Sweet and Sour Meatballs
These sweet and sour meatballs are tender, perfectly seasoned, and cooked in a tangy sauce with bell peppers, onions, and pineapples. Whether you serve this as a main dish over rice or as a wonderful appetizer on game day or at a potluck, it will quickly become a favorite.
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 lb lean ground beef I use Laura's Lean Ground Beef
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 cup oatmeal or Panko bread crumbs
- 1/2 small onion minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup diced fresh basil chiffionade the basil and then chop into smaller pieces
Sauce
- 1 cup chopped bell peppers red, yellow, orange and green
- 1 20 oz can pineapple chunks in juice including the juice
- 1 cup chopped onion
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 cup water
- 4 Tbls cider vinegar
- 4 Tbls Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray.
For the Meatballs:
- Mix ingredients together and form into balls.
- Place in prepared baking dish.
For the Sauce:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together brown sugar, ketchup, water, cider vinegar, and Worchestershire sauce.
- Add the bell peppers, onion, and pineapple chunks and stir to combine.
- Pour over the meatballs.
- Bake for one hour uncovered. Serve over rice.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Mom on Timeout