Take a peek at what our pals over at Carlsbad Cravings had to say about these delish honey buffalo slow cooker meatballs:
“Another winning aspect of these meatballs is you can completely customize their heat by adding more hot sauce to taste at the end of cooking so they can be more honey or more buffalo. Either way, these irresistible Honey Buffalo Meatballs will have you licking your lips, and strongly tempted to lick the slow cooker itself. I won’t judge.”
Will you be making any customizations to your meatballs? If so, please share your ideas in the comments. I always love hearing from you guys. 🙂
Ingredients
Meatballs
2 pounds lean ground beef
2 Eggland’s Best eggs
22 saltine crackers, crushed (approx. 1 cup)
1/3 cup dry McCormick minced onion
1/2 cup TruMoo milk
1 tablespoons Domino brown sugar
1 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon Morton salt
1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/4 teaspoons black pepper
Honey Buffalo Sauce
1/4 cup Frank’s Red Hot Original Sauce, plus more to taste
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon Mountain Ridge honey
1/4 cup Smuckers apricot preserves
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Kikkoman soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons Argo cornstarch
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 450F degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Set aside.
Gently whisk eggs in a large bowl. Add all remaining meatball ingredients and mix well. Roll meat mixture into desired meatball size. Place onto the baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Meanwhile, add all of the Honey Buffalo Sauce Ingredients to a medium bowl and whisk to combine (only use ¼ cup hot sauce at this point. You can add more hot sauce to taste at the end of cooking).
Line the bottom of your slow cooker with meatballs, drizzle with some sauce, then remaining meatballs followed by the remaining sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 2 hours, gently stirring an hour after cooking. When done, taste and stir in additional hot wings sauce. Keep warm until serving.
Quick Tip: This recipe can easily be doubled to feed a large crowd of hungry party goers.
Thank you to Carlsbad Cravings for this great meatball dish!
