Sweet & Sour Meatballs

photo by kellychris



- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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10-12
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb ground pork
- 2 cups soft breadcrumbs
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
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SAUCE
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 drops Tabasco sauce or 3 drops rogers hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 green pepper (chopped)
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
directions
- MEATBALLS: Combine all ingrediants, mix.
- Shape into 1" meat balls, brown in butter over medium heat.
- Drain.
- SAUCE: Combine all ingrediants except pepper and pineapple.
- Cook until thickened and clear, stirring constantly.
- Add pineapple.
- Pour over meatballs in large casserole.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes.
- Add green pepper 10 minutes before removing.
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Reviews
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Terrific recipe! Tasty and the leftovers were even better! After reading the reviews, I substituted pineapple juice for 1/2 of the vinegar. When checking the meatballs though, I added the vinegar back to the mix. I also added a drained can of bamboo shoots because I had the extra liquid. We were very happy with the dish and it's a recipe I'll use again & again. The recipe makes tons and the meatballs are bathed in a lovely light colored sauce. It is a wee tart, but more than sweet enough to be pleasing. I served with Asian Inspired Rice #467378. Thank you for sharing the recipe ! :-)
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i'm not a huge sweet & sour person, but this was pretty good! had some homemade venison meatballs and some fresh pineapple i wanted to use up so i doubled the sauce recipe, omitting peppers and adding in onions and a little oj since i didn't have the pineapple juice. forgot to put in the margarine too but tasted good to me. 5yo DD said it's her "most favoritest dinner ever!" and requested the leftovers in her lunch for tomorrow! i think i'll make this into rice bowls, some w/ chicken and some w/ pork and freeze for quick lunches, thanks for a keeper that i'll be using often!
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I took these to an office gathering and they were a huge hit. Everyone wanted the recipe! As a time saver, I used small frozen italian meatballs(defrosted). I also made my sauce the night before, got to work, put everything in my crockpot (including the green pepper), turned it on high and in an hour -great meatballs. This is a keeper!
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Terrific recipe! Tasty and the leftovers were even better! After reading the reviews, I substituted pineapple juice for 1/2 of the vinegar. When checking the meatballs though, I added the vinegar back to the mix. I also added a drained can of bamboo shoots because I had the extra liquid. We were very happy with the dish and it's a recipe I'll use again & again. The recipe makes tons and the meatballs are bathed in a lovely light colored sauce. It is a wee tart, but more than sweet enough to be pleasing. I served with Asian Inspired Rice #467378. Thank you for sharing the recipe ! :-)
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Nimz_
United States
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