Grilled Sweet and Spicy Meatballs

By stancec44

Ingredients

• Meatballs:
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
• Sauce:
• 1 cup chili sauce
• 1 small jar jelly

Preparation

Step 1

Sauce:

Combine jelly and chili sauce in a saucepan and simmer stirring occasionally. Let sauce cool.

Meatballs:

Fully cook and drain the ground beef. Set aside.

Combine all ingredients except the ground beef in a mixing bowl and stir until consistency is even.

Add fully cooked ground beef to the mixture and using hands mix until ingredients are combined.

Preheat your grill to a medium-high setting.

Open basket and spray with a non-stick cooking spray. Form meatballs from mixture and load each into a compartment on the basket. Close the basket.

Place basket on grill. Baste meatballs thoroughly with cooked sauce. Close grill top and cook for 7 to 8 minutes, basting as necessary. Open grill top and turn basket. Baste and continue to cook for another 7 to 8 minutes.

Remove basket from grill. USE CAUTION opening basket lid as surface may be hot. Remove meatballs and serve with toothpicks, over rice or in a submarine roll.