This amazing appetizer is a wonderful hot dish for tailgating or Super Bowl parties, but it's also great as a main dish served over rice! This one uses Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce and grape jelly for the sauce! It is so mouthwatering everyone is sure to want seconds.
measuring cups & spoons if making homemade meatballs
1 mixing bowl if making homemade meatballs
1 wooden spoon
toothpicks to serve the meatballs with
1 sharp knife to cut vegetables (if making homemade meatballs)
Ingredients
COCKTAIL MEATBALLS:
32oz. bagfrozen meatballsor make up about 2 lbs. of meatballs from recipe below
16oz. jarSweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce
16oz. jarBama grape jelly
HOMEMADE MEATBALLS:
2lbs.lean ground sirloin
1cup4C Seasoned bread crumbs
1largeegg
1/3cupdiced onion
1tsp.salt
1/2tsp.ground black pepper
1tsp.dried basil
1tsp.dried oregano
1tsp.dried parsley
Instructions
COCKTAIL MEATBALLS:
Mix together meatballs and place on sprayed cookie sheets.
Bake at 350° for about 20-30 minutes.
Spray crock pot with cooking spray.
While meatballs are baking, pour barbecue sauce and grape jelly into crock pot and stir well.
Add meatballs and heat through for a few hours on low.
Continue stirring occasionally to get lumps out of jelly and make a smooth sauce.
These are delicious served as appetizers or as a main dish with noodles or rice.
HOMEMADE MEATBALLS:
Combine ingredients really well with your hands.
Shape into meatballs.
Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
Bake meatballs at 350° for about 20-30 minutes.
Add to crockpot with jelly/BBQ sauce mixture.
Continue cooking on low until meatballs absorb the flavors from the sauce—about 3-4 hours.
Notes
NOTE: You can also add raw meatballs to the sauce and cook on low for 8-10 hours.NOTE: Be sure you use a high quality lean ground beef 93% or 96% lean or you will have a greasy sauce!