Saucy Swedish Meatballs

Submitted by KaraRN

"Sweet and delicious! This recipe came from a good family friend. We have made these many times over the years. These are often requested for me to make. I have taken these to many potlucks by placing them in the crock pot once they are done to keep warm."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• Meatballs

• 2 lbs ground chuck
• 24 saltine crackers, -crushed (individual crackers, not the 4 square)
• 3 eggs, -slightly beaten
• 1⁄2 medium onion, chopped

• Sauce

• 1 cup ketchup
• 1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 3 tablespoons vinegar

directions

1. Mix ground chuck, crackers, eggs, and onion. Make into meatballs.
2. Place in pan.
3. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
4. While meatballs are cooking during this 30 minutes is a good time to mix up your sauce by mixing the ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar.
5. Remove from oven and drain excess grease.
6. Return to pan.
7. Pour sauce over meatballs, and stir to coat all the meatballs.
8. Bake another 30 minutes at 350°F until meatballs are cooked through.

Reviews

[Gerry]

Knew we were going to enjoy these meatballs - love those old recipes that have ketchup and Worcestershire in the sauce ... the basis for a good many of our prairie comfort foods. Made as posted and wouldn't change a thing. Have added this to my recipe file. Thank you and thank your family friend - happy you shared!

 

[GaylaV]

My family loved these meatballs even if I did scorch the sauce. My oven is hot and I should have adjusted for that. I didn't have any Worcestershire Sauce in my pantry (yikes) so used some HP sauce instead. It still tasted great. It is quite sweet but we are a sweet loving family. If you don't like sweet you may want to reduce the sugar a bit. I loved cooking the meatballs in the oven. I used lean ground beef and there was no grease to drain. Thanks for a very good recipe. This was reviewed for 2007 Fall PAC.