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sweet and sour meat balls

Recipe by
Anna Sims
Oceanside, CA

This recipe is a little time consuming because you have to form each meat ball one by one and I make mine kind of small, but I love this recipe and have never served it to anyone who didn't love it.

yield 4 -6
prep time 20 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Pan Fry

Ingredients For sweet and sour meat balls

  • 1 pkg
    ground beef
  • 1 small can
    chunk pineapple (drained)
  • 1/2 clove
    garlic
  • 1 sm
    onion
  • 1 lg
    green bell pepper
  • 1/3-1/2 c
    soy sauce
  • 1/2 bottle
    sweet & sour sauce
  • to taste pinch
    salt, pepper, garlic salt

How To Make sweet and sour meat balls

  • 1
    Chop garlic, onions, bell pepper and pineapple, finely
  • 2
    Season meat with salt, pepper, garlic salt and soy sauce (the more meat, the more soy sauce, the less meat, the less soy sauce). Be careful not to over season as the soy sauce is salty, after seasoning, add garlic, onion, bell peppper and pineapple
  • 3
    Form your meat balls, then brown in a large skillet or pot
  • 4
    Once meat balls are browned, drain fat and add sweet and sour sauce, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes
  • 5
    Serve over steamed jasmine rice.

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