Sweet N Spicy Meatballs Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Fit a baking sheet with a wire rack and lightly spray with cooking spray.
• Place the ground beef and pork in a large bowl. Add the diced jalapeños, breadcrumbs, granulated garlic, egg, onion, 1 tablespoon pepper jelly and some salt and pepper and gently fold this mixture together.
• Using a small scoop, roll a tablespoon of the meat mixture into a ball. Place on the prepared wire rack and repeat until all of the meat has been shaped into balls. Roast the meatballs until slightly browned, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze. Combine the bloody mary mix, pomegranate juice, light brown sugar and remaining pepper jelly (about 3/4 cup) in a small saucepot. Boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the jelly has dissolved and the sauce has reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and pour into a large mixing bowl to cool. (The glaze will thicken as it cools.)
• Transfer the hot meatballs to the large bowl with the glaze and gently toss until evenly coated. Transfer to a serving platter and garnish with the pomegranate seeds.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; lightly grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
• In medium saucepan, combine chili sauce, jelly and mustard; cook over low heat until jelly is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Place meatballs in prepared baking dish; spoon chili sauce mixture over meatballs.
• Cover, and cook 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and 2 cups of the pineapple juice. Bring to a boil.
• Make a slurry by mixing the cornstarch into the remaining 1/4 cup pineapple juice, whisking to get out all the lumps. Whisk the slurry into the skillet and add the All-Purpose Meatballs. Bring to a simmer and add the sriracha. Cover and cook until the sauce is thickened and the meatballs are heated through, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the pineapple chunks.
• Serve over steamed rice, garnished with green onions.
• To make the meatballs, combine the ground beef, breadcrumbs, milk, cream, parsley, mustard, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Mix together well with your hands. Scoop out 1-tablespoon portions and roll them into balls with your hands. Place the meatballs onto parchment-lined baking sheets and put the baking sheets in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes for the meatballs to firm up.
• To brown the meatballs, heat the olive oil in a heavy pot or large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs in batches, making sure not to overcrowd the pot. Cook, turning the meatballs to make sure they brown all over, 5 to 7 minutes per batch. Drain on paper towels.
• Freezer instructions: Put the cooked meatballs in a single layer on baking sheets and put into the freezer. When frozen, divide them into freezer bags, 25 per bag, and return them to the freezer. Yield: 125 meatballs.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine sausage and egg. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°; drain. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved., Transfer meatballs to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the sauce and stir gently to coat. Cover and keep warm on low until serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix the meats, panko, egg, garlic, onion, paprika, salt and pepper in a large bowl with your hands until completely combined. Scoop mixture into heaping tablespoons, then roll into neat balls. Transfer to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Bake until cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Add pepper jelly, orange juice and soy sauce to a small pan. Cook over medium-high heat until it simmers, then remove from the heat. Pour jelly sauce over the meatballs and toss to coat.

Steps:

• This recipe can be increased easily or you may use store bought meatballs to cut down on time.
• If baking meatballs, preheat oven to 350°F.
• You may just as easily pan fry the meatballs and skip the baking process!
• Mix bread crumbs and slightly beaten egg to moisten.
• Add seasoning mix to the turkey burger (you may use 1/2 the package of seasoning or just increase the meat by a pound or two if you want to use the entire package -otherwise meatballs are VERY spicy).
• Note:if you increase the meat-increase the binding agents-egg and bread crumb.
• Mix turkey burger, seasoning, egg/bread crumb mixture by hand-forming 1 inch meatballs (larger if you prefer bigger meatballs).
• Place meatballs on a baking sheet (you may cover baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil for easier clean up) spacing meatballs -not touching.
• Bake for 1/2 hour (check for doneness-some ovens may take less time,some more).
• At this point if you want to cool and freeze for future dinners you can-Make extra to cut down on time for next meal or use meatballs in soup, spaghetti, etc. --.
• Cook noodles according.
• If adding peppers either slightly cook to desired texture or steam with a bit of water if using frozen peppers.
• Add meatballs and sweet and sour sauce-heat thoroughly. You may also add canned pineapple if you like.
• Serve over cooked egg noodles.
• NOTE: You may substitute teriyaki seasoning (dry mix-same maker-Grill Mates by McCormick) for the Caribbean if you'd like a less "spicy" meatball,but yet just as flavorful-You may use entire pack to 1 lb ground turkey.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine egg and oats. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. , Place in a lightly greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Combine water, ketchup and sugar; pour over meatballs. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a shallow baking pan with foil. Place a rack in the pan.
• Combine ground beef, Italian sausage, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, pressed garlic, egg, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, Parmesan cheese and cream. Do not over-handle or meatballs will become tough.
• Form into 1-inch meatballs and place on racks so they are not touching each other. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until cooked through.
• While meatballs are baking, bring salsa and raspberry jam to a simmer, stirring until well combined.
• Toss cooked meatballs with raspberry salsa until well coated. Serve in a chafing dish or crock-pot to keep warm.

Steps:

• Mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, milk, egg, parsley, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire. Gently shape into 1-inch balls.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet and brown the meatballs. Or simply bake them in the oven on a cookie sheet until browned. Remove the meatballs, set aside and pour off the fat from the skillet. Pour the chili sauce and the grape jelly into the skillet and heat, stirring constantly. To kick it up replace with Kam's Hot Chili Sauce to taste. Return the meatballs to the skillet and simmer, uncovered for about 30 minutes. To keep warm place into a chafing or warming dish, or deposit the whole skillet into a crockpot and keep covered on low, checking occasionally to make sure that meatballs are not crumbling.
• Cook's Notes: Use Welch's grape jelly or Cranberry Sauce. This recipe works great with pre-cooked, frozen meatballs. Just eliminate all of the meatball ingredients in the recipe, warm the sauce as above, then stir in the frozen meatballs with the heated sauce. Simmer on low to warm the meatballs through well, about 20 minutes, gently stirring them several times, then transfer them to a crockpot to keep warm if you like.
• Frozen Meatballs in the Crockpot: Heat the sauce on the stovetop. Place frozen meatballs into the crockpot and follow the suggestion on the bag of your brand of meatballs for heating. Generally speaking you will need to allow about 3 hours for the meatballs to be ready to serve; about 2 hours on high, then another hour on low. Fresh cooked meatballs will only need to be held in the crockpot on low.
• Cocktail Sausages: Substitute a pound of cocktail sausages for the meatballs, eliminate all other ingredients except for the chili sauce and grape jelly.

Steps:

• Mix together all sauce ingredients in pot.
• Bring to a slight boil. Stirring occasionally.
• Simmer until sauce starts to thicken.
• Strain sauce.
• Preheat 375.
• Mix all meat ingredients except milk together.
• Add milk little by little to a nice hold together consistency.
• Make small meatballs & place on oven tray.
• Bake 30-40 minutes.
• Put in crock pot with sauce on low and cook 2 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 1. Spray a 9x13" glass baking dish.
• 2. Mix together all meatball ingredients.
• 3. Using a melon scooper, form meatballs into 1.5" diameter balls, or use your hands, and place in a baking dish.
• 4. Bake for 30 minutes, until cooked through.
• Asian Dipping Sauce:.
• 1. Combine all dipping sauce ingredients in a small sauce pan and bring just to a boil.
• 2. Turn off heat and continue to stir and remove from heat.
• 3. Toss meatballs in the sauce and than remove them to a serving dish on top of the Warm Asian Slaw. Pour the remaining sauce on top all over the meatballs.
• 4. Sprinkle a few sesame seeds on top if you desire.
• 5. This sauce will keep in your refrigerator for a couple weeks.
• Warm Asian Slaw:.
• 1. Saute the broccoli slaw with the butter for about 1 minute.
• 2. Add the Asian sauce and saute for another 2-3 minutes until desired tenderness.
• Serve the meatballs tossed in the sauce over the warm slaw.

Steps:

• Pour taco sauce and grape jelly into slow cooker; whisk to integrate jelly into sauce.
• Gently drop meatballs into the sauce.
• Cook on Low until sauce is warm and meatballs are tender and flavorful, about 4 hours.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 450 mix all meatball ingredients in a large bowl.
• roll into 1 inch balls and place on non stick baking sheet. place baking sheet in oven for 15 minutes.
• place peppers, olives, oregano, basil, balsamic and garlic in food processor and puree.
• Mix this mixture with tomato products in a medium saucepan. Heat on medium high for 5 minutes or until simmering.
• Place chicken meatballs into sauce and let simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Serve as side, appetizer or on a bun as a sandwich.