If you want to celebrate some Irish heritage for St. Patrick’s Day and mix it up from the traditional corned beef meal, meatballs are a delicious and versatile dish. You can serve them as an appetizer or as a main course over mashed potatoes.
Typical Irish meatball recipes include Irish whiskey – try this one with a delicious, rich sauce made with Guinness® traditional Irish stout beer! The kids will have fun helping you roll them.
An easy make-ahead meal, you can freeze a batch ahead of time or whip them up the day before. They’re even better after they’ve spent some time getting “sauced” in the crockpot.
Guinness Meatballs
MEATBALL INGREDIENTS
- 2 lbs ground beef
- ½ cup panko or breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- ½ cup Guinness or stout beer
- ¼ cup onion, chopped small
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
SAUCE INGREDIENTS
- 1 pint Guinness beer
- ¼ cup molasses
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
TO MAKE
- In a large bowl, combine all meatball ingredients. Use a small scoop to keep them uniform (for even cooking), roll mixture into 2-tbsp-sized balls. Sear them in a pan on the stovetop just until all sides are nicely browned. Place meatballs in a crockpot.
- Mix all sauce ingredients and transfer to the crockpot with the meatballs, stirring gently to coat them. Cook on low for 2.5 hours.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
