Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Scrolling thru Facebook and I found this recipe.

Looks pretty easy to make.  This is also something that could be made in advance so that you can have this for lunch later on, while some of us are still working from home.

Ingredients

Meatballs
1 pound hamburger
2 eggs
1 cup panko or bread crumbs
1 small onion, minced or grated
1-2 garlic cloves (minced) or 1 Tbsp mixed spice with garlic
freshly ground pepper to taste

Sweet & Sour Sauce
½ cup Brown Sugar
¼ cup White Vinegar
1 cup Water or Pineapple Juice
2 Tbsp Cornstarch
1 tsp Soya Sauce
¼ cup ketchup

Stuff you will need

Mixing bowl
Cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
Sauce pan
Whisk
Dutch oven or Slow Cooker

Directions

For the meatballs. Mix all ingredients with your hands. Form into meatballs, place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

For the sauce. Mix all ingredients for the sauce in the sauce pan. Then turn the burner to medium heat on the stove.  Heat till thick and bubbly.  Pour the sauce over cooked meatballs.

Add chunked green/red peppers, onions and pineapple as desired.

Bake at 350 for 30 mins until vegetables are tender in the Dutch Oven, or place in slow cooker on high for 2 hrs.

Serve over rice.

Comments and suggestions are ALWAYS welcome!

Baked Meatballs

Makes about 25 meatballs

Ingredients

1 pound ground meat
1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup finely minced Italian parsley
1 large egg
1 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, finely minced

Directions

Pre-heat your oven.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Do not use a mixer for this recipe.  

Overworking the meat will create "tough" meatballs.  Put everything into a large mixing bowl and mix by hand.  It could take a few minutes for everything to get mixed together.

Although I was able to get 25 meatballs, you could make a lot more if you make them smaller (Obviously).

Arrange the meatballs spaced slightly apart on a cookie sheet. Cook under the broiler for 20 to 25 minutes or bake at 400°F for 30 minutes. 

Do you like spicy meatballs?  They feel free to add spices of your choice.  This recipe is intended to be a guide line to making meatballs, not the absolute and only way to make them.  You could use milk when making the meatballs, but I used whipping cream.  I found it gave a creamy taste that the milk just wasn't getting.

Comments and suggestions are ALWAYS welcome.