Mmmm. Frozen meatballs.

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We had a party a couple of weekends ago. To prepare for this party, we stocked up on foodstuffs from Costco, including a humongous bag of frozen meatballs.

We ended up with about 2/3 of the bag left.

Now, the meatballs are fairly tasty, for premade frozen meatballs. But my wife and I can’t eat more than, say 18 meatballs between us in one meal. So we’ve cooked pasta a couple of times and put meatballs in the sauce, but we still have half a bag of meatballs left.

Here’s where you can help: what other tasty things can we do with these meatballs? I’m not looking for super-fancy highfalutin’ haute cuisine meatball recipes – but if you have one, great. I just want some non-pasta-sauce ideas on how to serve them.

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Soups: Italian Wedding Soup or Mexican Albondigas SoupAlso, try them instead of stew meat in your favorite beef stew recipe. Ditto in any stroganoff recipe.

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How about Italian wedding soup? Meatballs, chicken broth, small pasta like orzo and chopped greens (kale or spinach.)

I do Greek meatballs sometimes. Similar to Italian, but flavor the sauce with oregano and a pinch of cinnamon and serve with rice, rather than pasta.

They’d also be good in a curry sauce of some kind–either Indian or Thai.

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Lots of recipes for different meatballs recipes here at RecipeSource.

Some Meatball parm sandwiches. Require a little bit of tomato sauce but not much.

Swedish meatballs are one of my favorites.

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Could you make Swedish meatballs with them, and serve them over egg noodles for a change of pace?

How about sweet and sour meatballs, a Southern party favorite? Put them in a crockpot and simmer them with a jar of grape jelly and a jar of Heinz chili sauce. They taste and look a LOT better than they sound.

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-Chop 'em up and make chili.[Chili afficionados please be kind]
-Meatball sandwiches for a “ya’ll come” lunch at work.
-Become popular with the neighborhood dogs as you fling them from your kitchen window.

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Similar idea: a jar of sweet-and-sour sauce from the “Chinese” (in quotes because I have my doubts as to the authenticity of the stuff) food aisle. Add some canned pineapple chunks and some green / red pepper chunks and serve over rice. We’ve done this a time or two.

Obviously this would depend on the seasoning in the meatballs - something heavy on the oregano might not go as well with that mixture.

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  1. Fill crockpot with meatballs
  2. Pour in 1-2 bottles of buffalo hot wing sauce
  3. Cook

Fantastic by themselves, or put 4-5 on a hoagie roll and top with ranch dressing (or bleu cheese if you wish.)

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Variation: For step 2, substitute a couple of cans of cream of mushroom soup. Dang good.

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I second that. One of my co-workers brings that for every potluck, and she’s just not allowed to bring anything else. I think she may throw in some Worcestershire sauce too. Delicious!

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About all I ever do with frozen meatballs is: put about six of 'em in a small saucepan with some tomato sauce. Heat 'em up. Then, put the meatballs on a sub roll with some mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Eat with gusto.