Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Submitted by Stan Silverman

"Easy, quick, great tasting."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce, divided
• 1⁄2 cup sugar, divided
• 1⁄2 cup lemon juice, divided
• 1⁄4 cup uncooked Minute Rice
• 1 egg

directions

1. Mix the beef, 1 egg, 1 can of the tomato sauce, 1/4 cup of the sugar, 1/4 cup of the lemon juice, and the 1/4 cup of raw rice.
2. Form into small balls (maximum 1" diameter).
3. Put meatballs into a pot with sauce made of the second can tomato sauce, and the other 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup lemon juice.
4. Bring to gentle boil; reduce to simmer. Simmer for about 1 hour.
5. Great meatballs!

Reviews

[nmehkail]

This recipe was all wrong. I liked the idea of sweet and sour meatballs. Since I'm a novice in the kitchen, I was happy that the ingredients were simple. I prepared the recipe exactly as described, although the texture was way too wet. The recipe doesn't say to cook the meat before adding it to the sauce, but I did try cooking it in a skillet with a little vegetable oil. The meat basically would not stick together, and it made a big mess in my pan. I tried to salvage the recipe by adding some items to thicken the mixture up. I added some bread crumbs, but it was still too wet. I added two torn-up slices of bread - still too wet. I added another pound of ground beef; no luck. In my last attempt to salvage this recipe, I added another egg. I tried cooking again, but I got a similar result. I'm not even sure how this all was suppose to taste, but I would not recommend anyone else try it (unless you want to throw your money away on wasted ingredients).

 

[alien8socks]

I completely agree with the previous review. Stupid me, I didn't look at the reviews before I started making it. It was incredibly wet and since the other person tried many things and didnt succeed, I just cooked it for a super long time until it became almost crumbly, hoping that it cooked the meat enough. Then I added worcester sauce sauce and a little of the *extra* sauce this recipe said to make. Ended up making some funky sloppy joes. Hopefully we dont die! :P I would definitely not recommend following this recipe, but manipulate it to make it right. Good luck!