Cranberry Chipotle Meatballs
Cranberry Chipotle Meatballs takes around 40 minutes from beginning to end. One serving contains 107 calories, 7g of protein, and 2g of fat. This recipe serves 30 and costs 53 cents per serving. If you have dried cranberries, garlic, ginger root, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 9 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is brought to you by Sumptuous Spoonfuls. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 17%. This score is not so great. Users who liked this recipe also liked Chipotle Meatballs, Chipotle Meatballs, and Chipotle Chicken Meatballs.
Servings: 30
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce
1/4 - 1 teaspoon chipotle powder (to taste)
3/4 cup cooked rice
1/2 cup dried cranberries
2 eggs
3 - 6 cloves garlic, peeled
1 Tablespoon freshly grated ginger root
2 lb. lean ground beef (or other lean ground meat--I used grass-fed ground round)
1 small onion, peeled & chopped into chunks
2 Tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt
1/2 cup crushed Rice Chex cereal
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups cranberry sauce (I used this recipe, without the walnuts, although I think this one would work well too)
Equipment:
baking sheet
oven
food processor
mixing bowl
slow cooker
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray. Put the ground meat in a medium mixing bowl.In a small chopper or food processor, chop up the onion, garlic, rice, dried cranberries, and ginger root into fine bits. Stir this mixture into the meat, mixing well. Add the salt, cloves, Rice Chex, yogurt and eggs. Mix together with your hands until everything is well mixed. Form the meat mixture into 1-inch balls and set on the baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 15 - 18 minutes or until browned on top and completely cooked inside.Meanwhile, mix the cranberry and barbecue sauce with the chipotle powder. If serving immediately, heat the sauce. When the meatballs are done, put them in a crockpot and pour the sauce over. Keep on the warm setting to serve.
Step by step:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Put the ground meat in a medium mixing bowl.In a small chopper or food processor, chop up the onion, garlic, rice, dried cranberries, and ginger root into fine bits. Stir this mixture into the meat, mixing well.
3. Add the salt, cloves, Rice Chex, yogurt and eggs.
4. Mix together with your hands until everything is well mixed. Form the meat mixture into 1-inch balls and set on the baking sheet.
5. Bake at 350 for 15 - 18 minutes or until browned on top and completely cooked inside.Meanwhile, mix the cranberry and barbecue sauce with the chipotle powder. If serving immediately, heat the sauce. When the meatballs are done, put them in a crockpot and pour the sauce over. Keep on the warm setting to serve.
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