Swedish Meatballs & Bacon Wrapped Chesnuts

I am posting the recipes to these Jarvis Family Traditional Christmas dishes so all can enjoy!

Swedish Meatballs One batch makes about 20 small meatballs.

Meatballs
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 C Bread Crumbs (I used rice krispies that I ground up with a rolling pin)
1 egg
1/4 C Fresh Finely Chopped Onion
Salt and Pepper to taste

Sauce
1 (16 oz.) Jar Grape Jelly
1 (12 oz.) Jar "Homemade" brand Chili Sauce (in the ketchup section)

Form into balls. (I used about a 1.5" cookie scoop.) Place on broiler pan and bake at 400 degrees in oven for 40 mins or till nice and browned. (I took mine out at about 35 mins or so because I was going to be keeping them warm in a crock pot for a while and didn't want them too dried out.)

When the meatballs are 10 mins. from being done, combined Jelly and Chili sauce in a large low side pan on medium high. Once it starts to bubble turn down to low and wait till meat balls are finished. Add meatballs into sauce and coat. Simmer with lid for 20 min.

Or for a crock pot, I added the Jelly and the Chili sauce in the crock pot once I put the meatballs in the oven and set the crock pot on High. Once the meatballs where cooked I put them in the crock pot and let them warm on high for 2 hrs and then turned it down to low.

Serve
I serve this over rice for a main dinner dish.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

Main
1lb. Uncooked Bacon cut in half
2 Cans Whole Water Chestnuts
30-40 Toothpicks

Sauce
1 C Ketchup
1 T Soy Sauce
1/4 C Brown Sugar


Wrap chestnuts with half length strips of bacon and secure with a toothpick. Place on broiler pan and bake at 400 degrees for 40 and nice a crispy. Move to an oven safe casserole dish or corning ware dish.

Combine sauce and pour over bacon wrapped chestnuts fold if necessary to coat. Bake at 400 or 325 (for glass dish) until sauce is bubbling and caramelized (about 30 min.)

Serve