Friday, September 6, 2013

LELA GAITHER'S BARBEQUE MEATBALLS

LELA GAITHER’S BARBEQUE MEATBALLS

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Need some good food for watching football games (or Homecoming marathons) this weekend?  Bill’s mom, Lela Gaither, used to make these delicious barbeque meatballs!  Here’s the recipe for you...

 


Lela Gaither's Barbeque Meatballs
Meatball Ingredients:

2 pounds hamburger
8 eggs
cracker crumbs
2 medium onions, chopped finely
1 package tomato-flavored dry cup-of-soup mix
sage to taste



Sauce Ingredients:

1 can Campbell’s onion soup
1 can Campbell’s tomato soup
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

Mix meatball ingredients together and form into small, firm meatballs.  Drop into boiling water until they float to the top.  Remove and drain on paper towels.

Combine sauce ingredients and add meatballs.  Mix well and simmer until thick and bubbly.  Sauce will keep for about one week.  Makes about 75 meatballs.

This sauce is also great for chicken or ribs.  Just boil the chicken or ribs until tender, then add them to the sauce!

(This recipe originally appeared in the Gaither Family Recipes section of He Started The Whole World Singing by Gloria Gaither.  Copyright ©2004. Used by permission.) 

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