Make Spicy Meatballs for your next game day! Easy to make and delicious to eat!
Spicy Meatballs are perfect for game day! Game day is a BIG deal around these parts. And by “game-day” I mean any Sunday, Monday, or Thursday during football season. (And if you love meatballs, try our Turkey Meatball recipe too!) 
Spicy Meatballs
Spicy Meatballs!
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Spicy Meatball Ingredients
- Ground beef – 2 pounds ground beef
- Breadcrumbs – 1 cup breadcrumbs original style
- Bacon – 3/4 cup cooked/crumbled bacon I like to cook my bacon in the oven and then stash it in the freezer for later
- Parmesan – 1/4 cup fine grated Parmesan cheese
- Egg – 1 egg
- Hot sauce – 1/2 cup Tabasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce
- Dip – blue cheese dressing for dipping
How do you make homemade spicy meatballs? (step-by-step directions)
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In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except blue cheese. Mix together with your hands (go ahead, get a little dirty!) and roll into meatballs (makes about 40 appetizer sized balls).
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Place in a single layer on an oven-safe baking pan or dish, and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes (until centers are no longer pink).
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Serve warm with blue cheese dipping sauce, or be like my husband and stuff it all in a hoagie and enjoy a giant smoked chipotle meatball sub!
Scroll down to the printable recipe card toward the bottom of this article for ingredient measurements and detailed cooking instructions.
I have to be honest, despite watching countless hours of football with my dad. And infinity more with my husband. I have only the most tenuous grasp of the game.
Which is fine, really, because I’d much rather be in the kitchen whipping up some delicious party food for the masses.
My boys love (love love love) meatballs, and smoked chipotle just brings these to the next level.
I slipped away (alone!) to Target for ingredients while the boys were running drills in the back yard (not kidding!), and possibly took just a few minutes longer than absolutely necessary.
The meatballs came together in no time at all, and when the guys piled onto the couch for game time, everything was ready Freddy.
This is definitely going on my list of holiday party recipes, and I’m going to give you one of my favorite party food tips – make these ahead and freeze them!
Make a double, triple, or quadruple batch and freeze in gallon bags. You can whip them out and impress people for months! Well, if they last that long. Which, they probably won’t. Because they’re amazing.
More recipes with ground beef
- Hamburger beef stroganoff
- Tater tot hot dish recipe
- Mexican one skillet
- Wendy’s chili recipe
- Stuffed cabbage roll soup
- Cheese burger soup
- Classic shepards pie
- Make sure to check out all our recipes with ground beef!
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How to make Spicy Meatballs
Spicy Meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 cup breadcrumbs original style
- 3/4 cup cooked/crumbled bacon I like to cook my bacon in the oven and then stash it in the freezer for later
- 1/4 cup fine grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup Tabasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce
- blue cheese dressing for dipping
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except blue cheese. Mix together with your hands (go ahead, get a little dirty!) and roll into meatballs (makes about 40 appetizer sized balls).
- Place in a single layer on an oven-safe baking pan or dish, and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes (until centers are no longer pink).
- Serve warm with blue cheese dipping sauce, or be like my husband and stuff it all in a hoagie and enjoy a giant smoked chipotle meatball sub!
Notes
Nutrition
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11.19.15
Jessica says
YUM! I am totally pinning this recipe, it sounds like a winner.
April says
thanks Jessica, hope you love it!
Amy @Very Culinary says
My house is never without Tabasco. Or bacon. Love these!
April says
ours either Amy!
Charbel says
I am going to have to make this for my husband! He loves football and he loves meatballs. Thanks for sharing!
April says
sounds like our guys would get along well 😉
Patricia @Grab a Plate says
Meatballs are one of my favorite things, and I just LOVE the addition of bacon and the chipotle sauce. Oh wow! A must try 🙂
April says
thanks! hope you love them 😀
Emily Stephens says
Well don't these look delicious! When are you making them again – I think I might be in the area that day! Anything with Tabasco Chipotle sauce gets my taste buds dancing! #client
Jennifer Fishkind says
I CANNOT wait to try these! Quick and easy! My kind of recipe!
Debbie Gold says
I would have no problem with storing these meatballs. I’m sure that they would all be gone before the ziplock bag was out of the box. LOL! Look so yummy!