Meat Balls with Sauce Verte

Ingredients

• lean ground beef
  1 pound
• finely chopped onion
  ½ cup
• soft breadcrumbs
  ½ cup
• salt

  divided
  ¾ teaspoon
• ground black pepper
  ¼ teaspoon
• vegetable oil
  2 tablespoons
• x 3-ounce package cream cheese

  softened
  1 unit
• grated Parmesan cheese
  ⅓ cup
• chopped fresh parsley
  ¼ cup
• basil leaves
  1 tablespoon
• garlic

  minced
  1 clove
• hot beef broth
  1 cup
• cornstarch
  1 teaspoon
• hot cooked rice
  2 cups