Brown Sugar Bourbon BBQ-Glazed Meatballs
with Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Carrots
- Wheat
- Milk
One of our favorite chef tricks for taking meatballs next level? Just add a flavorful glaze! Here, we blend brown sugar bourbon seasoning plus garlic into ground beef, then form into meatballs and roast until tender. While they’re still hot from the oven, we toss them in a sweet and tangy blend of BBQ sauce, mustard, and ketchup. They’re served beside creamy mashed taters (perfect for catching that glaze) and roasted carrots with a sprinkle of parsley for a fresh final touch.
Ingredients
12 ounce
Carrots
12 ounce
Potatoes
¼ ounce
Parsley
10 ounce
Ground Beef
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
10.8 g
McCormick Grill Mates Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
4 tablespoon
BBQ Sauce
2 teaspoon
Dijon Mustard
1 unit
Ketchup
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
3 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into ½-inch-thick pieces. Toss on one side of a lightly oiled baking sheet with a large drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack for 9 minutes (you’ll add more to the sheet then). (For 4, spread out across entire sheet and roast on middle rack.)
• Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Roughly chop parsley. • Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 10-12 minutes. Reserve ¼ cup potato cooking liquid (½ cup for 4 servings), then drain. • Return potatoes to pot and cover to keep warm. (You’ll finish the potatoes in Step 5.)
• While potatoes cook, in a large bowl, combine beef*, panko, McCormick Grill Mates Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning, garlic powder, and half the parsley. Season with salt (we used ½ tsp; 1 tsp for 4 servings) and pepper. • Form beef mixture into 8-10 1-inch meatballs (16-20 meatballs for 4). • Once carrots have roasted 9 minutes, remove baking sheet from oven. Carefully arrange meatballs on empty side of sheet. (For 4, leave carrots roasting; add meatballs to a second lightly oiled baking sheet and roast on top rack.) • Return sheet to top rack until meatballs are browned and cooked through and carrots are tender, 14-16 minutes.
• In a second large bowl, combine BBQ sauce, mustard, ketchup, and 1 TBSP warm water (2 TBSP for 4 servings). • Once carrots and meatballs are done roasting, carefully transfer meatballs to bowl with BBQ glaze; toss to coat. Set aside until ready to serve.
• To pot with potatoes, add sour cream and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings). Mash until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed.
• Divide meatballs, mashed potatoes, and carrots between plates in separate sections. • Spoon any remaining BBQ glaze over meatballs. Garnish with remaining parsley and serve.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The brown sugar bourbon seasoning gives the meatballs great flavor, though the BBQ glaze divides opinions — some loved the sweet-and-tangy combo; others found the mustard or ketchup too overpowering.
- Ease of prep: The recipe is straightforward, but watch the meatball cook time closely — several reviewers found them overcooked or dry when following the suggested timing.
- Suggestions: Reduce or skip the added salt in the meatball mixture, as multiple reviewers found the seasoning packet alone made them quite salty. Use only half the Dijon mustard in the glaze if you prefer a milder tang.
- Leftovers: This dish reheats well and leftovers were enjoyed the next day — one reviewer noted the whole batch was devoured in a single sitting with nothing left over 🎉.
- Portions: A few noted the meatball count felt light for four servings; the sides were generally well-portioned.
Reviews from our home cooks
Meatballs taste great! The carrot recipe was good too, and I don't even usually like cooked carrots. The only thing that would make the sauce for the meatballs better is if it could be warmer when it's served on the meatballs. We'd definitely order this one again.
Very flavorful meatballs with that sauce. Roasted carrots are always good and naturally sweet. Potatoes with the added ingredients were yummy. I NEVER need to add the extra potato water however.
This is so good!! A good use of the Bourbon seasoning and the sauce was good. Hints of the ketchup, bbq, and mustard all at the same time.
Very tasty meatballs that paired well with the carrot and potato though the ground beef had a lot of hard gristle pieces and my carrots did not get that nice caramelized look.
Meatballs were great! Not big on the carrots. Mashed potatoes could use some cream cheese or something. They were more bland than we make at home. Could just be that we are not used to leaving skins on them though. They were okay.
We just had this tonight and these are the BEST meatballs I've ever made. 10/10 will most definitely order again. Also the carrots are so sweet probably the best carrot I've had
Yum. Nice flavor on the meatballs but they were so flavorful, the carrots and potatoes seemed bland. I wonder if some paprika or lemon would have added more contrast.
My family HATES meatballs and bbq.... so if we're rating this a 4 star.... that says SO MUCH!! Get ready for an explosion of flavors in your mouth. We're trying to be open-minded and try new things. We were a little hesitant on this one. We're so happy we tried it!
Absolutely delicious!! The BBQ glaze is the most amazing sauce I've ever had
The brown sugar bourbon flavor was amazing, the combination with mashed potatoes was a perfect fit
