Sloppy Joe Meatballs Paula Deen Style

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 lb ground beef (chuck)
• 1 lb ground sausage (jimmy dean)
• 1 small onion, diced up
• 1/2 green pepper, diced up
• 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs (japanese breadcrumbs)
• 1 (1 1/3 ounce) packet manwich sloppy joe mix
• 1 large egg
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 3 -4 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2-1 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400'
• 2 lightly grease a foil lined baking sheet or use a lightly greased cooking rack inside a rimmed baking dish.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine the two meats (beef and sausage),onion, green pepper,panko breadcrumbs,and sloppy joe mix.
• 4 stir in egg.
• 5 shape mixture into 1 inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
• 6 bake 15 to 20 minutes or until done.
• 7 if baking in oven with sauce,reduce oven temp to 350'
• 8 in a small bowl combine ketchup,tomato sauce, brown sugar,worcestershire sauce, mustard, and salt and black pepper.
• 9 in a 13x9 baking dish (lightly greased) add meatballs. pour the sauce over meatballs and toss gently.
• 10 cover and bake 30 minutes more.
• 11 serve hot.
• 12 note: if using crockpot, add baked meatballs to crockpot and pour sauce over top and gently toss to cover meatballs. let simmer on low for 30 minutes to 1 hour.