Sweet meets savory in this unexpected, yet delightful pairing of meatballs with a cranberry glaze. These sweet, tart Cranberry Glazed Meatballs are super easy to make, but are sure to please the crowd. Using festive cranberries, the bright red meatballs make a perfect appetizer for holiday gatherings. You can also enjoy them as an entree with dinner rolls and coleslaw on the side, or assemble the whole meal into sliders! Any way you go, these are sure to be a hit!
The delicious cranberry glaze uses only four simple ingredients: jellied cranberry sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, and soy sauce. It’s that easy! You can stick with frozen meatballs to keep this recipe super simple, or upgrade to homemade ginger pork meatballs if you have the time. Spiced with ginger, these festive meatballs are the perfect companion for the sweet cranberry glaze.
Go ahead and give these Easy Sweet Cranberry Glazed Meatballs a try!
Ingredients
- Meatballs (Ginger pork meatballs or 32 oz bite size frozen meatballs)
- 1 can (14oz) Jellied cranberry sauce
- 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
- 1/2 cup Ketchup
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
Ginger Pork Meatballs
- 2 lbs Ground pork
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 Onion, small
- 1 inch Ginger Root, 1 Tbsp ginger powder or grated ginger paste
- 2 Tbsp Parsley
- 3/4 cup Breadcrumbs
- 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Ketchup
- 1 Egg
Instructions
For the cranberry-glazed meatballs, you can either use frozen bite size meatballs that are 1/2 oz each or make the ginger pork meatballs from scratch. If making the meatballs, finely chop or blend garlic, onion, ginger root, and parsley. Add them to a large bowl with ground pork, breadcrumbs, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, egg, salt, and pepper. If using grated ginger paste or ginger powder instead of ginger root, add it directly to the bowl. Mix all the ingredients together.
Form meatballs that are about 1 1/2 inch in diameter. Place them on a wire rack over a baking sheet to catch the drippings. Bake the meatballs in a 350°F preheated oven for 30 minutes and the ginger pork meatballs will be ready.
Once the meatballs are ready, it is time to make cranberry glaze for the meatballs. Place the meatballs in a large skillet or a pot. Add jellied cranberry sauce, soy sauce, ketchup, and brown sugar. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes while stirring, ensuring the glaze ingredients are fully combined. If using frozen meatballs, cook for 15 additional minutes to warm the meatballs through.
Instead of cooking on the stovetop, you can also make these sweet cranberry glazed meatballs in a slow cooker. Place the cooked ginger pork meatballs or frozen meatballs into the slow cooker with cranberry glaze ingredients. Cook on high for 2 hours or on low for 4 hours. Be sure to mix the glaze thoroughly.
Serve the cranberry glazed meatballs warm. Serve on their own as an appetizer, or serve with dinner rolls and Sweet Cranberry Apple Coleslaw as an entree or combined into delicious cranberry meatball sliders.
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Easy Sweet Cranberry Glazed Meatballs
Ingredients
- Meatballs Ginger pork meatballs (see below) or 32 oz bite size meatballs
- 1 (14oz) can Jellied cranberry sauce
- 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
- ½ cup Ketchup
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
Ginger Pork Meatballs
- 2 lbs Ground pork
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 Onion small
- 1 inch Ginger root, 1 Tbsp ginger powder or grated ginger paste
- 2 Tbsp Parsley
- ¾ cup Breadcrumbs
- 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp Ketchup
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- Add meatballs (see below) to a large skillet or pot over medium heat.
- Add jellied cranberry sauce, soy sauce, ketchup, and brown sugar. Cook for 10 minutes while stirring. If using frozen meatballs, cook for 15 additional minutes.
- Alternatively, cook in a slow cooker for 2 hours on high or 4 hours on low.
Ginger Pork Meatballs
- Blend or finely chop garlic, onion, ginger root, and parsley. Add them to a large mixing bowl with the rest of the meatball ingredients. Mix well.
- Form meatballs that are about 1 1/2 inch in diameter. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet with wire rack. Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F.
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