Recipe: Appetizing Zesty Meatball Sliders

Zesty Meatball Sliders. Cajun BBQ Meatball Sliders make the perfect easy potluck or party food! They're the perfect combination of spicy, sweet, creamy, and zesty with a twist. This post is sponsored by Tony Chachere's.

Make the meatballs ahead of time and freeze (in sauce) for a great last minute sandwich. Being able to keep the meatballs warm in a slow cooker is awesome! Just set the slow cooker on low! You can cook Zesty Meatball Sliders using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Zesty Meatball Sliders

1. Prepare of Marinara Sauce.
2. Prepare 1 can of plum whole tomatoes.
3. It’s 1 tsp of Italian seasoning.
4. You need 1 tbsp of dried parsley.
5. It’s 1 tsp of dried basil.
6. It’s of salt and pepper.
7. It’s of Ground Beef Mixture.
8. Prepare 2 lb of lean ground beef.
9. Prepare 1 of egg.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of Italian breadcrumbs.
11. It’s of salt and pepper.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of Italian seasoning.
13. It’s 1/2 tsp of dried basil.
14. You need 1/2 tsp of crushed chili flakes.
15. It’s 1/2 tsp of dried parsley.
16. It’s 1/2 of onion, diced.
17. You need 2 clove of garlic, minced.
18. It’s 24 of mini slider buns.
19. You need 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Zesty Meatball Sliders We had a few people over for an "end of summer party" my hubby and I usually make a bunch of satisfying finger foods and our go to is the fun slider!! We make them a bunch of different ways, this time we went meatball style. The traditional slider is a wonderful hearty appetizer, but I thought I'd jazz it up a bit with these Spicy Pork Meatball Sliders!. This is a simple meatball mixture with just a few ingredients but the key is to skewer the meatballs in kind of an oblong fashion so you can grill them over high heat and get a really nice char on the sliders.

Zesty Meatball Sliders step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix the ingredients for the ground beef in a bowl..
2. Form 24 golf ball size (or slightly larger)meatballs and lay them on a lightly greased baking sheet..
3. Cook meatballs in the oven for 30 min, flipping them 1/2 way through the cooking time..
4. In a pot, add your whole plum tomatoes (tomato juice included) with your seasoning, and crush up the tomatoes using a masher or an electric hand blender. Bring to boil then reduce heat..
5. Add the cooked meatballs into the pot of sauce and let sit for 20 min..
6. Assemble the sliders by placing meatball on bun, shredded cheese, a little more sauce and fresh parsley (optional) ENJOY!.

Place piece of cheese on each meatball and return to oven until cheese melts. Sliders packed with sweet and spicy meatballs and a Colby pepper jack. What is not to love about sliders? They're little, and always packed full of flavor. And these sweet and spicy meatball sliders are no exception!