Description
BBQ meatballs with a mango/pineapple twist.
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 1 cup mango chunks
- 2 pounds ground beef
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (1 ounce) package dry golden onion soup mix (such as Lipton®)
- 1 tablespoon adobo seasoning
- 1 teaspoon ground thyme
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1 (18 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce
- 1 cup mango chunks
- 1 cup canned pineapple chunks
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Puree mango chunks using an electric blender or food processor.
- Place ground beef in a large mixing bowl; add bread crumbs
- garlic
- soup mix
- adobo
- thyme
- ginger
- salt
- and pepper. Mix thoroughly. Add eggs
- followed by pureed mango; mix again. Shape into 1 1/2-inch meatballs and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned and no longer pink in the centers
- about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- mix barbeque sauce
- mango
- pineapple
- sugar
- soy sauce
- mustard
- and cinnamon for sauce together in a medium mixing bowl.
- Remove meatballs from the oven and drain excess oil/grease. Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Pour sauce over meatballs and return to the oven.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 8