Use up those garden tomatoes with this light and cool summer salad. a great dinner that’s quick. Since it is what we grow, I used heirloom tomatoes, but you could use any kind.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 meatball sliders |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup finely chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 cups ketchup
- ⅔ cup molasses (such as Grandma’s®)
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ½ tablespoons dry mustard powder (such as Colman’s®)
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
- ½ pound ground beef
- ½ pound ground pork
- ¾ cup fresh bread crumbs
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon grill seasoning (such as Montreal Steak Seasoning®)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 12 slider-size burger buns
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a baking rack sprayed with nonstick cooking spray onto a foil-lined baking pan.
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and saute for about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add ketchup, molasses, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard powder, hot sauce, and cayenne pepper; mix well. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Add a bit of water if sauce gets too thick.
- Meanwhile, combine beef, pork, bread crumbs, milk, egg, mustard, steak seasoning, and garlic in a bowl. Use a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop to form meat mixture into balls, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Place meatballs on the rack, leaving enough space between them so they’ll brown on all sides.
- Bake meatballs in the preheated oven until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.
- Gently stir meatballs into the BBQ sauce. Simmer until meatballs are heated through, 10 to 15 minutes. Divide saucy meatballs among the slider buns.
- After simmering the meatballs in the sauce, you may transfer both to a slow cooker on Low for serving later in the day. Both can also be made in advance and frozen.
- Brioche rolls, if available, make good slider buns.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 313 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 191 g |
| Cholesterol | 40 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 654 mg |
| Sugars | 23 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |