Cranberry Sauce Meatballs

Take your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner to new heights with these easy, savory, sweet, and spicy cranberry sauce meatballs, made with ground beef and French-fried onions.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 492 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 (14 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce (such as Ocean Spray®)
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce (such as Heinz®)
• 0.5 cup milk
• 1 cup crushed French-fried onions (such as French's®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Beat eggs in a mixing bowl. Add beef, milk, onion, and salt; mix well. Sprinkle in crumbled fried onions and mix until evenly combined.

Step 3

Form the mixture into 40 meatballs and place into a 9x13-inch and 9x9-inch baking dish; set aside.

Step 4

Blend cranberry sauce and chili sauce together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer.

Step 5

Pour 2/3 of the sauce mixture over the meatballs. Brush the remaining sauce over to completely cover the meatballs.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are browned and no longer pink in the centers, about 1 hour.