My brain is melting because I have a party today.
I have this Japanese barbecue sauce that sounded really tasty as well as these homestyle meatballs.
Does anybody have any recommendations of how I should go about this?
At the current moment I'm just thinking of dumping the barbecue sauce and the meatballs in there and call it a day.
I know some people do grape jelly but I don't know if that would take away from the barbecue sauce.
by Fierce-Fionna
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What kind of party is this where the solution is meatballs and barbecue sauce? It doesn’t seem like something you need to have your brain melting over.
Only one way to find out. If the sauce is good, it should turn out fine. As fine as those meatballs can be anyway.
All sorts of combinations work. My favorite is Stubb’s spicy bbq sauce (more vinegary than sweet) and hot pepper jelly.
Just dump it in there and taste it and see if you think it’s too heavy in one flavor area (sweet, acid, salt, etc.) and if so, you can add stuff to balance it. Grape jelly is good for sweetness, so is brown sugar. Soda or fruit juice or tomato paste will add sweetness and acidity. If you try the sauce with the meatballs and like it, Bob’s your uncle, but if you feel like it needs something, you can just take a tiny bit at a time out and try different things with it.
Just dump it and put it on low. Your just heating everything through since it’s all cooked already. Once you see a bit of a simmer turn to warm.
That sauce is great, I use it all the time. Just dump them in with the sauce and it’ll be fine. It’s already sweet enough imo.
KISS
Keep It Simple Stupid. BBQ sauce + Meatballs = Delicious. Anyone complains call them uncultured.
That sauce is actually pretty good straight from the bottle, I don’t think you need to add anything to it.
You could probably just toss the meatballs in a slow cooker with the sauce and set it on warm and call it done, honestly.
Don’t stress, it will be fine.
I used to do this with regular bbq sauce all the time. Just dump it in the crock pot on low, add some water if it starts to get dry
You can add vinegar, brown sugar, or mirin to change it up
I wish the sauce was thicker. It’s kind of thin and runny. It’s pretty good sauce.
Those would be killer stuffed into some steamed bao buns.
If you don’t mind, tell us later how it turned out. There is a Walmart market near me I can get this stuff from.