2011-08-08
sweet and sour meatballs
As I was walking around the grocery store yesterday, a pound of ground veal whispered "meatballs" to me. I was thinking Swedish, but ended up making this, which was a huge hit with all:
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground veal
1 cup bread crumbs
2 eggs
1.5 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 cup very finely chopped onions
I made small (1") meatballs of this mixture and browned them in a 12" pan (they all fit with a little jiggle room). In a large saucepan, I made the sweet-and-sour sauce with the following:
1 cup rice vinegar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp soy sauce
Juice from 14 oz can of pineapple chunks
4 tsp corn starch in a slurry with 1/4 cup water
I added the meatballs to this and kept it all simmering. Sauteed a green pepper and a red pepper in the frypan and added this and the pineapple chunks to the sauce. Served over white rice. This hits both the sweet and the sour buttons very hard.