Easy Baked Sweet and Sour Meatballs

"A super quick ‘home-made’ sweet and sour sauce with tasty meatballs that are baked in the oven. Serve with rice or over warm noodles as a main meal. Alternatively serve them as a party food with cocktail forks or toothpicks. It may seem there are a lot of ingredients, but the sauce and meatballs take very little time to prepare. A budget friendly family meal or a great recipe to make for a potluck. You can use recipe #487741 Homemade ponzu sauce posted by GailAnng as a good substitute for the ‘ponzu lime citrus dressing and sauce.’"
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
19
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • For the sauce – mix the cornstarch with ¼ cup water in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • Add all of the remaining sauce ingredients to a small saucepan and stir over a medium heat for approximately one minute.
  • Add the cornstarch mixture and stir to combine.
  • Continue stirring until the mixture becomes thick and glossy- about 5 minutes. Set the sauce aside to cool.
  • For the meatballs – Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C ).
  • Use a food processor to make fresh breadcrumbs ( I used 4 slices of bread with crusts removed).
  • Add all meatball ingredients to a medium sized mixing bowl and thoroughly mix together.
  • Roll into small meatballs with your hands, using about a tablespoon of mix at a time.
  • Place meatballs in a 9 x 13 baking dish and, if using as a main meal, add the optional cup of pineapple chunks if desired - Just spread them evenly around the meatballs.
  • Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the meatballs , ensuring that they are all covered.
  • Bake for 30 minutes and stir. Continue to bake for another 15 minutes and stir again. Check for doneness and bake longer if needed.
  • Serve over rice or noodles for a main meal. Lightly sprinkle each meal with toasted sesame seeds or finely sliced green onions for presentation if desired.
  • Can be served as cocktail meatballs in a single large bowl with cocktail forks or toothpicks.

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  1. The elements of this recipe were nice and we had a very enjoyable meal. My biggest problem was the texture of the meatballs. They were almost too soft to form and sort of melted into a single meat patty in the oven. I did use ground turkey so maybe it had extra moisture. They were well seasoned though and tasted great. The sauce had a nice contrast with neither sweet nor sour being overpowering. It was pale in color and the amount of cornstarch thickened it instantly. Next time I will add chunks of onion and bell pepper when adding the pineapple and reduce the cornstarch. I also appreciated the garnishes at the end. I like pretty. Thank you for sharing the recipe and good luck!
     
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