These mini honey lime meatballs, made with a combo of lean ground beef and spicy turkey sausage are browned in a skillet (or you can bake them) then finish in the slow cooker.
Prep Time: 20 minutesmins
Cook Time: 4 hourshrs
Total Time: 4 hourshrs20 minutesmins
Yield: 15servings
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray
1 ½poundsextra-lean ground beef
8ouncesuncooked hot Italian turkey sausage links(casings removed)
1cupquick-cooking rolled oats
1cuprefrigerated or frozen egg product(thawed, or 4 eggs, lightly beaten)
Coat a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker with oil; set aside. In a large bowl combine ground beef, sausage, oats, egg product, green onions, Worcestershire sauce, and crushed red pepper.
Shape mixture into 60 approximately 2-inch meatballs.
Coat a 12-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Cook meatballs, one-fourth at at time, over medium heat until brown, turning once.
Transfer to the prepared slow cooker cooker.
Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours or on high-heat setting for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
In a small bowl whisk together honey, soy sauce, and lime juice. Pour over meatballs. Toss gently to coat.
Serve immediately or keep warm, covered, on warm or low-heat setting for up to 1 hour.