Sloppy Joe Meatballs Paula Deen Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef (chuck)
1 lb ground sausage (Jimmy Dean)
1 small onion, diced up
1/2 green pepper, diced up
1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs (Japanese breadcrumbs)
1 (1 1/3 ounce) packet Manwich sloppy joe mix
1 large egg
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup ketchup
3 -4 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 - 1 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400'
Lightly grease a foil lined baking sheet or use a lightly greased cooking rack inside a rimmed baking dish.
In a large bowl, combine the two meats (beef and sausage),onion, green pepper,panko breadcrumbs,and Sloppy Joe mix.
Stir in egg.
Shape mixture into 1 inch balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until done.
If baking in oven with sauce,reduce oven temp to 350'
In a small bowl combine ketchup,tomato sauce, brown sugar,worcestershire sauce, mustard, and salt and black pepper.
In a 13x9 baking dish (lightly greased) add meatballs. Pour the sauce over meatballs and toss gently.
Cover and bake 30 minutes more.
Serve hot.
NOTE: If using crockpot, add baked meatballs to crockpot and pour sauce over top and gently toss to cover meatballs. Let simmer on low for 30 minutes to 1 hour.