Sweet and Sour Vegetarian Meatballs

Vegetarian Meatballs -- They really taste like the real thing!! We have fooled many people with this.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 12-20 meatballs

Ingredients

• 4  beaten eggs (you can use egg replacers)
• 2  cups  grated colby cheese (you can use imitation cheese) or 2  cups  grated cheddar cheese (you can use imitation cheese)
• 3⁄4 cup pecan meal (if you cannot find pecan meal, you can just grind up pecans in your food processor until they are in)
• 2  tablespoons  onion flakes or 2  small onions, chopped
• 1  cup  cracker crumb
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 2  packages  George Washington broth (golden or dark)

• Sweet and Sour Sauce

• 1  cup ketchup
• 1  cup water
• 1  cup brown sugar (firmly packed)

Directions

1. Mix ingredients in one at a time until well mixed.
2. Form into balls with greased hands.
3. Fry vegetable oil or bake until golden brown lightly on all sides.
4. Place all of the meatballs in a pan or skillet and pour in 2 cups of water and 2 packages of George Washington Broth.
5. Simmer until water almost disappears.
6. (At this point you can use them as regular meat balls make the sauce below) Mix together your sweet and sour sauce.
7. Place the meatballs in a baking dish or in a crockpot.
8. Pour sauce over meatballs.
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or turn on high in the crockpot and leave until all is warm.