This easy dish is one my whole family loves! We spoon these sweet & sour meatballs over rice and serve this dish with a fresh Cucumber Salad for a complete meal!
Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Looking for a quick and easy meal this week? Then this Sweet and Sour Meatballs Recipe is the perfect fit! Everything can be prepped ahead of time so that when you get home you can simply assemble and cook! While the meatballs are cooking you can whip up the perfect pot of rice, a side salad and dinner is complete in less than an hour! To make things even better the meatballs are baked, not fried, for easy prep and fast clean up. I make sweet and sour Grape Jelly Meatballs and of course Sweet and Sour Chicken, this recipe is a combination of the two!
How to Make Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Making these sweet and sour meatballs couldn’t be easier! While the meatballs are baking, I prep all of the veggies making this dish pretty quick! I use peppers because they add great flavor (and they look gorgeous). You can add in your favorite veggies based on what’s in your fridge; mushrooms, baby corn, zucchini and water chestnuts are great choices too! If you’d like to make this even faster, you can use frozen meatballs in place of homemade.
How to Thicken Sweet and Sour Sauce: A slurry is a mixture of a thickening agent such as flour or cornstarch combined with cold water or broth. This mixture is used at the end of cooking time to thicken dishes like Beef Stew, Chicken Stew or Easy Swiss Steak. In this dish I mix equal parts cornstarch and water and stir into the bubbling sauce to thicken.
Can you Freeze Sweet and Sour Meatballs?
Yes, however a sauce thickened with cornstarch doesn’t always have the same consistency once defrosted (although it still tastes great). You can thicken the sauce on the stove while reheating using the same slurry mixture.
You don’t need a lot to serve with dish since they’re already a complete meal on their own! My favorite thing to serve with sweet and sour meatballs is (obviously) rice but Chinese style egg noodles would be great too! I do love roasted broccoli or Sesame Ginger Snap Peas to round out the meal!
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