Saucy Mozzarella Patties

Saucy Mozzarella Patties:
(Jessica)

ingredients:
1 jar of your favorite tomato sauce
or
16-24 oz homemade marinara/pasta sauce
1 lb ground turkey (or meat of your choice)
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 cups breadcrumbs
1 egg
salt & pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste
butter or margarine
olive or veggie oil
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (or fave melting cheese)
1/2 cup grated or shredded Parmesan cheese

*Place ground meat into a large mixing bowl.
*Add egg & incorporate into meat.
*Add 1 cup bread crumbs.
*Add salt, pepper & garlic powder to taste.
*Combine ingredients by hand until well-blended.
*Heat non-stick frying pan.
*Melt about 1 TB of butter & about 1 TB of olive oil in pan.
*Put 2 cups bread crumbs into flat dish.
*Measure 1/3 cup of meat with a 1/3 measuring cup & flatten meat into a patty, like a hamburger.
*Press patty into dish with bread crumbs to coat/bread patty.
*Cook patty in butter & olive oil just until both sides are browned.
*Depending on size of pan, cook 3-4 patties at once.
*Place patties in a flat baking dish, sprayed with cooking oil if desired.
*Repeat until all of meat mixture is used.
*Spoon some sauce onto top of each patty.
*Sprinkle with Parmesan.
*Sprinkle with mozzarella.
*Drizzle more sauce on top of cheese.
*Bake at 350* until cheese is melted and bubbly, but not brown; about 15-20 minutes.
*Makes 6-8 patties.
*For kids, 1/4 measuring cup of meat is a great serving size