Slow Cooker Cocktail Meatballs
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!
Ingredients
COCKTAIL MEATBALLS:
- 32 oz. bag frozen meatballs or make up about 2 lbs. of meatballs from recipe below
- 16 oz. jar Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce
- 16 oz. jar Bama grape jelly
HOMEMADE MEATBALLS:
- 2 lbs. lean ground sirloin
- 1 cup 4C Seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup diced onion
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 1 tsp. 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/ketchup 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!
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[nutrition-label]Nutrition
Calories: 304kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 8gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 771mgPotassium: 141mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 53gCalcium: 30mgIron: 0.9mg
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