Barbecue Onion Meatballs
These meatballs are smokin' hot and bursting with flavor! With a tangy barbecue sauce and sweet caramelized onions, they're the perfect appetizer for your next backyard bash. Serve them up on a platter and watch them disappear faster than a plate of hot wings.
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
- 2
In a medium-size bowl mix together the beef, pork, bread crumbs, onion, parsley, garlic, eggs, salt, and pepper until just combined.
- 3
Take a walnut size of the meat mixture and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining meat and transfer to an oiled rack on a sheet tray.
- 4
Bake meatballs for 15 minutes, until golden brown. Set aside.
- 5
Add oil to a pan on medium-high heat, and cook onions and garlic until they are deeply caramelized.
- 6
Add in the cider vinegar, ketchup, tomato paste, mustard, Worcestershire, honey, brown sugar, stir, and bring to a simmer. About 5 minutes.
- 7
Add salt and pepper to taste (optional).
- 8
Add the cooked meatballs and coat them with the sauce.
- 9
Sprinkle with the fried onions, poke with toothpicks, and serve!
- 10
Enjoy!
Recipe from tasty.co
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Ingredients (19)
- •1 lb ground beef
- •1 lb ground pork
- •1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- •½ cup onion, finely minced
- •¼ cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
- •2 cloves garlic, minced
- •2 eggs
- •kosher salt, to taste
- •pepper, to taste
- •4 cloves garlic, minced
- •½ cup apple cider vinegar
- •1 cup ketchup
- •2 tablespoons tomato paste
- •1 tablespoon mustard
- •2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
- •½ cup honey
- •¼ cup brown sugar
- •salt, to taste
- •½ cup fried onion, to serve