Food and Recipes Recipes Chipotle-Barbecue Meatballs 1.0 (1) 1 Review Start with a package of frozen meatballs and cook with bottled barbecue sauce and cherry preserves for this easy, 5-ingredient appetizer. By Southern Living Editors Published on August 7, 2018 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Chipotle-Barbecue Meatballs. Photo: Jennifer Davick Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Total Time: 1 hrs Yield: 12 to 14 appetizer servings Ingredients 1 (28-oz.) bottle barbecue sauce 1 (18-oz.) jar cherry preserves 3 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, undrained 1 tablespoon adobo sauce from can 1 (32-oz.) package frozen meatballs Directions Whisk together first 4 ingredients and 1 1/2 cups water in a Dutch oven. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add meatballs; return to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 40 to 45 minutes. (Sauce will thicken.) Keep warm in a slow cooker on WARM or LOW, if desired. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Rosina Italian Style Meatballs. Chipotle-Barbecue Sausage Bites: Substitute 2 (16-oz.) packages cocktail-size smoked sausages for meatballs. Proceed with recipe as directed, decreasing water to 1/2 cup and simmering mixture 15 minutes. Makes 12 to 14 appetizer servings. Prep: 10 min., Cook: 20 min. Rate it Print