Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Submitted by Pamma Lamma

"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."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 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
• 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
• 3⁄4 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

[bakedapple42]

We compared these to the grape jelly and chili sauce meatball recipe posted by someone else and this recipe won, hands down! Thank you, Pamma, I'm sure this will be a hit at my New Year's Party.

 

[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.

 

[KarmaKush]

sooo goooooood! I baked my balls ;) for 35 mins at 350 degrees then put them in a pot with the sauce and let it simmer and do its thing while i waited for my bf to come home from work. He loooooved them. I am so full! lol<br/>Served them with rice. =)<br/><br/>edit: I also only used 1/2 cup of ketchup and it was perfecto!

 

[BandBluvu]

Excellent! Perfect meal for my picky eaters!!! My husband raved about this for days!! Is now on our favorites list! Thanks!

 

[Chef Ashley in Arnprior]

Excellent. First time making sweet & sour meats, and these were just prefect.<br/>I followed everything, nothing was changed.<br/>I used extra lean hamburger/ground beef, browned them first, and did not have a grease layer onto of my sauce. <br/>(Frozen meatballs will do that to you everytime people - plus they are gross! Make your own!)<br/>I serve them over top of rice, and everyone, even the kids ate them all up.<br/>Next time I will have to double the recipe!