Cape Cod Cocktail Meatballs

Cape Cod Cocktail Meatballs

from allrecipes.com
Appetizer
80 min
20 servings
168 kcal / serving

This sweet and tangy Cape Cod cocktail meatballs recipe is baked in cranberry sauce until the sauce becomes a glaze and enrobes meatballs with flavor.

Ingredients

  • 2 poundsground beef
  • 1 cupbread crumbs
  • 2eggs
  • ¼ cupchopped fresh parsley
  • 2 tablespoonsgrated onion
  • 2 tablespoonssoy sauce
  • ¼ teaspoongarlic powder
  • 1can jellied cranberry sauce (such as ocean spray®)
  • 1 ½ cupsketchup
  • 2 ½ tablespoonspacked brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoonlemon juice

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, eggs, parsley, onion, soy sauce, and garlic powder in a bowl until thoroughly mixed.

  3. 3

    Roll meat mixture into meatballs using about 2 teaspoons meat mixture per meatball; arrange meatballs in a large, deep baking dish.

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are browned, about 25 minutes. Drain excess grease.

  5. 5

    Combine cranberry sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until cranberry sauce melts and sugar dissolves. Pour sauce over meatballs.

  6. 6

    Continue baking in the oven until sauce forms a glaze and meatballs are no longer pink inside, 25 to 30 minutes more.

  7. 7

    Serve and enjoy!