Grandpa's Barbecue Meatballs
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
80 small meatballs
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
-
Meatballs
- 3 lbs ground beef
- 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1 cup cracker crumb
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup onion (chopped)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
-
Sauce
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon liquid smoke (to taste)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4 cup onion (chopped)
directions
- To make meatballs, combine meatball ingredients. Mixture will be soft.
- Wet hands and shape into walnut-sized balls or larger if desired.
- To make sauce, combine all ingredients and stir until sugar is dissolved.
- Place meatballs in a 13 x 9x 2 inch pan.
- Pour sauce over each meatball.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour for small meatballs, or l hour 15 minutes or longer for large ones until thoroughly cooked inside.
- Yield: 80 small or 25 large meatballs. These meatballs can be frozen before cooking on waxed paper-lined cookie sheets and then stored in plastic freezer bags in the freezer, or they may be baked and then frozen as desired.
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