Cranberry Chili Meatballs
Bev Cooks
Updated May 2, 2017
These meatballs are dressed for the season with a sweet and spicy sauce.
More About This Recipe
- Spicy and sweet and all the things that are neat. Wait, what? Ya know when you go to a party and there are those "meatballs" in a slow cooker? And you're not sure about that "glaze" that's on them? And you become that person that puts "quotation marks" on "everything"? Happens to us all. WELL, here are some ridiculously easy meatballs with a gawgeous cranberry chili glaze on them. A glaze that you don't have to question. A glaze that you don't have to second guess. AND I added allspice because it's Christmas. Get it on your appetizer table, stat! Quotation marks sold separately. You are absolutely welcome to make your own meatballs! By all means, do.it.up. But if you're in a time crunch, frozen meatballs work just fine. Just thaw them a little bit before hand. Toss them in the pot! Garnish them with some chopped parsley, stick some toothpicks in a few and watch the mouthal chaos unfold. Ya gotta do this.
Cranberry Chili Meatballs
- Prep Time 5 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 can (14 oz) jellied cranberry sauce
- 1 bottle (10 oz) sweet and spicy chili sauce
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 package (30 oz) frozen meatballs, thawed
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley, for garnish
Instructions
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Step1Combine the cranberry sauce, chili sauce, brown sugar, cumin, chili powder and allspice in a large pot. Set to a medium heat and cook until the sugar has dissolved and the mix begins to bubble.
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Step2Add the meatballs to the pot and simmer for 25 minutes.
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Step3Garnish with chopped parsley and serve immediately!
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Nutrition
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