Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Submitted by Angela Polly

"I made this recipe up from other Sweet and Sour recipes while I was living in Ethiopia. Ingredients were scarce so I had to use basic ingredients we had available. This recipe can probably be made using things already found in a typical American kitchen. It's both simple and delicious! Hope you enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 24-36 Meatballs

ingredients

• Meatballs

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1⁄2 - 2⁄3 cup breadcrumbs
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄4 cup onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 egg

• Sweet and Sour Sauce

• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1⁄3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1⁄4 cup pineapple juice (from canned pineapple, reserve pineapple chunks)
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup
• 1⁄2 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

directions

1. Meatballs:

2. Mix together Form into balls and bake @ 350 for 20-25 minutes – turning half-way through the cooking time to maintain shape.

3. Sauce:

4. Mix together ingredients and boil. Pour over baked meatballs. Then I sort of let them meatballs simmer in the sauce for 10-15 minutes and let 'em sit there for a while after they were cooked. I also added in some pineapple chunks from the can while the meatballs were simmering. Hope you like ‘em! We sure did!