Bbq Meatballs With Pepper And Cheese Animal Cut Outs Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Mix bread crumbs and milk in large bowl; let stand 5 min. Add all remaining ingredients except barbecue sauce; mix just until blended. Shape into 84 (1-inch) balls.
• Place on rimmed baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 20 min. or until done (160ºF). Transfer to Slow Cooker. Add barbecue sauce; cover with lid. Cook on LOW 2 to 4 hours (or on HIGH 1 to 2 hours).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Soak pieces of torn bread in the milk in a bowl for 5 minutes. Gently squeeze out milk. Add beaten egg to the soaked bread and mix well.
• Mix garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, salt, Italian herb seasoning, sugar, and Parmesan cheese together in a small bowl. Add to bread-egg mixture.
• Place ground beef in a mixing bowl. Add seasoning mixture and onions; mix together with a fork. If mixture is too dry, add up to a tablespoon of milk. Roll into 25 meatballs and arrange on rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 18 minutes.
• Drain meatballs on a paper towel. Remove grease from the baking sheet. Transfer meatballs back to the baking sheet. Drizzle 1 cup BBQ sauce over meatballs.
• Return sheet to oven and bake 12 more minutes.
• Use a small animal vegetable cutter to make animals out of green, orange, and red peppers. Cut animals out of Colby Jack and mild Cheddar cheese.
• Drain meatballs on a paper towel and add more BBQ sauce if desired. Add cheese animal cut-out and then animal pepper cut-out to the toothpicks. Work quickly to add toothpick to each meatball.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• While oven is warming, mix together the tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups bbq sauce, and onion powder. Set aside.
• Cover a cookie sheet with foil and lightly spray with non stick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl combine the meat, egg, crushed crackers, cheese, and 1/2 cup of barbecue sauce. Mix together well.
• Roll hamburger mixture into 1 inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until cooked through.
• While the meatballs are cooking, place the tomato/bbq sauce mixture in a saucepan and bring to a boil over med/low heat.
• We like to serve these meatballs over a bed of rice or mashed potatoes. Place on rice and spoon bbq sauce over the meatballs.
• Serve immediately.