Honey Garlic Appetizer Meatballs

Been making these for years always receiving rave reviews from family and friends. There is quite a bit of garlic in the recipe, but after being sauteed the flavor soaks into the meatballs and sauce.
- Ready In:
- 45mins
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Nutrition Information
16
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ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup onion (finely chopped)
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 10 cloves garlic (sliced thin)
- 3⁄4 cup ketchup
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
directions
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
- Mix meat, bread crumbs, milk, onion, eggs,& salt.
- Shape into 1” balls.
- (the smaller, the better).
- Place balls in a single layer on glass baking dish.
- Bake for 12 – 15 minutes and drain well and set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan and sauté garlic until tender.
- Add ketchup, honey,& soy sauce.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add meatballs to sauce and return to a boil& simmer uncovered for 10 minutes until sauce glazes meatballs.
- These freeze exceptionally well for future party appetizers.
- Just defrost and place in crockpot on low for 4 hours.
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This was just good for me, but for My Nephew who has only had store bought loved it and had two helpings, my Husband is generally not a big eater and he had 2 helpings, same with my Mother in law, So I think it fair to give it 5 stars since it was just my "taste", Oh and I made it just as written except I didn't slice my garlic I minced it :)
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I served this on top of rice to make a meal. <br/>This is a great recipe. I was a little leary about adding milk to the mix and it didn't look all or that appetizing. It turned out great. The milk allowed the meatballs to stay moist. I used this recipe for dinner instead of an appetizer for dinner. I changed the recipe just a little. I seasoned my ground turkey a little with seasoning salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and a little crushed red peppers. I added a little hickory bbq sauce to the mix which gave it great flavor. To give it some heat I added crushed red peppers to the sauce as well. I used ground turkey which was great. After I added the meatballs to the sauce. I cut up a red, green, yellow pepper and onion and sauteed them in olive oil in a separate skillet. I also had some canned pineapple chunks and I drained the the pineapples and cut them up a little smaller and added them to the mix. This gave it an Asian Fusion. (If I had some sesame seeds I would have probably sprinkled that in the mix as well). <br/>Great dish for a party or dinner....YUM!!!
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