Description
A wonderful savory meatball and sweet sauce recipe that works as a main dish, or you can use just the meatball recipe part for parties. I recommend serving over white rice.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup dry bread crumbs
- ½ cup finely chopped onion
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained with juice reserved
- ⅓ cup water
- 3 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 1 large green bell pepper, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a large
- shallow baking sheet.
- In a large bowl
- thoroughly mix the ground beef
- eggs
- bread crumbs and onion. Sprinkle with ginger
- seasoning salt
- pepper
- Worcestershire sauce and sugar. Shape into one inch balls.
- Place meatballs in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes; set aside.
- To make the sauce
- mix enough water with the reserved pineapple juice to make 1 cup. In a large pot over medium heat
- combine the juice mixture
- 1/3 cup water
- vinegar
- soy sauce
- and brown sugar. Stir in cornstarch
- ginger and seasoning salt
- until smooth. Cover and cook until thickened.
- Stir pineapple chunks
- carrot
- green pepper and meatballs into the sauce. Gently stir to coat the meatballs with the sauce. Simmer
- uncovered
- for about 20 minutes
- or until meatballs are thoroughly cooked.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 8