Merciful God, You are great in compassion and Your tenderness for us is without measure. We ask You to give us today our daily bread, and also provide for the needs of all of Your hungry children around the world. Through Christ Your Son and Our Lord. Amen.

Monday, February 21, 2011

BBQ Meatballs

.


A couple of weeks ago I popped over to the Pioneer Woman Cooks and spied these tasty little meatballs. Nothing special, really --basically meatloaf mix cooked into balls and topped with a zesty homemade BBQ sauce. Inexpensive, homey, simple, yet delicious -- perfect middle-of-February-and-bored-with-the-cold-and-being-stuck-indoors food. Perfect for some friends and a college basketball game. Perfect for sitting around a nice crackling fire and a good family movie. Just good, old-fashioned simple food.


BBQ Meatballs
serves 6





1 1/2 pounds ground beef
¾ cups oatmeal (I used old-fashioned)
1 cup milk
3 T. finely minced onion
1 t. salt  
black pepper to taste (I used about 1/4 t.)  
1 cup All-Purpose Flour (coating for chilled meatballs)
Canola Oil

1 cup ketchup
2 T. sugar
3 T. vinegar
2 T. Worcestershire
4 T. minced onion
dash Tabasco

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all meatball ingredients. Roll into medium-small balls and place on a cookie sheet. Place sheet in freezer for five minutes.

After 5 minutes, remove meatballs from freezer and immediately dredge in unseasoned flour.
Brown meatballs in canola oil until just brown. Place into a baking dish.

Combine all sauce ingredients*. Pour over meatballs and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. 

Serve with noodles or mashed potatoes to use up extra sauce.

* Double or one and a half times the sauce for enough to use as "gravy."




.

4 comments:

Priyanka said...

Was planning to make meat balls.... Thanks for ur recipe :)

Abby said...

I've made this recipe before, too. Brad liked it, but I thought they needed a bit more sauce. I like that you served them over noodles!

Barbara said...

Abby, Be sure to double the sauce next time. I may have made half again, but it's been a few weeks (and my memory is just awful!).

Sammie said...

I saw this recipe at pioneer woman and was wanting to try it. Thanks for a second opinion, I'll definitely give this one a shot!