Our theme for the shower was to try and cater to Martha's love of the Muppets. This turned out to be a little harder than we thought, but one of the easy things was thinking of the Swedish Chef and making Swedish Meatballs. I asked LaDawna and she said she had a great recipe, but they were not just Swedish, but SOUTHERN Swedish. We couldn't figure out what Southern Swedish meant, other than speculating that these are kind of like Southern Fried Chicken Steak, or something. Regardless, they were fun to make (totally from scratch) and flavorly delicious! The day before the Shower, the kids and I went to LaDawna's, and as Catherine and LaDawna made 3 different batches of cookies, I made the meatballs -- rolling out 6 batches of this recipe, making 250 meatballs! Considering there were only about 2 dozen left, I deem these a hit!
Meatballs
- 1 lb. ground beef (85%)
- 1 packet Lipton onion soup mix
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk
- 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- Preheat oven to broil
- In a bowl, mix all of the ingredients together
- Form into small, bite-sized balls
- Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil
- Broil meatballs on bottom rack for approximately 15-20 minutes or until starting to brown
- Flip meatballs to broil on other side for approximately 10-15 minutes more, until starting to brown and cooked through
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- In crockpot, combine all sauce ingredients
- Turn crockpot on to LOW
- When sugar melts, add meatballs
- Cook as long as desired -- as little time as when the sauce and meatballs are warm, or as long as you want. The longer the better!
Yields about 35-50 meatballs, depending on the size
I tripled the recipe for the party of 20 adults
