Orange Glazed Garlic Meatballs

Ingredients

Meatballs
• 10. oz lean ground beef or sirloin
• 3-4 garlic cloves
• minced 1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
• 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Orange Glaze
• 8 ounces orange marmalade
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 green onions, chopped, divided
• 1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped

Instructions

Meatballs
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine bread crumbs, egg, onion, chopped garlic, parsley, red pepper, salt and pepper.
3. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.
4. Shape into 1-inch balls.
5. Place in to a greased 9×13 inch baking dish.
6. Bake, uncovered, for 12-15 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.
Orange Glaze
7. In a small saucepan, heat the marmalade, orange juice, half of the green onions and the jalapeño. Add meatballs into saucepan to coat and use toothpick to remove meatball and place on serving dish.