These flavorful barbecue meatballs are easy to fix and cook in the slow cooker.
Ingredients:
- Meatballs:
- 2 lbs. lean ground beef
- 1/3 cup ketchup, divided
- 3 tablespoons seasoned dry bread crumbs
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons dried instant minced onion
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Sauce:
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or more, to taste
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, 1/3
cup ketchup, bread crumbs, egg, dried minced onion, garlic
powder, black pepper, and salt. With hands or wooden spoon, mix lightly
but thoroughly; shape into 1-inch meatballs. Place
meatballs in two 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pans or shallow
roasting pans. Bake 20 minutes, or until meatballs are nicely browned.
Transfer meatballs to slow cooker. (YOU CAN SKIP THIS
WHOLE PARAGRAPH IF YOU BUY THE FROZEN MEATBALLS FROM
SAM'S WHOLESALE CLUB - THEY'RE WONDERFUL! :)
Mix remaining 1 cup ketchup, brown sugar, tomato paste, soy
sauce, vinegar, and hot pepper sauce in a medium bowl.
Pour over meatballs. Cover and cook on LOW 4 tpo 5 hours.
Serve with cocktail picks.
Makes about 4 dozen 1-inch
meatballs.
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