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Saucy Game Day Meatballs. There are so many different ingredients and ways for preparing meatballs. Here’s another. These game-day tips will help you prepare for game-day guests and the saucy meatballs will leave your friends begging for more. Be prepared to share the recipe for these amazing cranberry meatballs.
Saucy Cranberry Meatballs
INGREDIENTS (Makes about 25)
1 lb. extra lean ground beef or ground pork
¾ C. soft breadcrumbs
¼ C. finely chopped celery
¼ C. finely chopped onion
1 egg
1½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. garlic salt
½ tsp. black pepper
Cranberry juice
½ (14 oz.) can whole cranberry sauce
½ C. brown sugar
1 tsp. hot Chinese mustard (or yellow mustard)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven to 375° and lightly grease a big shallow baking pan.
In a big bowl, combine the ground beef or pork, breadcrumbs, celery, onion, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, black pepper, and a splash of cranberry juice. Mix with a meat chopper (or your hands) until just blended. Shape into 1″ balls and arrange in the prepped pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until done.
In a medium saucepan, stir together the cranberry sauce, brown sugar, mustard, and ½ cup cranberry juice. Bring to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring often.
Transfer the meatballs to a slow cooker and pour the sauce over the top. Set the cooker on “keep warm” or “low” for serving.
