BBQ Meatballs with Pepper and Cheese Animal Cut-Outs recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 slices bread, crusts removed, torn into pieces ½ cup whole milk 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon dried parsley ½ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder ⅛ teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning ¼ teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1 pound ground beef ¼ cup grated sweet onion 1 cup barbecue sauce, plus additional for serving 1 green bell pepper 1 orange bell pepper 1 red bell pepper 4 (1/4-inch) slices Colby-Monterey Jack cheese 4 (1/4-inch) slices mild Cheddar cheese Animal vegetable cutters 25 4-inch toothpicks
Nutrition Info
- 413.3 caloriescarbohydrate: 25.5 gcholesterol: 112.7 mgfat: 24 gfiber: 1.6 gprotein: 23.3 gsaturatedFat: 12.3 gservingSize: -sodium: 1010.9 mgsugar: 14.6 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions BBQ Meatballs with Pepper and Cheese Animal Cut-Outs
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Soak pieces of torn bread in the milk in a bowl for 5 minutes. Gently squeeze out milk. Add beaten egg to the soaked bread and mix well.
Mix garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, salt, Italian herb seasoning, sugar, and Parmesan cheese together in a small bowl. Add to bread-egg mixture.
Place ground beef in a mixing bowl. Add seasoning mixture and onions, mix together with a fork. If mixture is too dry, add up to a tablespoon of milk. Roll into 25 meatballs and arrange on rimmed baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 18 minutes.
Drain meatballs on a paper towel. Remove grease from the baking sheet. Transfer meatballs back to the baking sheet. Drizzle 1 cup BBQ sauce over meatballs.
Return sheet to oven and bake 12 more minutes.
Use a small animal vegetable cutter to make animals out of green, orange, and red peppers. Cut animals out of Colby Jack and mild Cheddar cheese.
Drain meatballs on a paper towel and add more BBQ sauce if desired. Add cheese animal cut-out and then animal pepper cut-out to the toothpicks. Work quickly to add toothpick to each meatball.