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Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce

Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce

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by popkornmom

Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce

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by popkornmom

Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce

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by popkornmom

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Meatballs
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    popkornmom's Notes: It started with an overabundance of spicy cayenne peppers from our home garden, and I was looking for various ways to incorporate them into recipes. So, Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce was born...

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Serves 4 to 6

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil a large jelly roll sheet with canola oil.

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  2. Put eggs in small bowl and stir with fork till all one color. Set aside.

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  3. Into large bowl, put ground beef. Add the eggs and the other ingredients as well. Squish together with hands, incorporating well.

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  4. Form about 24 meatballs, put on prepared sheet, and bake 25 minutes. Check for doneness. Serve with Spicy Sauce.

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  1. Put stewed tomatoes in a 3-qt. saucepan. Squish tomatoes with fingers, leaving no big clumbs. Add other ingredients, except sea salt.

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  2. Bring to boil on medium-high heat; boil for 10 minutes.

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  3. Turn down to low heat and cover with lid tilted. Continue to cook for about 30 minutes, until nice and thick. Stir occasionally.

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  4. Add sea salt; simmer another 10 minutes.

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  5. Serve with Spicy Meatballs.

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1 Comment on Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce

Copy_of_me Reply

I like a spicy meatball too!

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