Sticky Honey Garlic Meatballs
Recently I was having an informal get-together with friends and was thinking about what to make that most everyone would enjoy. And that’s easy on me as the cook, that can be prepped in advance, and that holds reasonably well at room temp. I decided that cocktail meatballs would be great and everyone loved these. You can either serve these honey garlic meatballs more fancy with toothpicks or in a big ole bowl. They’re juicy, tender, and the honey garlic sauce gives them so much flavor. They’re perfect for parties, events, holidays, game days, tailgating, or just because. After baking, it’s as easy as tossing them in the delectable honey garlic sauce. The sauce is how the word awesomesauce came to be, I’m sure.
Honey Garlic Meatballs Ingredients
This honey garlic meatball recipe has two components: the baked meatballs and the honey garlic sauce.
Meatballs:
Ground beef Egg Milk Breadcrumbs Sweet Vidalia onion Salt and pepper
Honey garlic sauce:
Unsalted butter Garlic Ketchup Honey Low-sodium soy sauce
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Honey Garlic Meatballs
Baked meatballs with garlic and honey sauce are a breeze to make! Here’s a look at how the meatballs with garlic are made:
Make-Ahead Instructions
These sticky honey garlic meatballs can be assembled in advance and then baked off the next day. Here are the exact instructions:
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