Honey Garlic Meatballs

I often make these meatballs for potlucks and have had several requests for the recipe so I thought I'd just post it here for all to find and enjoy. They are both recipes that I got from elsewhere but I have revised them so much I don't think there should be any copyright violations any more!

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Bon Appetite!

First, the meatballs:
Mix together:
2 Tablespoons soya sauce
2 Tablespoons water
some (1/4-1/2 cup) chopped onion, very fine if you have fussy kids
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger

then add:
1 lb hamburger (the leaner the meat, the better the taste)
1/2 cup oatmeal

Roll into balls, place in single layer in a baking dish (I use a cake pan) and bake at 350F until done. (I have no idea how long...)

Then the sauce:

In a small sauce pan saute:
about 3 cloves of garlic, minced (I use a garlic press)
in 1Tablespoon of butter or margarine.

Add:
1 small can (sorry I don't have a can in the house right now to tell you the exact size) of tomatoe paste
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup soya sauce

Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.

I put the cooked meatballs (along with any juices they've generated...unless you use very fatty hamburger) in my crock pot, top with the sauce and cook for as long as I have. You can also just simmer the meatballs in the sauce on top of the stove for 5-10 minutes until they're kind of glazed.

This proportion of sauce to meatballs gives us enough sauce to serve with rice for a family that likes lots of sauce on their rice.

If you want to use them as "appetizer meatballs" you can double the meat to 2 lbs and still have enough.

If you're serving a crowd use 1 1/2 sauce recipes for 4 lbs of meat.