Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce
Author Notes: It started with an overabundance of spicy cayenne peppers from our home garden, and I was looking for various ways to incorporate them into recipes. So, Spicy Meatballs -n- Sauce was born. We like to eat them on a sub sandwich, over a bed of pasta, or as appetizers with the sauce in a separate bowl. No matter how you eat them, they are delicious. - popkornmom
Serves 4 to 6
Spicy Meatballs
- 2 eggs
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 3/4 cups bread crumbs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 cayenne pepper, cut into little pieces
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil a large jelly roll sheet with canola oil.
- Put eggs in small bowl and stir with fork till all one color. Set aside.
- Into large bowl, put ground beef. Add the eggs and the other ingredients as well. Squish together with hands, incorporating well.
- Form about 24 meatballs, put on prepared sheet, and bake 25 minutes. Check for doneness. Serve with Spicy Sauce.
Spicy Sauce
- 2 (15 oz.) cans stewed tomatoes
- 1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1 cayenne pepper, cut into little pieces
- 1-1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- Put stewed tomatoes in a 3-qt. saucepan. Squish tomatoes with fingers, leaving no big clumbs. Add other ingredients, except sea salt.
- Bring to boil on medium-high heat; boil for 10 minutes.
- Turn down to low heat and cover with lid tilted. Continue to cook for about 30 minutes, until nice and thick. Stir occasionally.
- Add sea salt; simmer another 10 minutes.
- Serve with Spicy Meatballs.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Meatballs
Tags: pasta, serves a crowd, spicy




almost 3 years ago lapadia
I like a spicy meatball too!