Cranberry-Glazed Meatballs
with Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Green Beans
- Milk
- Wheat
Flavorful beef meatballs made with Vidalia onion, garlic, and panko breadcrumbs are the star of these simple, hearty plates. You’ll sizzle them up in a hot skillet, then finish with a tangy-savory-sweet cranberry glaze. Awards for supporting roles go to: sweet roasted carrots and buttery mashed potatoes swirled with sour cream.
Ingredients
6 ounce
Green Beans
16 ounce
Potatoes
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
½ ounce
Vidalia Onion Paste
2 unit
Cranberry Jam
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
9 ounce
Carrots
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Cooking Oil
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into 1⁄2-inch-thick pieces. Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. • Roast on top rack until browned and tender, 20-25 minutes.
Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces or trim green beans if necessary. Swap in broccoli or green beans for carrots; roast 15-20 minutes for broccoli or 12-15 minutes for green beans. (Save carrots for another use.)
• While carrots roast, dice potatoes into 1⁄2-inch pieces. Place in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 10-15 minutes. Reserve 1⁄2 cup potato cooking liquid (3⁄4 cup for 4 servings), then drain. • Return potatoes to pot and mash with sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, gently combine beef*, panko, garlic powder, Vidalia onion paste, and 1⁄2 tsp salt (1 tsp for 4 servings). • Form into 10-12 11⁄2-inch meatballs (20-24 meatballs for 4).
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add meatballs and cook, turning occasionally, until browned all over and mostly cooked through, 4-6 minutes. TIP: If there’s excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.
• While meatballs cook, in a small bowl, whisk together jam, stock concentrate, and 1⁄4 cup water (1⁄3 cup for 4 servings). • Pour jam mixture into pan with meatballs. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook until meatballs are coated and cooked through, 5 minutes. TIP: If glaze seems too thick, add a splash of water.
• Divide mashed potatoes, carrots, and meatballs between plates. Spoon any remaining sauce from pan over meatballs and mashed potatoes. Serve.
Ground beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the cranberry glaze, finding it deliciously sweet and savory. Some wanted more cranberry tang; others found it too sweet.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, though a few noted it was time-consuming or took longer than expected.
- Suggestions: Consider reducing the sauce separately for a thicker consistency. Add more glaze or serve extra on the side for stronger flavor.
- Portions: Several mentioned wanting more sauce; the amount provided didn't fully coat the meatballs for some.
- Veggies: Some preferred green beans over carrots; roasting either vegetable worked well as a side.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was really good overall, but the meatballs did not taste like cranberry AT ALL. Not even a hint. If that is the goal, maybe make the recipe a bit more similar to traditional sweet and sour meatballs.
Meatballs with glaze were a little too sweet for my taste. Did appreciate how easy the meatballs were to make and they were flavorful on their own without the sweet glaze.
Great dish. Added eggplant in place of potatoes. Roasted carrots and green beans. Turned out really tasty. Easy to make. Still looking to create meals with low carb count!
Delish! Great mix of flavors. Swapped for green beans but still roasted them. Fantastic and easy.
Not enough cranberry flavor. I would suggest reducing the sauce in a separate pan to a syrup like consistency. Pour 1/2 over the meatballs in the pan to glaze and the remainder over the meatballs when plating.
Easy to make and delicious. My only criticism is that there wasn't enough cranberry sauce for the amount of meatballs in this recipe.
I especially enjoyed the meatballs! Mashed potatoes were a little dry but overall good.
Absolutely amazing. I added a bit of plum jam to the glaze as well.
Loved this meal only thing is I'd like to try it with turkey instead of beef but flavor wise it is very tasty.
One of my families favorite meals. My family and I are not big fan of meatballs but this meal is on repeat order for us!
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