Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Submitted by CountryLady

"This is an old family favourite & its SO easy. They can be served as appetizers, taken to a pot luck in a crockpot or served for dinner over rice or noodles."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 18 meatballs

ingredients

• 1 egg
• 59.14 ml dry breadcrumbs
• 118.29 ml ketchup
• 1.23 ml thyme
• 4.92 ml Worcestershire sauce
• 4.92 ml salt
• 2.46 ml mustard
• 14.79 ml very finely grated onion
• 453.59 g ground beef

• SAUCE

• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 29.58 ml butter (or margarine)
• 29.58 ml brown sugar
• 4.92 ml Worcestershire sauce
• 4.92 ml molasses
• 236.59 ml ketchup
• 236.59 ml water
• 118.29 ml vinegar

directions

1. Beat egg until light.
2. Stir in next 7 ingredients.
3. Combine with ground beef.
4. Shape into bite sized balls& place into shallow pan.
5. Bake at 350F for 12 minutes.
6. Meanwhile saute onion in butter in a heavy pot.
7. Add remaining ingredients& mix well.
8. Add meatballs to the pot& heat.

Reviews

[cpenner]

I served these for dinner with rice. The only change I made was to add some pineapple tidbits to the sauce. Baking the meatballs instead of frying them is a good idea... much easier. They turned out fine. I didn't really care for the sauce, though. Far too "ketchupy" for my taste.