Family Secret Meatballs and Sauce

Here's a top-secret family recipe for sweet and tangy meatballs. Serve over hot cooked spaghetti.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 319 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 6 tablespoons chopped sweet onion (such as a Walla Walla)
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.75 cup water
• 1.5 cups ketchup
• 0.75 cup rolled oats
• 4.5 tablespoons chopped sweet onion (such as a Walla Walla)
• 4.5 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Step 2

Mix together the ground beef, rolled oats, 6 tablespoons of sweet onion, milk, salt, and black pepper until thoroughly combined. Roll the mixture into 2-inch meatballs, and place meatballs into the prepared baking dish.

Step 3

In a bowl, mix the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, 4 1/2 tablespoons of sweet onion, apple cider vinegar, and water until the sugar has dissolved, and pour the sauce evenly over the meatballs.

Step 4

Bake the meatballs and sauce in the preheated oven until the sauce is bubbling and thickened and the meatballs are no longer pink inside, about 1 1/2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).