Sweet and Sour Meatball Recipe
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Sweet and Sour Meatball Recipe
Description
The Sweet and Sour Meatball Recipe uses ground beef mixed with milk-soaked bread that keeps the meatballs moist and tender. Adding finely diced onion, grated garlic, egg, salt, and pepper develops flavor and texture. The mixture is formed into 24 evenly sized rounds.
Meatballs are browned in a skillet, then removed briefly while a sauce is prepared. The sauce combines ketchup, mustard, diced onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, salt, pepper, and water. After deglazing the pan with this sauce, the meatballs return to the pan, coated well, and cook covered to meld flavors and finish cooking through.
The sauce is tangy with a sweet-salty profile from brown sugar and ketchup, while the mustard adds mild heat. The green onion garnish adds brightness. These meatballs work baked into a meal with pasta or rice, or served on their own as a flavorful appetizer.
Ingredients
for the meatballs-
- 2 lices sandwich bread cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 lb ground beef 80/20
- 1/4 cup onion finely diced
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 1 egg
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
for the sauce-
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tsp mustard
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tbsp onion finely diced
- 1 clove garlic grated
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- green onion diced, for garnish
Instructions
- In a large bowl, soak pieces of bread in milk until soggy, about 3 minutes.
- Add in remaining meatball ingredients and stir together until well combined, being careful not to overwork the meat.
- Using a cookie scoop, divide the mixture into approximately 24 meatballs. Roll each individual meatball to be evenly round.
- Heat large skillet over medium-high heat. Place meatballs into hot pan and brown on all sides.
- While meatballs are cooking, measure all ingredients for the sauce and whisk to combine in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Once meatballs are brown (not fully cooked through), remove from pan and deglaze with the sauce, scraping the bottom of the pan to get all of those delicious brown bits.
- Place meatballs back into skillet and coat in sauce.
- Cover and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Garnish with green onion and serve as is as an appetizer or over pasta or rice for a main dish.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 349 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 349kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 40g | 13% |
| Protein | 29g | 58% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 115mg | 38% |
| Sodium | 795mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 720mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 29g | 58% |
| Vitamin A | 422IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 114mg | 11% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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