Meatball recipe with grape jelly?!
Answers: Anyone know of such a recipe? I hear they are surprisingly good...but it seems so odd! Do they really taste good and not grapey?
Grape Jelly Meatballs
Grape jelly meatballs are a popular appetizer for holiday parties and get-togethers.
Meatballs
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumbs
1/3 cup onion -- minced
1/4 cup milk
1 egg -- beaten
1 tablespoon fresh parsley -- minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup Crisco vegetable shortening -- to brown meatballs
Sauce
1 12oz bottle chili sauce
1 10oz jar grape jelly
Meatball Directions
Combine the first 9 ingredients, mixing well. Shape into 1" meatballs. Cook in an electric skillet in hot shortening over medium heat for 10-15 minutes or until browned. Cool meatballs by draining on paper towels. Discard grease.
Simmer Sauce Directions
Combine chili sauce and grape jelly in a medium saucepan (or same electric skillet); stir well until jelly is melted. Add meatballs and simmer UNCOVERED on low for 30 minutes (to thicken the sauce), stirring occasionally. Serve hot meatballs with toothpicks out of the skillet or a crockpot or chafing dish set on low to keep warm. Makes about 5 dozen 1" meatballs.
Makes about 4 to 5 dozen meatballs, depending on size.
MEATBALLS WITH GRAPE JELLY
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1/2 c. onion, finely chopped
1/2 c. Corn Flakes, crushed
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 eggs, slightly beaten
SAUCE:
1/2 c. grape jelly
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 (12 oz.) bottle (1 1/2 c.) chili sauce
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix meatball mixture, shape into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until browned and done. In large saucepan combine sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat, simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add meatballs to the sauce. Stir to coat. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. For a party keep warm in a slow cooker. Makes about 68 meatballs.
Never had them, but I've heard of them. Sounds like something a pregnant woman would crave!
Yes a guy I work with makes them, just buy frozen sweedish meatballs & dump in a crockpot w/ grape jelly... they're pretty yummy.
EWWWWWWW!!!!! Never heard of it!
You put some BBQ sauce in with the jelly...
old school appetizer. just like clothing, food goes in and out of style. you can actually just take any meatball recipie, or some good-quality fozen ones, and put them in some grape jelly. heat your grape jelly first and then stir in the meatballs. if you use frozen, lethtem heat through in the jelly.
I have made them lots of times and they are very easy. Heat up 1 small jar (about 1 cup) and stir in 1 jar of Hines chili sauce (about 12 oz.). Heat it until mixed and smooth and pour it over your meatballs, that's it. very easy. Another variation that is really really good to, is to substitute a can a jellied cranberry sauce for the grape jelly. Both recipes only have two ingredients and are wonderful. Everyone loves them!
i never would have believed they'd taste good, but a friend of mine makes them and they ARE good. they don't taste at all grapey. the jelly is mixed with barbecue or chili sauce and the 2 flavors combine into sort of a sweet/salty/mildy spciy sauce. my friend uses frozen meatballs and just dumps everything into her crock pot....
...... of course she didn't tell me what was in them until AFTER i'd tried them the first time :-)