Spicy Grape Jelly Meatballs

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 to 10 servings
  • Total: 4 hr 5 min
  • Active: 5 min
Grape jelly meatballs are a retro dish from decades past that Ree has resurrected for her Christmas party spread. As well as the grape jelly, there are a couple of other convenient shortcuts: bottled BBQ sauce and frozen meatballs.
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Ingredients

One 20-ounce bottle BBQ sauce

One 13-ounce jar grape jelly

1/2 cup jarred pickled jalapeños and juice

1 tablespoon cornstarch

One 32-ounce bag frozen 0.5-ounce beef meatballs

2 green onions, greens sliced thin, for garnish

Directions

Special equipment:
a 6-quart slow cooker
  1. Add the BBQ sauce, grape jelly and pickled jalapeños and juice to a 6-quart slow cooker. Make a cornstarch slurry with the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water. Add this to the slow cooker and stir everything together. Add the frozen meatballs then cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours, stirring once or twice during the cooking process.
  2. Remove the lid and give it one last stir. Set the slow cooker to warm and sprinkle over the green onions. Serve straight from the slow cooker with toothpicks on the side.

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Becky Saenz

Great balance of spice and sweet. Also works well with cicktail sausages!

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