These meatballs and spaghetti get them full and keep them happy.
This is one of the first recipes I ever made when I first got married…and 17 years later, I’m still preparing these meatballs. It’s different than the typical tomato-based spaghetti sauce and my kids love it and never get tired of it…even my super picky ones. Bonus: it freezes really well.
Coca-Cola Meatballs
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Author: Rochel Shaindel Rubin
Recipe type: Meat
Serves: 6-8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound spaghetti
Meatballs:
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 eggs
- 2 garlic cloves
- ⅓ cup bread crumbs
- ¼ cup water
Sauce:
- 1 cup ketchup
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 12 ounce cans Coca-Cola (or one can cola, equal amounts water)
- ½ cup apricot jam
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients for meatballs and form into balls.
- In a saucepan, combine sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil. Gently drop balls into simmering sauce and cook for 45 minutes. Serve over spaghetti.
How much bread crumbs? There’s a ? Where the measurement should be.
Sorry about that, just corrected it.
Sounds delicious! There is a question mark by the bread crumbs and pepper. Can I have the amounts for those?
Sorry about that, just corrected it.