- Preparation time
- 50 mins
- Difficulty
- Easy Recipes
- Serves
- 48 people
- Dinner
- May 31, 2016
Creole Meatballs.
Enjoy these Creole-style spicy ground beef meatball appetizers that are baked using Progresso® Italian Style Bread Crumbs in even less than an hour!
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Ingredients
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Meatballs
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup Progresso™ Italian Style Bread Crumbs
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1 (15-oz.) can tomato sauce
Sauce
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons currant jelly
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F. Beat egg in large bowl. Add ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, bell pepper, salt, celery salt, 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper and 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce; mix well. Shape mixture into 48 (1 1/4-inch) meatballs, using about 1 tablespoon mixture for each. Place in ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
- Bake at 400°F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in medium saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. With wire whisk, stir in flour; cook and stir until mixture turns a deep, rich brown color. Stir in remaining tomato sauce and all remaining sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil. Cook an additional minute, stirring constantly.
- Add cooked meatballs to sauce; stir gently to coat. Serve with cocktail toothpicks.
