big earl's party meatballs
Easy, quick, crock pot appetizer for any party. You may also adjust the heat index to suit your taste.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
6 Hr
method
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield
approx 20
Ingredients
- 4 bottles chili sauce (12 ounces each) (note)
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 can pineapple, crushed (20 ounces with juice)
- 1 jar grape jelly (24 ounces)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/4 cup hot sauce (optional, to taste)
- 1 cup carbonated cola
- 80 small meatballs
- 1 can pineapple tidbits , drained (20 ounces)
- 4 large jalapeno peppers, seeds and veins removed, chopped (optional)
How To Make big earl's party meatballs
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Step 1Pour the four bottles of chili sauce into a large crock pot. Rinse each bottle out with the apple cider vinegar. After rinsing the fourth bottle add the vinegar to the crock pot.
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Step 2Add the crushed pineapple, grape jelly, brown sugar, hot sauce, jalapeno peppers, and carbonated cola into the crock pot. Cook on medium for about 1 hour, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, the jelly has melted, and all the ingredients are completely incorporated.
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Step 3Add meatballs and stir to coat them with sauce. Cook on low for about six hours if the meatballs were frozen, about three hours if they were thawed. Stir occasionally.
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Step 4About 1 hour before serving add the pineapple tidbits and continue to cook on low.
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Step 5NOTE: You can use hot or mild chili sauce depending on how spicy you want the sauce to be. Liquid Fire: 4 bottles hot chili sauce, plus hot sauce of your choice, plus 4 finely diced jalapeno peppers with seeds. Very Spicy: 4 bottles hot chili sauce. Little Spicy: 3 hot chili sauce and 1 mild or original chili sauce Medium Spicy: 2 hot chili sauce and 2 mild or original chili sauce Not So Spicy: 1 hot chili sauce and 3 mild or original chili sauce No Kick at All: 4 mild or original chili sauce
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Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Category:
Meat Appetizers
Keyword:
#pinapple
Keyword:
#Meatballs
Keyword:
#beef
Keyword:
#Appetizer
Ingredient:
Beef
Method:
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
Culture:
American
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