Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Pamma Lamma Ding Dong's Note:

This is a recipe my mom made for years and years. I've made it for parties as well as when I've had company over for supper. Everyone loves these meatballs. These meatballs are made without the addition of pineapple.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

For the meatballs

• 1 lb ground beef
• Worcestershire sauce , to taste
• 3 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• oregano , to taste
• 1 egg , slightly beaten
• salt and pepper , to taste
• 1 clove garlic , minced
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

For the sauce

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ½ cup onion , chopped
• ¾ cup brown sugar , packed
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce

Directions:

1. For meatballs: Mix all ingredients (minus oil) together. Form into balls. Fry in oil until golden then place on paper towel to drain. Set aside
2. For Sauce: In medium saucepan, fry onion in oil until tender. Add all other sauce ingredients and simmer 20 minutes. Add meatballs and cook 1 hour on medium. Serve and Enjoy!
3. *You can also place browned meatballs and sauce mix into crock pot.

Reviews

[TwoBlueOnePink]

These were SO good!! We doubled the meatballs and tripled the sauce. I did bake the meatballs instead of frying them. Served over rice with steamed veggies. I agree with some of the other post next time I will decrease the ketchup just a little bit. Had the left overs for lunch today and the sauce was even better today! We will be making these again.

[unbeso18]

Just made these and they were so good! It was a little more on the sweet side so I added more vinegar and they came out perfect! I also added pepper flakes since I like a little heat in my food. I served them on top of spaghetti YUM! I will definitely be making these again! Thank you so much for sharing!

[Puffjelo]

Delicious! The only thing is that as written, the sauce was a bit too sweet and missing something. I added additional vinegar (I used cider vinegar) and soy sauce. I also added some black pepper and crushed red pepper, and it came out perfect. I used Trader Joe's veggie meatballs, and simmered for about 25 minutes with them, and it was great!