Slow Cooker Grape Jelly Meatballs
Grape Jelly Meatballs are tender, well-seasoned meatballs glazed with a delicious sauce that’s sweet, spicy, savory, and sure to please.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup plain breadcrumbs
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
For the Jelly Barbecue Sauce:
- 1 cup grape jelly
- 1 cup BBQ sauce, use your favorite brand
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons sriracha sauce, or any other hot chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
For the Meatballs
- Place ground beef, ground turkey, eggs, breadcrumbs, onion, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, and pepper into a large bowl; gently mix together with your hands or a metal spoon to combine, careful not to over-mix.
- Using a cookie scoop or your hands, divide the meat mixture into desired size meatballs.
- Place meatballs in a zip bag and freeze them.
To Make Slow Cooker Grape Jelly Meatballs
- Place the frozen meatballs in the Crock Pot. Pour the grape jelly, BBQ sauce, ketchup, sriracha, salt and chili flakes over the meatballs.
- Mix the meatballs in the sauce until they are all evenly coated.
- Cover the Crock Pot with lid and cook on HIGH temperature for 3 to 3½ hours.
- Remove lid and garnish with fresh chopped parsley.
- Turn the slow cooker's dial to the "warm" setting, and keep on the "warm" setting while serving.
Notes
- Meatballs: I made these meatballs using ground beef and ground turkey. However, you can make them with only ground beef, only ground turkey, or ground chicken. Store-bought frozen meatballs are also a great option.
- Jelly: Grape Jelly is the traditional choice, but you can use other jellies like apricot or strawberry.
- Oven + Stovetop Method: Bake the meatballs at 400˚F for about 15 minutes or until cooked through. Then, place the meatballs in a large Dutch oven, mix in the sauce ingredients, and simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until hot.
- Sriracha Sauce: You can use Sriracha, or you can use your favorite hot chili sauce. If you do not like spicy foods, you can leave it out altogether.
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 1014mg | Potassium: 366mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 169IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg
