Sticky Meatballs

5 from 34 votes

Made with simple ingredients and a sweet, sticky sauce, they’re perfect for parties, holidays, or game day. Serve them straight from the slow cooker for an easy, no-stress appetizer everyone loves.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Asian

Servings:

Calories: 413kcal

Author: Raquel Pineira

Ingredients

Meatball Ingredients

1 Pound ground beef
½ Onion chopped
½ Cup Panko bread crumbs
1 Tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp soy sauce

Sticky Sauce

⅓ Cup water
⅓ Cup brown sugar
¼ Cup soy sauce
1 Tbsp fish sauce
1 Tsp garlic powder
Optional: Red pepper flakes

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a baking pan.
In a bowl combine the ground beef with the onion, panko, garlic powder and soy sauce. Mix until the ingredients are just combined and don’t overwork the mix.
Scoop out 1 tbsp beef and shape into a ball. Place meatballs in the baking pan and repeat the process with the rest of the meatballs. Spray with oil and take to the oven.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until done. Remove from the oven.
Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. In a saucepan stir together the water, brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce and garlic powder. Cook, stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until the sugar is caramelized and the sauce is sticky.
Transfer the cooked meatballs to the sauce and toss to coat.

Notes

You can also use ground turkey for this recipe! The end result is incredibly delicious too!
If you want your sauc to be thicker, you can mix in ½ Tbsp cornstarch diluted in 2 Tbsp water.

Pour extra sauce mixture into a small bowl and use it for a dipping sauce.

Mix and form the meatballs by hand. This is a great task to have tweens help with and get them in the kitchen.

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