I also used pre-cooked meatballs and just made the sauce recipe. I did saute some fresh minced onion and fresh minced garlic in some bacon fat until slightly browned. In that same pan I added about 1-2 tsp of chili powder and toasted that for about 30 seconds. I then added the water, ketchup, vinegar (rice wine), brown sugar, worchestshire, mustard powder and tabasco (I added quite a bit more than the recipe called for but we like it spicy!) to the pan but had the burner off. Mixed it all up and poured over the meatballs in the crockpot. My husband came running just from the wonderful smell.
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