Here is a delicious Meatball recipe that I brought from my mother’s kitchen and then tweaked a bit in mine to create these delicious, sweet and savory meatballs.
We start with meat
As I was growing up, my mother most often cooked with beef or chicken. We were not a big pork family.
Except at holidays where ham was always one of the main dishes.
My husband, Jason, came from a pork family, in part because they raised hogs and the meat was readily available.
So when I married into his family, I realized that pork in meatballs can take the flavor up a notch. Adding ground ham or sausage gave the whole meatball a new twist.
Another helpful tip when making meatballs
For years I would struggle with making meatballs because I didn’t love touching the meat when mixing and shaping the meatball.
It’s not that I don’t like getting my fingers dirty, but the meat was usually cold and I just didn’t enjoy the whole process.
But when I discovered I could just plop my meat into my mixer and with the dough hook mix the whole thing without ever touching the meatball I realized how fun it was to make this simple dinner or party food.
Its all in the sauce
While the texture and flavor of the meat is certainly central to the taste of the meatball, the sauce changes everything about the dish.
Think about it, when you add sauce to your nuggets or salad dressing to your lettuce, how you experience the flavor changes the whole dish, depending on what you choose.
My favorite meatball is always accompanied by a homemade bbq sauce.
This sauce includes Ketchup, brown sugar, garlic salt, minced dried onion flakes, Hickory Smoke and Worcestershire.
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BBQ Meatball Recipe below
BBQ Meatballs
These delicious pork and hamburger bbq meatballs can be served as dinner of used as a party food.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds meat/ I use 2 sausage and 1 hamburger
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 2 cup oatmeal
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp minced, dried onion flakes
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp chili powder
- Sauce
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp liquid smoke
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp minced, dried onion flakes
- Blend and pour over meatballs
Instructions
- Mix Meats, oats, evaporated milk and eggs in mixing bowl with dough hook.
- Add spices, onion flakes, salt, pepper, garlic and chili powder to meat. Mix well.
- Use large cookie scoop and dip meat mixture out and onto lined parchment paper cookie sheet.
- At this point freeze meatballs for later use or top with sauce to bake.
- After meatballs are covered in sauce bake at 350 for 1 hour.
- These can also be made in a crockpot. On high for 4 hours or low for 8.
- To make sauce: mix all ingredients in blender and pour over meatballs when ready to bake.
Finally
I hope this recipe will be one that you can use for many years to come.
The cookie scoop size can change depending if you are serving these for dinner or a party food.
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I’m so glad you’re here!
Rose
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