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sweet and sour meatballs

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Kyra Brier
claremont, CA

This is a big recipe. I have a family of 7, plus we have over frieds when we make this dish. Great as leftovers too. May be served on a toothpick at parties.

(1 rating)
yield 7 -12
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 2 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For sweet and sour meatballs

  • (meatballs)
  • 3 lb
    ground beef
  • 1 c
    bread crums, plain or homemade
  • 1/2 c
    milk
  • 1 c
    minced white or yellow onion
  • 3 Tbsp
    worcester suace
  • 2 clove
    minced garic
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 tsp
    black pepper
  • 1 tsp
    salt not to much
  • (suace)
  • 2 c
    packed brown suger
  • 2 Tbsp
    heaping tbs. of corn starch
  • 1 c
    apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 c
    soy sause dark
  • 2 can
    pineapple, chunks and all of the juice
  • 1
    green bell pepper
  • 1
    red bell pepper
  • 6 c
    cooked white rice

How To Make sweet and sour meatballs

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 375* (meatballs)
  • 2
    Mix all meatball stuff together well. beef, bread crums, milk, onion, worchester, garlic, eggs, pepper and salt.
  • 3
    Roll into 1/2 inch or 1 inch balls. Place on cookie sheet with some space between each ball.
  • 4
    Place in heated oven and cook for 30 to 45 min. (till cooked thrue)
  • 5
    (Suace) Use a big pot, will be simmering meatball in suace. If suace is to sweet add more vinegar, if to Sour add more brown suger.
  • 6
    Heat pot...warm...can still tuch bottom of pot with finger.( DO NOT MAKE POT HOT! )
  • 7
    Add browm suger and cornstarch, mix well with wisk.
  • 8
    When brown suger is worm add pinapple juice from bouth cans. Stir with spoon till all brown suger disolved.
  • 9
    Add Apple cider vinegar, soy suace and bellpeppers. Turn up heat to med. Simmer till starts to get thick.
  • 10
    Place cooked Meatballs in suace and simmer 30 to 45 min.
  • 11
    Serve over white rice.

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