{"id":41659,"date":"2021-12-03T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=41659"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:37:37","slug":"football-friday-tailgate-recipe-easy-tailgate-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2021\/12\/03\/football-friday-tailgate-recipe-easy-tailgate-meatballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Friday Tailgate Recipes: Easy Tailgate Meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Football Friday.\u00a0 Today we have Football Friday Tailgate Recipes: Easy Tailgate Meatballs.\u00a0Did you save last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2021\/11\/26\/football-friday-tailgate-recipes-thanksgiving-leftovers-edition\/\" target=\"_self\">Thanksgiving Leftovers Edition<\/a>? What is easier and tastier at a party than a meatball? All these recipes can be done in a crockpot. EVERYONE sells frozen meatballs. So you save time. You can buy the turkey meatballs and I think they even have plant-based meatballs \u00a0 Then almost everyone is happy. I hope you enjoy the tasty treats and the conference championship games this weekend.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Football Friday Tailgate Recipes: Easy Tailgate Meatballs<\/h2>\n<h3>Crockpot BBQ Grape Jelly Meatballs<\/h3>\n<p>This is the easiest recipe ever. \u00a0I personally put them in the crockpot and let them cook overnight. Much better flavor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span data-amount=\"1\" data-unit=\"cup\">1 cup<\/span> grape jelly<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span data-amount=\"2\" data-unit=\"cup\">2 cups<\/span> prepared bbq sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span data-amount=\"2\">2<\/span> lb frozen meatballs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"instruction-step-1\" class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Combine the jelly and bbq sauce in a slow cooker. Stir to combine. <\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"instruction-step-2\" class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Add the meatballs and stir to coat the meatballs. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 1\/2 hours, stirring once or twice during the cooking time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"instruction-step-3\" class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Serve warm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"instruction-step-4\" class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Alternately, you can bake these in the oven at 350\u00baF for one hour.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taketwotapas.com\/nashville-hot-chicken-meatballs-crockpot\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nashville Hot Chicken Meatballs<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><span data-amount=\"2\">2<\/span> lb frozen meatballs<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dill Pickle Slices for serving<\/li>\n<li>Nashville Hot Chicken Sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nashville Hot Chicken Sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 stick melted butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chicken stock<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons white vinegar<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons cayenne pepper<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons chili powder<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon paprika<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mv-create-instructions-title mv-create-title-secondary\"><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_1\">Prepare the Nashville Hot Chicken Sauce<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_2\">Combine all the sauce ingredients and set aside.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_3\">Add all the meatballs to your crockpot or slow cooker.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_4\">Pour the hot chicken sauce over the meatballs.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_5\">Stir to coat the meatballs.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_6\">Cook on low for 2 hours or on high for 1 hour.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_7\">Serve with pickle slices.<\/li>\n<li id=\"mv_create_426_8\">Enjoy with a cold beverage to temper the heat!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/quick-and-easy-swedish-meatballs\/print\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swedish Meatballs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-print\">\n<li>1 package<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0frozen meatballs<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup beef broth<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup heavy whipping cream<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon dill weed<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup minced fresh parsley, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"recipe-directions__list\">\n<li><strong>1.<\/strong> Prepare meatballs according to package directions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong> Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Stir in cream and dill; simmer for 1 minute. Stir in meatballs; heat through. Garnish with parsley if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"recipe-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/cranberry-sauerkraut-meatballs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cranberry Sauerkraut Meatballs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>These sound weird &#8211; I know. BUT they are delish!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"recipe-ingredients__list recipe-ingredients__collection splitColumns\">\n<li>1 can (14 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14 ounces) sauerkraut, rinsed and well-drained<\/li>\n<li>1 bottle (12 ounces) chili sauce<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup packed brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 package (32 ounces) frozen fully cooked home-style meatballs, thawed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"recipe-directions__heading\"><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"recipe-directions__list\">\n<li class=\"recipe-directions__item\">In a 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the cranberry sauce, sauerkraut, chili sauce, and brown sugar. Stir in meatballs. Cover and cook on low until heated through 4-5 hours. If desired, top with chives to serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetandsavorybyshinee.com\/beer-bbq-meatballs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beer BBQ Meatballs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wprm-recipe-header wprm-recipe-ingredients-header wprm-block-text-normal wprm-align-left wprm-header-decoration-none\"><strong><span id=\"Ingredients\">Ingredients:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-group\">\n<ul class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredients\">\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\">2 pounds frozen meatballs<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 class=\"wprm-recipe-group-name wprm-recipe-ingredient-group-name wprm-block-text-bold\"><span id=\"For_the_sauce\">For the sauce:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredients\">\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\"><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span> <span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">cup<\/span> <span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">BBQ sauce of your choice<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\"><span class=\"wprm-checkbox-container\"><label class=\"wprm-checkbox-label\" for=\"wprm-checkbox-8\"><span class=\"sr-only screen-reader-text wprm-screen-reader-text\">\u00a0<\/span><\/label><\/span><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span> <span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">cup<\/span> <span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">beer of your choice<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\"><span class=\"wprm-checkbox-container\"><label class=\"wprm-checkbox-label\" for=\"wprm-checkbox-9\"><span class=\"sr-only screen-reader-text wprm-screen-reader-text\">\u00a0<\/span><\/label><\/span><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">Couple squirts of Sriracha<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient\"><span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit\">Pinch<\/span> <span class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredient-name\">of salt<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Whisk all ingredients together and pour into the crockpot with the frozen meatballs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wprm-recipe-ingredients\">\n<li id=\"wprm-recipe-28738-step-0-5\" class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction\">\n<div class=\"wprm-recipe-instruction-text\">You can also use a slow cooker to cook the meatballs. Simply place the meatballs with sauce and cook for 5 hours on low.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>On The Menu<\/h3>\n<p>Next week we will have something great for the Army \/ Navy game. \u00a0I hope you have enjoyed the tailgate recipes this season and have added some new treats to your arsenal. \u00a0Stay tuned for some playoff treats. \u00a0Enjoy the conference championships this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Football Friday.\u00a0 Today we have Football Friday Tailgate Recipes: Easy Tailgate Meatballs.\u00a0Did you save last week&#8217;s Thanksgiving Leftovers Edition? What is easier and tastier at a party than a meatball? All these recipes can be done in a crockpot. EVERYONE sells frozen meatballs. So you save time. You can buy the turkey meatballs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1643,"featured_media":41660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35689,35691,2056],"tags":[4817,4780,7983,8416,3342,20,7846,3402],"class_list":["post-41659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-culture","category-recipes","category-top-25","tag-acc-football","tag-big-12-football","tag-big-ten-football","tag-conference-championships","tag-pac-12-football","tag-sec","tag-tailgate-recipes","tag-top-25"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80386,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41659\/revisions\/80386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}