Tailgate 500 Meatballs

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 oranges
• 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, divided
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce (i prefer frank's)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon coriander seed, crushed
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated
• 1/4 teaspoon orange zest
• 3/4 cup beef stock
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 lbs ground turkey
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 4 eggs

Recipe

• 1 to prepare sauce juice the oranges (about 1 cup).
• 2 prepare the 1/2 teaspoon orange zest to divide 1/4 teaspoon each between sauce and meatballs.
• 3 mix all sauce ingredients in a microwavable bowl.
• 4 heat to boiling.
• 5 let stand 10 minutes.
• 6 taste. add additional hot sauce or brown sugar if desired.
• 7 pour a small amount of sauce into the bottom of a 6 quart crockpot, just enough to cover the whole surface.
• 8 for meatballs mix the grated ginger and 1/4 teaspoon of the orange zest into the liquids to disperse them so that no one gets an unpleasantly concentrated suprise.
• 9 mix all the ingredients together very well.
• 10 form small meatballs and pack them firmly.
• 11 brown the meatballs in skillet or oven.
• 12 pile meatballs into the crockpot.
• 13 cover with the rest of the sauce.
• 14 cook on low for about 4 hours.
• 15 stir every hour to make sure that all meatballs absorb the sauce equally.
• 16 note:prep time does not include time to brown meatballs because that will depend on the method chosen.