The big game is around the corner and you’re going to need some easy, delicious apps to serve family and friends. The following are three delicious apps that are perfect for cheering on your favorite team. The key to each one: delicious high-quality frozen meatballs. Frozen meatballs deserve to be in your freezer all the time. They taste great and are endlessly versatile, lending themselves to dozens of dishes with rich flavors that everyone loves.
Regardless of which team walks away with the trophy, buy frozen meatballs and win the day with the help of these tasty treats:
Buffalo Ranch Meatball Subs
What’s better on game day than a meatball sub? These buffalo ranch subs take five minutes to prep and are guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser.
Ingredients
1 package frozen Farm Rich Homestyle Meatballs
1 12 oz jar of your favorite Buffalo sauce
1 Tbsp ranch seasoning
1/2 cup ranch dressing
2 cups iceberg lettuce, shredded
4 oz blue cheese, crumbled
8 – 10 sub rolls
1 tsp celery salt
Directions
- Combine Buffalo sauce and the ranch seasoning in a crockpot. Add meatballs and gently toss to coat.
- Cook according to package directions for slow cooker cooking.
- Assemble the subs by drizzling a tablespoon of ranch dressing on the inside of each sub roll. Add lettuce and warm meatballs. Add crumbled blue cheese and a dash of celery salt.
- Serve immediately.
- Optional: you can toast the sub rolls under the broiler for a minute or two before assembling the sandwiches.
Slow Cooker Hawaiian Meatballs
Here’s another winning recipe for your slow cooker. It features a sweet and spicy Hawaiian-style sauce that makes it impossible to eat just one.
Ingredients
1 package frozen Farm Rich Homestyle Meatballs
1 8.5-ounce jar hoisin sauce
1 12-ounce jar of pineapple jam
1 tsp chili garlic sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp freshly minced ginger
3 cloves minced garlic
2 thinly sliced green onions
sesame seeds
Directions
- Whisk together hoisin sauce, jam, garlic sauce, soy sauce, fresh ginger, and garlic in the bowl of your 4-quart slow cooker.
- Add the meatballs and stir to coat evenly.
- In a bowl, whisk together the pineapple jam, hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, minced ginger, and garlic.
- Cook on high for 3 hours. Cooking on high helps this sauce get wonderfully sticky, so don’t switch things up by cooking on low for a longer time – the results won’t be the same.
- Serve warm and garnished with green onions and sesame seeds.
Smokey Cola-Glazed Meatballs
If there’s one recipe sure to become your new favorite, this recipe for glazed meatballs is certainly in contention.
Ingredients
1 28 oz bag frozen Farm Rich Homestyle Meatballs
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups cola soda (not sugar free)
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisk in the soda, vinegar, brown sugar, and chipotle pepper. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer on medium-low until thickened, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and refrigerate for at least one hour. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
- Bake the meatballs in the oven according to package directions.
- Remove meatballs from the oven and toss with the prepared glaze.
- Return to the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
- Serve warm.
