dish and cover. Heat at 350 degrees for about half an hour…while you relax.

I’ve been asked what Is the difference between Meatballs and Swedish Meatballs. The difference is simply the sauce. The “Swedish” part of the recipe is the sauce! I hope you’ll try this easy Swedish Meatballs recipe, I think you’ll love it!


Our Favorite

Goes Good with Swedish Meatballs

You might consider making our Oven Baked Ground Chicken Meatballs for your meatball mixture next time too! It’s delish and a perfect substitute for the ground meat in your meatballs if you’re trying to lower your fat intake. I like to make my own ground chicken with frozen chicken breast

More Ground Beef Recipes:

Easy Ground Beef Recipes for the Freezer

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Authentic Swedish Meatballs Sauce Recipe

HOW TO MAKE AN AUTHENTIC SWEDISH MEATBALL SAUCE RECIPE

Shari Lynne
This quick sauce is The Easiest Authentic Homemade Swedish Meatballs Sauce Recipe. Better than Ikea! Only 5 simple ingredients!
4.29 from 7 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course, Quick and Easy Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 C all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbls butter
  • 1 C half & half
  • 1 C Beef Broth ~ I love Better than Bullion ~ it’s deelish!
  • 1 Tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 Tsp. Onion Powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Optional ~ Sour Cream…this will make your Swedish Meatballs more like a Stroganoff.

Instructions
 

  • In a skillet, stir flour and butter over medium heat until browned.
    1/4 C all-purpose flour, 2 Tbls butter
  • Sowly whisk in Half & Half or heavy whipping cream, Beef Broth, Worcestershire Sauce, onion powder, salt and pepper.
    1 C half & half, 1 C Beef Broth ~ I love Better than Bullion ~ it’s deelish!, 1 Tsp. Worcestershire Sauce, 1 Tsp. Onion Powder, salt and pepper to taste
  • Bring to a slow boil. Cook, stirring until thickened and smooth. if gravy has lumps you can pour through a strainer. Not neccasary though.
  • Add meatballs to sauce and heat to serving temperature. Or heat them up separately and pour sauce over them on plates OR cool, store and reheat for later. Can be frozen for later too! Serve over mashed potatoes, noodles or rice. Makes 6 – 8 servings.
Keyword Authentic, Beef, meatballs, quick dinner, Sauce, Swedish, Swedish Meatballs
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12 Comments

  1. We always get Swedish meatballs when we go to IKEA. I’m so glad we can make really good ones at home now!

  2. 5 stars
    Oh, this looks so comforting! I love white sauce, and I know this will be my favorite. And this sauce goes perfectly with my meatballs in the freezer.

    1. That’s what I love about having prepared meatballs in the freezer! They go so well with so many different sauces!

  3. 5 stars
    These are just like my grandma used to make! So tender and tasty!

  4. Very nice ! Will be making this for my wife this weekend, thank you for posting this

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