Easy Honey Bourbon Glazed Meatballs

These Easy Honey Bourbon Glazed Meatballs are the perfect appetizer and take the difficulty out of deciding what appetizer to make. They are delicious, flavorful, slightly sweet and spicy with great depth of flavor from the bourbon.

Make these Easy Honey Bourbon Glazed Meatballs ahead of time and you have it easy the day of your party or dinner. The flavors only get better with time.

Sometimes it is difficult to figure out the right dish to bring to a pot luck dinner, or if you are in charge of appetizers what to make. Should you make something light and fresh like Stuffed Belgian Endive Appetizer Recipe? What about bringing just a fancy salad like Black Bean Roasted Corn salad.

I like to have a variety of different kinds of appetizers and these Easy Honey Bourbon Glazed Meatballs fit the bill perfectly and take that challenge of what to make easier.  They are filling but not overly so, and guests can take what they like as far as the amount they want. They can satisfy a hungry man, or delicate appetite!

Ingredients you will need 

lean ground beef 90% lean

garlic

soy sauce

Sriracha 

onion powder

small onion

bourbon

ketchup

red wine vinegar

salt 

honey

Bourbon 

Tips to making easy Honey Bourbon Glazed Meatballs

I like to use 90% lean ground beef. It has enough fat to add flavor but you may substitute for 80% or above.  

Make sure to grease your baking sheet or use parchment paper to line it. That make clean u a breeze.

Place meatball on a cooling rack in the baking sheet to keep the meatball out of the drippings. 

You can make the meatballs ahead of time and just glazed them before serving. I like to make them ahead of time and let them sit overnight in the glaze to get added flavor.  

For precooked meatballs reheat them in a medium pot or crock pot on warm for a few hours. They don’t overcook and it is one less thing to have to do in prep for your special event or party.

These meatballs are gluten free and so they are a bit firmer than if they had bread crumbs added. If you would like to add bread crumbs, add one cup and one egg to ingredient will make a softer meatball.

When making the glaze it is good to know it will not become very thick when you thicken it. The slight change to a bit thicker sauce is enough to have it coat the meatballs.

For extra spice you can add more Sriracha according to taste. This small amount currently in the recipe gives just enough spice without the heat overpowering the flavor

Can you make these meatballs ahead of time?

Absolutely!  These Easy Honey Bourbon Glazed Meatballs freeze well.  Bake your meatballs and freeze after they have baked and cooled properly.  Place them in a zip lock bag or airtight container and freeze.  The glaze will keep in the fridge for 3-5 days or you can add them to the meatballs and freeze together. When they defrost they will get extra flavor from being together longer.

 You have several options to reheat them.  To reheat them, place them in a pot with the glaze until heated through.  I put my meatballs and glaze in my crock pot and kept them on warm for two hours and they were ready to go. (Make sure they don’t overcook or you will have rubbery meatballs.) 

For the Meatballs 

2 pounds ground beef 90% ( lean)

2  garlic cloves minced or substitute 1/2 tsp garlic powder

1 tablespoon soy sauce 

1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp Sriracha

For the Honey Bourbon Glaze

1/2 cup Bourbon

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1 small onion finely minced 

2 garlic cloves finely minced

3 tbsp soy sauce 

3 tbsp ketchup

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Directions 

Pre heat oven to 375°F. Spray your baking sheet with cooking spray and place a wire rack on the baking sheet.

In a large bowl place your ground beef and add all your ingredients for the meatballs and mix together

Using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon for the right size meatballs. Form them into meatballs, about one tablespoon for each meatball about 1” size and roll into a ball

Place on baking sheet and place in preheated oven.  Bake for 20 minutes

Remove from oven and set aside.

While meatballs are cooking prepare your glaze  

Place all your glaze ingredients in a medium size saucepan

Turn heat to medium high and bring ingredients to a slight boil for about two minutes, watching carefully not to allow ingredients to boil over. Reduce heat to medium low and allow to simmer for about 10-15 minutes to let the mixture thicken slightly 

Pour glaze over meatballs and serve immediately 

Now isn’t that easy and delicious?

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