Baked Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Tangy sweet and sour sauce infuses your meatballs with flavor.

Covering meatballs with a tangy sweet and sour sauce infuses them with flavor. After you bake a fresh batch of meatballs, you simply cook them in a homemade sauce so that the meat can absorb the flavor. Serve the meatballs as an appetizer at a party or transform them into a main course meal by serving them over a bed of rice with sautéed vegetables. Add this to my Recipe Box.

Things You'll Need

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• Mixing bowl
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 egg
• Cookie sheet
• Slow cooker
• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• Saucepot
• 13 oz. can drained pineapple chunks

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Add 1 lb. of lean ground beef to a mixing bowl. Add 1/2 cup of bread crumbs, 1/4 cup of milk, 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce and 1 egg. Mix the ingredients together and then form 1 1/2 inch balls.

3. Place the meatballs onto a cookie sheet. Bake the meatballs in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes until they are golden brown.

4. Place the baked meatballs into a slow cooker.

5. Add 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tbsp. cornstarch and 1 tbsp. soy sauce to a saucepot. Bring the mixture to a boil.

6. Pour the homemade sweet and sour sauce over the meatballs. Add 1-13 oz. can of drained pineapple chunks to the slow cooker. Set the cooker on low and cook the meatball for eight hours.

Tips & Warnings

• Add other ingredients to the sweet and sour sauce such as sauteed bell peppers, chopped onions or garlic cloves to customize the recipe to your tastes.

• Bake the meatballs until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees F to prevent the risk of a food-borne illness.

References

• Paula Deen: Shane's Sweet and Sour Meatballs
• "Taste of Home": Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs Recipe
• Donough: Sweet and Sour Meatballs
• All Recipes: Sweet and Sour Meatballs