Easy To Make Barbecue Meatballs

These delicious, easy-to-make saucy barbecue meatballs will be one of your favorite go-to appetizers.

Barbecue meatballs are such fun to eat. They are so easy to make and super loaded with flavor. They are the perfect appetizer to enjoy while watching the football game and other occasions as well. Making meatballs from scratch may sound like a lot of work, but it’s not. This recipe is already simple, however, to make it easier, you can set up what chefs call mise en place. It’s having every ingredient ready ahead of time. Vegetables chopped, meat portioned, spices measured . . . everything in place so all you’ll have to do is place every ingredient in the bowl without having to chop or measure in between each step.

Mince the onion, green bell pepper, jalapeno, and garlic. If you’d like, buy the packaged cut up vegetables and mince a 1/2 cup. You can add fresh jalapeno and garlic cloves to the mix or you can exclude the jalapeno and garlic. It adds another layer of flavor if you do though.

Enjoy!

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Easy To Make Saucy Barbecue Meatballs

These delicious, easy-to-make saucy barbecue meatballs will be one of your favorite go-to appetizers.

Prep Time25 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time45 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: barbecue meatballs

Author: Jane

Equipment

• 1 Food Processor (Mincing really well with a knife works also.)

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 c onion diced finely
• 1/4 c green bell pepper diced finely
• 1 large fresh jalapeno diced finely
• 2 garlic cloves chopped finely
• 1 tbsp seasoned salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp barbecue sauce of your choice
• More barbecue sauce to pour over meatballs after baking. Make them as saucy as you'd like

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the ground beef together with the chopped vegetables and spices.
• Roll seasoned ground beef to the desired size.
• You can get about 12-15 small to medium-sized meatballs from this recipe.
• Bake for 18 minutes.
• Remove the pan of meatballs carefully from the oven to pour barbecue sauce over.
• Put back in the oven for another 2 minutes. More time if necessary.
• Enjoy!

Notes

If you choose not to dice your vegetables, you can absolutely buy some already chopped. You can mince them or put them in the food processor if you don’t want big bites of the vegetables in each bite of your meatballs.