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meatballs-cranberry and chili sauce, bakintime

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Recipe by
Beth M.
@BakinTime
M.V. Island, MA

Since I prefer not to buy frozen meatballs, I make meatballs with 85% lean ground beef and stuffing mixture. My husband loved this, and I wanted to be sure I could find my recipe and notes in the future. The recipe for the sauce is on the bottle of chili. This is an old favorite for parties or family events.

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yield 3 dozen servings!
prep time 30 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For meatballs-cranberry and chili sauce, bakintime

  • 2 lb
    ground beef
  • 2 c
    leftover stuffing/pepperidge farm,with onions, celery, butter & chicken broth
  • 1 can
    jellied cranberry sauce
  • 1 bottle
    chili sauce/ heinz

How To Make meatballs-cranberry and chili sauce, bakintime

  • 1
    Use stuffing that was mixed as if being used for holiday turkey stuffing; at least two cups are needed. I had extra stuffing frozen, about three cups from Thanksgiving. So I thawed this and used two cups.
  • 2
    Crumble two pounds of ground beef and mix in a large food processor bowl with the thawed stuffing. Pulse until mixed well.
  • 3
    Shape into 1 tablespoon-size meatballs, and place on a greased baking sheet which has sides. I used two as this made about three dozen meatballs.
  • 4
    Place in preheated oven, at 350 degrees, bake about fifteen minutes.
  • 5
    Heat one can of jellied cranberry sauce and one bottle of chili sauce until boiling, stir constantly.
  • 6
    Combine sauce and meatballs in a baking dish and bake another fifteen minutes. Keep warm and serve with a side of wild rice and regular rice if desired.
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