Make Easy Delicious Honey Garlic Meatballs

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We brought this honey garlic meatballs recipe home from Amarillo, Texas. We were there for our grandson's wedding, and this wonderful dish was served as an appetizer at the reception, along with a lot more yummy food!

The men in our family ate an embarrassing amount of them. I saw them return for second helpings, and a couple of the guys took thirds! Clearly, there was a recipe I needed!

I tracked down the hard-working lady in charge of the food, and she graciously shared it with me. Much to my surprise, it starts with frozen meatballs and a few ingredients most of us have on hand! It's easy, and it's amazingly delicious. Who could ask for more?

In my opinion, the combination of honey, soy, and garlic is a trifecta, and it's always a great place to start when you want to make a killer sauce.

When she added ketchup and brown sugar, she added another layer of caramelly sweetness, giving the sauce a deeper and more appetizing color.

The sauce is a little sticky, but the flavor is simply amazing. Look how tempting these meatballs are! You can't wait to grab and stab as many as you can fit on a toothpick!

How To Make Marvelous Honey Garlic Meatballs

You can make these meatballs in minutes! Combine all the sauce ingredients in the Crockpot and add the frozen meatballs. Stir to coat the meatballs, cover, and cook on low for about 4 hours. Pop by and stir things a few times to ensure everything gets nice and saucy.

I was a young bride when I got my first Crockpot, and I had no idea how to use it. Way back then, crockpots were a dopey blue or rose color, and the crock was not removable, so they were a beast to clean and certainly not as good-looking as they are today.

Modern Cockpots are sleek and easy to clean with their removable vessels, and many stainless and black models are good-looking enough for the buffet table! Crockpots have been a friend in the kitchen for over fifty years, and now they have all kinds of features like programmable timers.

There's even one designed to carry your lunch to work with you. You might want to check them out and find out what you've been missing!

We're so lucky to have grandkids in town. When our youngest granddaughter was a senior in high school, she earned the privilege of going off campus for lunch, and we tried to have her come over at least once a week when she could fit it into her busy schedule.

She loved the honey garlic meatballs, so I served them as a main dish over noodles, accompanied by her favorite French-cut green beans with olive oil and kosher salt, and I added some garlic bread.

I was too late to make them in the Crockpot that day, so I baked them at 350 degrees in a casserole dish. I covered the casserole for the first hour, then uncovered it for the last thirty minutes and let the meatballs brown a little. They turned out great!

Now, I am slightly obsessed with what I can make with frozen meatballs. I haven't used them much, and now I know what I've been missing!! I love recipes like this that are simple and easy to do with ingredients we usually have on hand.

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Yield: 8 ENTREE SERVINGS

Honey Garlic Meatballs

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This is a dump-and-go slow cooker recipe using frozen meatballs in a delicious honey-garlic-soy sauce. Perfect for an appetizer, but it also works for an entree or making into subs.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 3 hours

Total Time 3 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 28 oz. fully cooked, frozen meatballs
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• Three cloves garlic, minced

Instructions

1. Mix the brown sugar, honey, ketchup, soy sauce, and minced garlic in the slow cooker. Add the frozen meatballs and toss to coat them with the sauce.
2. Add the meatballs and toss to cover with the sauce.
3. Cook on low for 3-4 hours, stirring occasionally.*
4. Garnish as desired with sesame seeds, chopped parsley, or cilantro.
5. Serve as an appetizer or main dish over noodles, rice, or a sandwich.
6. The meatballs will expand quite a bit as they cook. If you want the meatballs to be "saucier," double the sauce ingredients.

Notes

Add siracha, Tobasco, or chili pepper flakes if you want a hotter sauce.

*I have also made these in the oven. They are baked in a casserole dish at 350 degrees, covered for an hour, and then uncovered for the last thirty minutes.

Over the years, I have learned how to make a lot of food that I call semi-homemade. Here, I can incorporate some shortcuts and still make something exceptionally tasty. I also love one-pot meals! Good homemade food doesn't take much time or money.

Here are some of our favorite easy dinners.

🍲 American Goulash, a one-pan wonder with ground beef, macaroni, and a rich tomato sauce- no boiling the macaroni!

🍝Hamburger Noodle Hotdish, the coziest one-pan skillet with hamburger and noodles in a beefy gravy.

🥧Hamburger Pie, a yummy complete meal in a skillet —seasoned ground beef, green beans, and fluffy cheese-topped mashed potatoes on top. I love making it in a cast-iron skillet and finishing it in the oven!

🥔 Easy Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, sliced potatoes (I don't even peel them) cook quickly in a broth, then add either leftover ham or diced ham and cheese. One of my favorite cozy skillet suppers!

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