Grandma’s Christmas Meatballs
Ingredients
- 3 lbs ground beef chuck
- 1 (14 oz) can evaporated milk
- 1 (1 oz) pkg onion soup mix
- ¼ cup dry breadcrumbs, or as needed
- 1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup port wine
- 1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
Directions
- Step 1
Mix ground chuck, evaporated milk, onion soup mix, breadcrumbs, and 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Form approximately 40 small meatballs and place on a baking sheet.
- Step 2
Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler.
- Step 3
Broil meatballs until just browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn meatballs over and continue broiling until browned on other side, about 2 minutes more.
- Step 4
Transfer meatballs to a slow cooker.
- Step 5
Combine ketchup, brown sugar, port wine, and 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir until dissolved, about 2 minutes. Pour over the meatballs in the slow cooker. Cook on High until meatballs are no longer pink in the middle and the sauce is thick, at least 1 hour.