These meatballs make a great main course, or serve them as an appetizer.
They work really well on a buffet table, so they are great for get togethers, parties and holiday menus.
The grape jelly makes the meatball a bit sweet and the mix of herbs adds a wonderful savory note. It’s a wonderful mixture and really tasty.
I love that these meatballs have a few herbs in them. The herbs add so much flavor. It completely changes what would have been an ordinary meatball recipe into something really special.
Any ground beef recipe is a terrific budget recipe, because it stretches the meat to serve more people that you could serve from the same amount of steak or other cut of meat.
I love easy dinner recipes and meatballs sure fall into that category.
If you use these meatballs as a main course, serve them over cooked noodles or with garlic or herbed mashed potatoes. Or even better, how about serving them with this hash brown potato casserole?
Or, as I said above, these meatballs are a great appetizer recipe. They are wonderful served as part of party nibbles and will get eaten up every time. That’s what happens at my house anyway.
Any way you serve them I think you will really enjoy this easy, fabulous meatball recipe.
Meatballs, Herbed and Saucy
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 3 1/2 teaspoons tomato paste
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons grape jelly
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- pinch white pepper, ground
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- pinch dried oregano
- pinch dried rosemary
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine the ground beef, tomato paste, 1/2 cup chicken stock, grape jelly, salt, white pepper, garlic, oregano and rosemary. Mix well. Shape the mixture into meatballs 1 inch in diameter.
- In a large saucepan, heat the vegetable oil over a low heat. Add the meatballs and brown for 5 minutes. Add the remaining chicken broth and the dill and basil. Simmer for 15 minutes over a very low heat.
- Serve warm.
Nutrition
Tips:
- Great served over noodles or with mashed potatoes.
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