Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Made with meatballs and pineapple chunks and are covered in a delicious sweet and sour sauce. It’s the perfect appetizer or dinner idea served over rice.

 

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground pork
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 piece raw egg
• 1/2 cup onion minced
• 1 tablespoon garlic minced
• 1 cup pineapple chunks
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1 cup bell pepper red and green combined
• 1 medium sized onion quartered
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup carrot sliced
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch diluted in 3 tablespoons of water
• 8 tablespoons cooking oil

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine ground pork, minced onion, salt, ground black pepper, egg, and bread crumbs. Mix thoroughly.
2. Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of mixture and form into a ball shaped figure. Set aside.
3. Heat a frying pan then pour-in 6 tablespoons of cooking oil.
4. When the oil is hot enough, pan-fry the ball-shaped mixture until the outer side turns brown.
5. Once done, turn off the heat and transfer the fried meatballs on a serving plate or bowl. Set aside.
6. Heat a separate cooking pot then pour-in remaining 2 tablespoons of oil.
7. When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic.
8. Add the quartered onion, sliced carrot, and bell peppers then cook for 2 minutes.
9. Add pineapple chunks and cook for 1 minute.
10. Put-in the tomato ketchup, brown sugar, and vinegar then stir.
11. Pour-in water and let boil.
12. Add the cornstarch diluted in water and cook until desired thickness is reached.
13. Turn off heat then ladle the sauce over the pan-fried meatballs.
14. Serve hot. Share and enjoy!