I have to be honest – this is my first time making homemade meatballs . . . and seriously, why haven’t I done this before?! They are easy!
The meatballs are then topped with a sweet, sticky sauce (made of surprise ingredients – grape jelly?! Who would have thought?!) and baked until they are cooked all the way through. We put our meatballs on top of quinoa, but you could put them over rice or even poke a toothpick in them and serve as an appetizer! However you choose to eat them, they are delicious!
Six Sisters Stuff
Serves: 6
Sweet Polynesian Meatballs
20 minPrep Time
1 hrCook Time
1 hr, 20 Total Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion (minced)
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- pinch crushed red pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
- 2/3 cup bread crumbs
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- pinch crushed red pepper
- 1/2 cup grape jelly
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce
- 3 cups cooked rice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add olive oil to large saute pan then add the onions and bring to a medium-high heat. Cook for about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Then add the garlic and the crushed red pepper and saute for another 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off heat and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine beef, bread crumbs, milk, eggs, parsley, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper. Add in cooled onions.
- Mix well and form into golf-ball sized meatballs.
- Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray and place the meatballs in rows.
- In a small saucepan, combine the grape jelly and chili sauce over medium heat for 5-6 minutes, or until it starts to bubble. Pour sauce over meatballs and bake for 1 hour.
- Serve over cooked rice. Also good served with quinoa, brown rice, or with a side of steamed vegetables.
Calories
3611 cal
Fat
242 g
Carbs
216 g
Protein
136 g
7.8.1.2
1037
https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/sweet-polynesian-meatballs/
Six Sisters Stuff
Adapted from Sugar and Spice Gals
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