Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs
Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs are made with ground beef, ground sausage, jalapeno cooked in the pressure cooker with cherry cola, cherry preserve and barbeque sauce.
For Christmas this year, I finally received a pressure cooker! You know what that means?
Yes! Lot’s of pressure cooker recipes are coming your way starting with theseΒ Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs.
Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs
You may have tried our Fall Off the Bone Crockpot Cola Ribs from a few months back and know how delicious and simple cooking with cola can be. The meatballs themselves are a basic meatball recipe with egg, oats and seasonings with some added finely chopped jalapeno for flavor and kick. Drop the meatballs in the pressure cooker with barbeque sauce, cola and a cherry preserve.
Serve the Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs with mashed potatoes or rice paired with a vegetable for a great family dinner.
Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs |

Cherry Cola Jalapeno Meatballs are made with ground beef, ground sausage, jalapeno cooked in the pressure cooker with cherry cola, cherry preserve and barbeque sauce.
- 1 pound lean ground sirloin
- .5 pound ground Italian sausage
- .5 cup oats
- 1 teaspoon Italian medley seasoning
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 onion, finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
- 1 jalapeno, very finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
- .5 teaspoon salt
- .5 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup barbeque sauce
- 1/4 cup cherry preserve
- 2 cups cherry cola
- In a mixing bowl, add your ground meats and use your hands to mix together (gloves recommended).
- Add the oats, Italian seasoning, eggs, chopped onion, chopped jalapeno, salt, and pepper to the meat and mix all together.
- Cover and place in fridge for up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Form the meatballs with your hands or a meat baller and place onto a baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- In the inner pot of the pressure cooker, add barbeque sauce (your favorite), cherry preserve and the cherry cola. Press the sautee button to 5 minutes and whisk ingredients.
- Dump the meatballs into pressure cooker and close lid.
- Press the soup/stew button and cook for 20 minutes.
- Let the pressure cooker depressurize and then carefully release the steam.
- Serve.
Do you own a pressure cooker? What are some of your favorite recipes in it so far because I will be using a lot of mine here in the coming months.
I bet the caramelization these is just amazing, especially with the sugar in the soda. This sounds like an amazing combo!
Cherry, coke, and jalapeno in the same recipe? Too weird not to be great!
I just got a pressure cooker for Christmas so the timing on this is perfect! Looks delish!
I just got mine too and love it!
What a flavor combination! They look really tasty so I”m pinning this. Going to ask for an Instant Pot for Valentine’s Day. Don’t judge me – I’m off candy and flowers. π
haha, I’m the same way. You will love it!
Cherry Cola sounds really interesting combo, Need to try this recipe π