Description
A festive and delicious dish of meatballs cooked in a sweet and tangy cranberry sauce, perfect for holiday gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 can (14 ounces) cranberry sauce
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, breadcrumbs, chopped onion, egg, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. Mix well and form into meatballs.
- Place the meatballs in the slow cooker.
- In a separate bowl, mix together cranberry sauce, barbecue sauce, and soy sauce.
- Pour the sauce mixture over the meatballs in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
- Serve warm as an appetizer or main dish.
Notes
- For a spicier kick, add red pepper flakes to the meatball mixture.
- These meatballs can be made ahead of time and frozen before cooking.
- Serve with toothpicks for easy eating at parties.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6-8 hours
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4 meatballs
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 50mg