family secret meatballs and sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 6 tablespoons chopped sweet onion (such as a walla walla)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 1/2 tablespoons chopped sweet onion (such as a walla walla)
• 4 1/2 tablespoons apple vinegar
• 3/4 cup water

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• mix together the ground beef, rolled oats, 6 tablespoons of sweet onion, milk, salt, and black pepper until thoroughly combined. roll the mixture into 2-inch meatballs, and place meatballs into the prepared baking dish.
• in a bowl, mix the ketchup, worcestershire sauce, sugar, 4 1/2 tablespoons of sweet onion, apple vinegar, and water until the sugar has dissolved, and pour the sauce evenly over the meatballs.
• bake the meatballs and sauce in the preheated oven until the sauce is bubbling and thickened and the meatballs are no longer pink inside, about 1 1/2 hours. an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball should read at least 160 degrees f (70 degrees c).