Recipe Description
MEATBALLS:
2 lbs ground beef
1-2 cups bread crumbs
1 eggs
salt & pepper for taste
SWEET & SOUR SAUCE:
1 cup pineapple juice
½ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup white vinegar
2 TBSP soy sauce or teriyaki sauce
2 TBSP corn starch
Recipe Directions
MEATBALLS:
In large bowl, mix all the ingredients together till mixed well. Add extra bread crumbs if mixture is to wet & sticky.
Make desired sized meatballs.
In frying pan, fully cook meatballs or slightly brown in frying pan & finish cooking in the oven.
SWEET & SOUR SAUCE:
In small bowl, add corn starch to pineapple juice. To avoid clumps, keep stirring as you add the corn starch to the juice.
Mix corn starch mixture & all other ingredients together in sauce pan.
Over medium-high heat, stir constantly till it starts to bubble & the color changes from a cloudy milky brown color liquid to a light-medium caramel color thick glaze.
Remove from heat & as sauce cools it will thicken a little more.
Serve over rice or noodles with pineapples on the side.
HELPFUL NOTES & HINTS:
Recipe is extremely easy to double.
Could use any meatball recipe if you have a favorite recipe or in a quick pinch frozen meatballs work great.
If you are only using the juice from the canned pineapple but do not get quite a cup of juice, add enough water to reach a full cup.
If doubling the sauce recipe but do not want a super sweet sauce, use 1 cup of juice & 1 cup water.
Add extra teaspoon of vinegar for extra tartness to sauce.
Some great additions ideas:
Green peppers, carrots,snow peas, mini corn on the cob
