These delicious Sweet and Sour Meatballs are cooked with our home-made sweet and sour sauce. The meat is made from ground beef and seasoned with different herbs and spices. I am always a fan of sweet and sour dishes. I also made Sweet and Sour fish before and brought it to my friends house and they all loved it! They are fairly easy to make and perfect for a weeknight dinner. I love to serve this with rice or even vegetables.
HOW TO MAKE MEATBALLS?
This recipe starts with home-made meatballs, which are combination of lean ground beef, breadcrumbs, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, onion, scallions, salt and pepper. The meat mixtures are rolled into balls, then bake for 20 minutes or until browned.
HOW TO MAKE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE?
This sweet and sour sauce are made of banana ketchup, soy sauce, vinegar, pineapple juice, brown sugar which are whisked together then poured over the pan after sautéing vegetables. If you have never heard of Banana Ketchup it is a super tasty famous Filipino sauce based made from bananas, it is said that during World War 2 the American Soldiers brought tomato ketchup to the Philippines but since tomatoes were hard to find at the time the Filipinos adapted the sauce using bananas instead! It comes sweet or spicy and is usually found in the Asian aisle of the grocery store. Try it, it is better than normal ketchup! Check out other Filipino recipes https://maeservesyoufood.com/chicken-adobo/ or check my page https://maeservesyoufood.com .
HOW TO COOK SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALLS STEP BY STEP:
Honestly though, the secret for this delicious dish is all due to the sauce and this is the best sauce. When my boyfriend tasted it he said it's better than anything we could have ordered in. Let's make it!
BAKE MEATBALLS - place rolled meatballs on a preheated 350F oven for 20 minutes. DO NOT OVERCOOK the meatballs.
COOK SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALLS - after 20 minutes take meatballs out in the oven. Over medium heat pan, sauté onion, garlic, ginger, bell peppers. Add home made sweet and sour sauce. Add cooked meatballs and stir until well distributed.
Recipe
Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Ingredients
HOW TO MAKE MEATBALLS
- 1.5 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 stalk scallions finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 tablespoon breadcrumbs
- salt and pepper
HOME-MADE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoon banana ketchup
- ½ cup pineapple juice/tidbits
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch - dissolved in 1 cup of water
- ½ cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup bell peppers
- 1 small onion chopped
- 5 gloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger minced
Instructions
COOK THE MEATBALLS
- In a large bowl, mix all ingredients for meatballs which includes ground beef, onion, scallions,bredcrumbs,garlic powder, cumin,chili powder, salt and pepper. Use hands to mix the ingredients all together. Scoop about 1-2 tablespoon of meat from a mixture and form a ball shaped. Place the meatballs into baking pan. Once done, broil meatballs on a pre-heated 350°F oven for 20 minutes until browned. Once cooked, remove the meatballs from the oven and set aside.
SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
- In a large pan, heat oil on medium.Sauté onion, garlic, ginger and bell peppers. Add sweet and sour sauce which includes banana ketchup, pineapple juice, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, dissolved cornstarch. Stir for 3-5 minutes until thickened.Add cooked meatballs right into the sauce, mix together until evenly distributed, Cover the pan and simmer for another 5 minutes. Transfer sweet and sour meatballs to serving plate and served with rice. Enjoy!
Mace says
The best meatballs ever and so easy to make