I recently made this for an office potluck.....and as usual, they got rave reviews. We even had two guys litterally fighting over the last few....pushing, shoving, pulling on each other's clothes....for a minute there I thought I was going to be wearing the meatball. I only wish I could take the credit for inventing the recipe....but I just clipped it from a magazine a few years back. So here you have it......
Barbecued Meatballs
Combine:
3 lb. ground beef
1 ½ c. milk
1 c. quick oatmeal
1 c. cracker crumbs
2 eggs
½ c. chopped onion
½ t. garlic powder
2 t. salt
½ t. ground black pepper
2 t. chili powder
Form into walnut-size balls. Freeze on cookie sheets lined with wax paper. When frozen, transfer to ziplock bags and keep in freezer until ready to use.
Sauce:
2 c. ketchup
1 c. brown sugar
½ t. liquid smoke
½ t. garlic powder
¼ c. chopped onion
Combine sauce and pour over frozen meatballs in baking dish. Bake at 350 for one hour. (Note: You can cook these without freezing them first, but the texture seems to be best if they're baked from the frozen state.)
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Sounds great!
Do you think these would hold up if put in the crockpot?
My family is doing an appetizer feast
on Wednesday PM before the turkey feast on Thursday-so I thought of using my crockpot.
Nancy
Nancy:
I made these last week by baking the night before, then transferring to a crockpot and heating back up the next day. The only thing I'd do is make a little extra sauce and put it over the meatballs once they're in the crockpot. It makes it a bit fresher than just reheating the baked meatballs. But I wouldn't "bake" them in the crockpot - they might get a bit mushy.
I'm copying this one down! Hopefully the guys won't be fighting over them though. ; )
I'm copying this one down! Hopefully the guys won't be fighting over them though. ; )
Oops, sorry this got posted twice, but just consider that a double thank you for I'm sure will be a keeper in the recipe folder.
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