Description
A super quick ‘home-made’ sweet and sour sauce with tasty meatballs that are baked in the oven. Serve with rice or over warm noodles as a main meal. Alternatively serve them as a party food with cocktail forks or toothpicks. It may seem there are a lot of ingredients, but the sauce and meatballs take very little time to prepare. A budget friendly family meal or a great recipe to make for a potluck. You can use recipe #487741 homemade ponzu sauce posted by gailanng as a good substitute for the ‘ponzu lime citrus dressing and sauce.’
Ingredients
- Cornstarch
- Water
- Ketchup
- Pineapple Juice
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Ponzu Sauce
- Brown Sugar
- Maple Syrup
- Ground Beef
- Egg
- Applesauce
- Salt
- Fresh Ground Black Pepper
- Dried Oregano
- Soft Breadcrumbs
- Pineapple Chunk
- Toasted Sesame Seeds
Instructions
- For the sauce mix the cornstarch with cup water in a small bowl
- Set aside
- Add all of the remaining sauce ingredients to a small saucepan and stir over a medium heat for approximately one minute
- Add the cornstarch mixture and stir to combine
- Continue stirring until the mixture becomes thick and glossy- about 5 minutes
- Set the sauce aside to cool
- For the meatballs preheat oven to 350f
- Use a food processor to make fresh breadcrumbs
- Add all meatball ingredients to a medium sized mixing bowl and thoroughly mix together
- Roll into small meatballs with your hands, using about a tablespoon of mix at a time
- Place meatballs in a 9 x 13 baking dish and, if using as a main meal, add the optional cup of pineapple chunks if desired – just spread them evenly around the meatballs
- Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the meatballs, ensuring that they are all covered
- Bake for 30 minutes and stir
- Continue to bake for another 15 minutes and stir again
- Check for doneness and bake longer if needed
- Serve over rice or noodles for a main meal
- Lightly sprinkle each meal with toasted sesame seeds or finely sliced green onions for presentation if desired
- Can be served as cocktail meatballs in a single large bowl with cocktail forks or toothpicks