Enjoy these classic cocktail meatballs made with strawberry jelly, balsamic, and chili sauce, for the Best Cocktail Meatball recipe.
Ingredients
3lbs.lean ground beef
1 ½cupbread crumbs, any flavor
1large sweet onion, finely chopped
¾cupmilk
3tsp.salt
¼cupbalsamic vinegar
1 ½tsp.white pepper
6eggs
2bottles, 12 ounces each, chili sauce
1jar, 22 ounce, Smucker’s Strawberry Jelly
Fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
Heat oven to 400°F. Stir together all ingredients except chili sauce and jelly. Shape meat mixture into 1-½″ meatballs. Place in ungreased 13x9x2 rectangular pan lined with foil or parchment paper (easier to clean up).
Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until no longer pink in center.
Heat chili sauce and jelly in large saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until heated through. Stir in meatballs until coated. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes.
Serve in a slow cooker, or on an appetizer platter with toothpicks, or over rice or quinoa or spaghetti squash. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley.
Notes
Makes 5-6 dozen.
Recipe originally posted DEC 2014.