Tailgating is a fun and exciting way to enjoy your favorite sports team and celebrate with friends and family. And what better way to complete your tailgating experience than with a delicious dish of helly jelly sweet and spicy meatballs? These meatballs are perfect for tailgating because they are easy to make, portable, and sure to be a hit with everyone. With a combination of sweet and spicy flavors, these meatballs will tantalize your taste buds and leave you wanting more. So, fire up your grill, gather your ingredients, and let's get cooking!
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
EASY SWEET AND SPICY MEATBALLS
I had these at a graduation party and they were wonderful. I was shocked when they told me the ingredients. I've made them ever since and they always go like hot cakes! Either hand roll meatballs using your favorite meatball recipe or purchase frozen prepared meatballs. If you use frozen, allow for more simmering time.
Provided by Jeniflower
Categories Main Dish Recipes Meatball Recipes
Time 4h5m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Pour taco sauce and grape jelly into slow cooker; whisk to integrate jelly into sauce.
- Gently drop meatballs into the sauce.
- Cook on Low until sauce is warm and meatballs are tender and flavorful, about 4 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 383.3 calories, Carbohydrate 56.2 g, Cholesterol 69.8 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 14.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 708.3 mg, Sugar 40.8 g
SWEET AND SPICY MEATBALLS
Provided by Kardea Brown
Time 45m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Mix the meats, panko, egg, garlic, onion, paprika, salt and pepper in a large bowl with your hands until completely combined. Scoop mixture into heaping tablespoons, then roll into neat balls. Transfer to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Bake until cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Add pepper jelly, orange juice and soy sauce to a small pan. Cook over medium-high heat until it simmers, then remove from the heat. Pour jelly sauce over the meatballs and toss to coat.
SWEET AND SPICY MEATBALLS
Provided by Trisha Yearwood
Categories appetizer
Time 35m
Yield 30 meatballs
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Fit a baking sheet with a wire rack and lightly spray with cooking spray.
- Place the ground beef and pork in a large bowl. Add the diced jalapeños, breadcrumbs, granulated garlic, egg, onion, 1 tablespoon pepper jelly and some salt and pepper and gently fold this mixture together.
- Using a small scoop, roll a tablespoon of the meat mixture into a ball. Place on the prepared wire rack and repeat until all of the meat has been shaped into balls. Roast the meatballs until slightly browned, about 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the glaze. Combine the bloody mary mix, pomegranate juice, light brown sugar and remaining pepper jelly (about 3/4 cup) in a small saucepot. Boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the jelly has dissolved and the sauce has reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and pour into a large mixing bowl to cool. (The glaze will thicken as it cools.)
- Transfer the hot meatballs to the large bowl with the glaze and gently toss until evenly coated. Transfer to a serving platter and garnish with the pomegranate seeds.
TAILGATING HELLY JELLY (SWEET AND SPICY) MEATBALLS
Categories Sauce Fruit Tomato turkey Appetizer Super Bowl Quick & Easy
Yield 40 meatballs
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- For Meatballs: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a large baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray or cover your sheet with non-stick tinfoil. Mix ground turkey, egg, bread crumbs, black pepper, salt, thyme, oregano, dried basil, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Make into small meatballs and place on baking sheet. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes, stirring once halfway, until cooked through. While meatballs are in the oven, put all the ingredients into the crockpot and mix well. Add the meatballs when cooked and stir to coat well. Either return pot to oven to reheat, use your crockpot (Warm setting) or place pot on outdoor grill to reheat.When fully cooked through and the meatballs have been soaking in the sauce, serve with toothpicks and small dinner rolls. Note: You can use frozen meatballs, Lil Smokies sausages or sliced smoked sausage instead of the homemade meatballs. Also, the recipe makes a lot of sauce, a good deal of which will be left over when the meatballs have been eaten. I've found that having a *lot* of sauce is of real benefit when making meatballs in the crockpot - the meat remains nice and moist.
TIFFANY'S SWEET AND SPICY MEATBALLS
Prepared meatballs are baked with bell peppers and pineapple in a sweet, hot and sour sauce for an easy meal with little clean up.
Provided by Reynolds Kitchens(R)
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Reynolds®
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil; set aside.
- Combine sweet and sour sauce, garlic salt and red pepper flakes in a large bowl. Add meatballs, bell pepper and pineapple. Stir to coat evenly. Arrange in even layer in foil-lined pan.
- Bake 25 minutes or until meatballs are hot; stirring once during baking. Spoon sauce over meatballs. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 444 calories, Carbohydrate 37.3 g, Cholesterol 125.7 mg, Fat 20.7 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 26.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 655.1 mg, Sugar 14.3 g
SWEET 'N' SPICY MEATBALLS
You'll usually find a batch of these meatballs in my freezer. The slightly sweet sauce nicely complements the spicy pork sausage. -Genie Brown, Roanoke, Virginia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 40m
Yield about 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine sausage and egg. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°; drain. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved., Transfer meatballs to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Add the sauce and stir gently to coat. Cover and keep warm on low until serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 70 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 200mg sodium, Carbohydrate 6g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.
SWEET & SPICY PARTY MEATBALLS
Make and share this Sweet & Spicy Party Meatballs recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Kams7018
Categories Meat
Time 2h30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, milk, egg, parsley, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire. Gently shape into 1-inch balls.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet and brown the meatballs. Or simply bake them in the oven on a cookie sheet until browned. Remove the meatballs, set aside and pour off the fat from the skillet. Pour the chili sauce and the grape jelly into the skillet and heat, stirring constantly. To kick it up replace with Kam's Hot Chili Sauce to taste. Return the meatballs to the skillet and simmer, uncovered for about 30 minutes. To keep warm place into a chafing or warming dish, or deposit the whole skillet into a crockpot and keep covered on low, checking occasionally to make sure that meatballs are not crumbling.
- Cook's Notes: Use Welch's grape jelly or Cranberry Sauce. This recipe works great with pre-cooked, frozen meatballs. Just eliminate all of the meatball ingredients in the recipe, warm the sauce as above, then stir in the frozen meatballs with the heated sauce. Simmer on low to warm the meatballs through well, about 20 minutes, gently stirring them several times, then transfer them to a crockpot to keep warm if you like.
- Frozen Meatballs in the Crockpot: Heat the sauce on the stovetop. Place frozen meatballs into the crockpot and follow the suggestion on the bag of your brand of meatballs for heating. Generally speaking you will need to allow about 3 hours for the meatballs to be ready to serve; about 2 hours on high, then another hour on low. Fresh cooked meatballs will only need to be held in the crockpot on low.
- Cocktail Sausages: Substitute a pound of cocktail sausages for the meatballs, eliminate all other ingredients except for the chili sauce and grape jelly.
SLOW COOKER SWEET AND TANGY MEATBALLS RECIPE
These Slow Cooker Sweet and Tangy Meatballs only have 3 simple ingredients. Throw them in your crock pot and serve them over a rice as a main dish or eat them with toothpicks as a quick appetizer.
Provided by Momma Cyd
Categories Appetizer Main Course
Time 5h5m
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine jelly and chili sauce in a crock pot and stir until smooth. Heat the mixture if needed to combine.
- Add meatballs and set temperature to low. Cook for 2-5 hours on low.
- Serve over rice for a main dish or with toothpicks for an appetizer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 500 kcal, Carbohydrate 47 g, Protein 20 g, Fat 24 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Cholesterol 82 mg, Sodium 651 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 32 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SWEET AND SOUR JELLY MEATBALLS AKA JELLY MEATBALLS
...or Grapeballs or Those Meatball Things You Make! There are a lot of copies of this old favorite out there, and here's my version. It has a few more ingredients than the usual, but they make these tasty tidbits even more incredibly delicious!
Provided by Julesong
Categories Berries
Time 4h5m
Yield 10-12 appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Put all the ingredients but meatballs into the crockpot and mix well.
- Add the meatballs and stir to coat well.
- Put the crockpot on low and let cook for 4 hours on low (if you use thawed meatballs, it'll only take a couple of hours in the crockpot, instead).
- Serve, standing back so you don't get trampled by the rush of the crowd.
- Note: We've tried other preserves and jam than grape jelly, but the sauce simply didn't taste as good; we're sticking with plain, old grape jelly from now on and will be happy with it. Also, you can use Lil Smokies or sliced smoked sausage instead of the meatballs - a lot of folks use the same sauce for either and both ways are tasty! :)
- Note 2: the above makes a lot of sauce, a good deal of which will be left over when the meatballs have been eaten. I've found that having a *lot* of sauce is of real benefit when making meatballs in the crockpot - the meat remains nice and moist.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 303.6, Fat 0.3, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 1020.4, Carbohydrate 76, Fiber 4.5, Sugar 53.1, Protein 2.2
Tips:
- Choose the right ground meat: For the best flavor and texture, use a combination of ground beef and ground pork. You can also use all ground beef or all ground pork, but the combination of the two meats creates a more flavorful and juicy meatball.
- Use fresh ingredients: The fresher the ingredients, the better the meatballs will taste. Use fresh herbs, garlic, and onion, and avoid using pre-packaged or frozen ingredients whenever possible.
- Season the meatballs well: Don't be afraid to season the meatballs liberally. Use a combination of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning. You can also add a bit of red pepper flakes for a touch of heat.
- Cook the meatballs thoroughly: Make sure the meatballs are cooked all the way through before serving. The internal temperature of the meatballs should reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Make the meatballs ahead of time: You can make the meatballs ahead of time and store them in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. When you're ready to serve, simply reheat them in the oven or stovetop.
Conclusion:
These sweet and spicy meatballs are the perfect party food. They're easy to make, delicious, and always a hit with guests. So next time you're looking for a tasty appetizer or snack, give these meatballs a try. You won't be disappointed!
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