Holiday Mini Beef Meatball Skewers with Cranberry Barbecue Sauce
Recipe courtesy of Beef Loving Texans
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup fresh zucchini grated
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 small yellow onion diced 1/2 inch
- 2 red bell peppers diced 1/2 inch
- 2 green bell peppers diced 1/2 inch
- 12 skewers 6 inches
Cranberry Barbecue Sauce:
- 1 can whole berry cranberry sauce 16 ounces
- 3 tablespoons barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In medium bowl, lightly mix ground beef, zucchini, egg, salt and pepper until thoroughly combined. Shape into 24 1-inch meatballs. Alternately thread meatballs, onions, red peppers and green peppers onto skewers. Place skewers on shallow-rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake 22-25 minutes, or until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of meatball registers 160 F.
- To make cranberry barbecue sauce: In medium saucepan, combine cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce; simmer 5 minutes, or until flavors blend.
- Drizzle sauce over skewers or serve as dipping sauce.