This is a favorite request from visitors.
Use the meatball instructions to get as many batches in the freezer as you like.
Then when you need to entertain guest, pull at batch of meatballs from the freezer. As the oven pre-heats, mix up the sauce and soon you will be entertaining.
Barbecued Meatballs
| Prep Time: 45m | Cook Time: 1h | Total Time: 1h 45m | Yield: 80 meatballs |
Ingredients
Meatballs:
| 3 | pounds | DS Family Farm Ground Beef |
| 12 | fluid ounces | (1 can) evaporated milk |
| 1 | cup | oatmeal |
| 1 | cup | cracker crumbs |
| 2 | eggs | |
| 1/2 | cup | chopped onion |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | garlic powder |
| 2 | teaspoons | salt |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | pepper |
| 2 | teaspoons | chili powder |
Sauce:
| 2 | cups | catsup |
| 1 | cup | brown sugar |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | liquid smoke or to taste |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | garlic powder |
| 1/4 | cup | chopped onion |
Instructions
Meatball Instructions:
- To make meatballs, combine all ingredients (mixture will be soft) and form into walnut-size balls.
- Place meatballs in a single layer on wax paper-lined cookie sheets; freeze until solid. This will add time to the recipe.
- Store frozen meatballs in freezer bags until ready to cook.
Sauce Instructions:
- As oven is pre-heating, combine all sauce ingredients and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Cooking and Serving Instructions:
- Place frozen meatballs in a 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan.
- Pour on the sauce.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
- Transfer meatballs to crock pot to keep warm and for serving.