Meatballs With Tomato With Juice Gravy

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs ground deer meat
• 1/2 lb ground sausage
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 small chopped onion
• 6 saltine crackers, crushed
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch (or more if needed)
• 4 cups tomato juice

Recipe

• 1 mix the ground beef, sasuage, salt, pepper, chili powder, onion, crackers, 1 beaten egg and 1 cup tomato juice.
• 2 shape into balls about the size of walnuts and bake at 350 about 30 minutes, turn and bake about 20 more minutes.
• 3 you can drain the drippings off or leave them, sometimes i leave them if there is not too much grease.
• 4 mix remaining juice, cornstarch, a little chile powder and some of the dripping from the pan, i warm the sauce up in the microwave just a little before putting in the hot pan.
• 5 put back in the oven till juice thickens or is good and bubbly.