Meatballs with Jelly Sauce are a delicious game day recipe made with ground beef meatballs coated in a sweet and spicy chipotle-raspberry barbecue sauce.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time55 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Meatballs with Jelly Sauce
Servings: 24Meatballs
Calories: 137kcal
Author: Kelly Anthony
Ingredients
For the Meatballs:
1cupfresh breadcrumbssee "Easy Baked Meatballs" for notes on fresh bread crumbs, if needed
⅓cupwhole milk
1large eggslightly beaten
2teaspoonsground chili powder
1 ½teaspoonKosher salt
1teaspoonblack pepper
1teaspoonground cumin
½teaspoongarlic powder
¼teaspoononion powder
2pounds80/20 ground beef
For the Chipotle-Raspberry Sauce:
1cupketchup
½ cupraspberry preserves
¼cupadobo saucefrom chipotles in adobo
1teaspoonKosher salt
1teaspoonground cumin
1teaspoongarlic powder
½ teaspoononion powder
½ teaspoonblack pepper
Instructions
Method:
Preheat the oven to 400° and have ready two rimmed baking sheets lined with nonstick aluminum foil
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine bread crumbs and whole milk. Stir until crumbs have absorbed the milk and set aside. Add egg to the moistened bread crumbs and stir to combine. Add in chili powder, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic powder and onion powder. Stir once more to thoroughly combine.
Using your hands, gently mix in the ground beef. With damp hands, roll about 2 tablespoons worth of the meatball mixture into a ball and place on the baking sheets, placing each meatball at least 1" apart. Bake for 25-28 minutes, until properly cooked through. Allow to cool slightly before handling. Using a paper towel, wipe away any grease attached to the bottom of the meatball, if desired.
For the sauce, combine the ketchup, raspberry preserves, adobo sauce, salt, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper in a bowl, and stir to combine.
Transfer the cooked meatballs to a large bowl, and pour over the sauce. Gently, stir to coat the meatballs. Serve right away,or transfer to a crockpot on the warm setting for the duration of your party.