Brown Stew BBQ Meatballs (Cayman Style)

Serves 4 – 6  

Ingredients

2lbs Extra-Lean Ground Beef
3/4 cups Bread Crumbs
3 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 medium Onion, chopped finely
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Worcester Sauce
2 tsp Steak Sauce
1 Tbsp BBQ Sauce (Choose your flavor)
2 Tbsp Ketchup
2 Eggs, beaten
Cooking Oil for frying

 Instructions

1. Using clean hands, mix all the ingredients together and place in the fridge for 30 minutes
2. Form 12 golf size beef balls with the mixture.
3. Heat some cooking oil on Medium-High heat in a frying pan;
4. Turn on oven and pre-heat to 350 degrees; In the meantime, sear beef balls in the pan turning until all sides are browned. Set pan aside to make gravy later
5. Place beef balls in 9 x 13-inch baking dish and place in preheated oven for 15 about minutes to finish cooking
6. While beef balls finish cooking in the oven make the gravy

Gravy
1 large Onion, chopped
1/4 each, red and green Bell Pepper, chopped
1 sprig of thyme or 1 tsp dried
1 tsp Pepper Sauce
2 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup
1 cup Hot Water
1/2 to 1 tsp Salt (to taste)

1. Using the same pan used to fry beef balls (and removing any burnt pieces), sautee onions and bell peppers until onions are transparent.
2. Add thyme, hot pepper sauce, tomato ketchup and 1 cup of hot water to pan and stir; taste the gravy and add salt to taste
3. Let gravy simmer until it thickens, then remove from heat. If it gets too thick add some boiling water
4. Remove beef balls from the oven, place in serving dish, and pour gravy over beef balls just before serving.