Love the spinach dip at restaurants like TGIFriday's and the Olive Garden? Make it at home with these easy-to-follow copycat recipes.


3 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup chopped onions, divided
1/2 cup fine dry seasoned bread crumbs
3 eggs
1 can (12 ounce size) beer
1 can (6 ounce size) spicy V-8 vegetable juice or use regular V-8
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon hot sauce
salt and pepper, to taste
1 bottle (14 to 16 ounce size) ketchup
1 teaspoon horseradish
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Combine ground beef, 1/2 the onions, seasoned bread crumbs, and eggs. Make the mixture into small meatballs. Cook meatballs in a large skillet, turning to brown all sides, or bake in the oven until browned, about 30 minutes at 375 degrees F. Drain meatballs and discard fat.
In a saucepan combine remaining ingredients. Simmer for 15 minutes. Put meatballs and sauce into slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW for 3 to 6 hours. Gently stir the meatballs occasionally.
To make them more saucy, add a little more ketchup and V-8, along with seasonings, to taste.
Golden, Columbia, South Carolina USA
Love the spinach dip at restaurants like TGIFriday's and the Olive Garden? Make it at home with these easy-to-follow copycat recipes.
The name, vodka, comes from the Russian phrase zhiznennaia voda, or "water of life". It can be made from everything from potatoes to beets. It's considered to be fairly flavorless which makes it a great liquor for mixed drinks.
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reviews & comments
November 2, 2013
Good and spicy!! Loved this recipe and will make again soon. It makes a good size for a party but I could see having to double it next time because it went so fast.
August 19, 2013
You honestly don't taste the beer in this unless you use something really strong. It gets most of the flavor from the v8 juice. Very good tender meatballs though. If you don't want to bother with the beer you could just use beef broth in place of it.