Name: Jj"s Beer Cocktail Meatballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 35-40 meatballs, 8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 lbs lean ground beef; 14 ounces ketchup; 1 (12 ounce) can cheap beer (Non Alcoholic beer can be substituted.); 1 cup white sugar

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Jj"s Beer Cocktail Meatballs created by alnkathy

Simple, fast, 4 ingredients, taste wonderful. I first had these at my friends wedding reception 40 years ago, and fell in love with them.

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ingredients

2 lbs lean ground beef
14 ounces ketchup
1 (12 ounce) can cheap beer (Non Alcoholic beer can be substituted.)
1 cup white sugar

directions

Make your meatballs about quarter sized, and either fry or bake them draining grease well.
In a deep saucepan or crock pot put in the sugar, ketchup, and add beer. Mix well until sugar is pretty well dissolved.
Add in the cooked meatballs, and simmer with lid ajar on stovetop for 30-45 minute Or simmer in crockpot on low for 1-1 1/2 hours.
Be sure to stir a couple of times.
Sauce will thicken, and smells almost like sweet and sour sauce.
My friends like them over spaghetti noodles, and mashed potatoes.
These freeze well for future use.

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review by Galaga

12/13/2016

I made these last year for a work get together because I did not have a lot of time and did not want to spend a lot of money. I used store bought frozen packaged meatballs about 64 of them. I doubled the ingredients for the sauce added the frozen meatballs in the morning, @ 12 noon I had an appetizer that was wiped out by my co-workers. I am making again for our get together this year.

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4/3/2013

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review by alnkathy

4/2/2013

Delicious! I used frozen meatballs from market and used 2/3 cup xylitol instead of sugar. I will make it again.

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review by MishkaKitty

9/6/2010

These are so easy to so, and I did a substitution with Splenda Baking mix so it was 1/3 & 1/2 sugar & Splenda.<br/>The family wants me to do spare ribs in the same sauce!

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creation by JanineJ54

7/18/2005

Simple, fast, 4 ingredients, taste wonderful. I first had these at my friends wedding reception 40 years ago, and fell in love with them.