Recipe: Tasty Sheik's Sweet N' Sour Meatballs

Sheik's Sweet N' Sour Meatballs. Great recipe for Sheik's Sweet N' Sour Meatballs. In a medium bowl, combine the ground beef, egg, bread crumbs and onion. This zesty meatball recipe is always a hit with any crowd.

You can also cook sweet n sour meatballs in the slow cooker if you want to start cooking early in the day. Both recipes result in a great tasting dish. I love the leftovers of this dish and highly recommend that you keep them. You can have Sheik's Sweet N' Sour Meatballs using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sheik's Sweet N' Sour Meatballs

1. You need of Vegetables.
2. You need 2 cups of red peppers, cubed.
3. You need 2 cups of sweet onions, cubed.
4. Prepare 2 cups of broccoli, deflowered.
5. It's of Meatballs:.
6. It's 1 of lbs. Ground Beef (80% lean).
7. It's 1/2 cup of sweet onions, chopped fine.
8. You need 1/2 cup of Pastene Italian bread crumbs.
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of milk.
10. You need 1 tsp. of Worcestershire sauce.
11. It's 1 tsp. of sea salt.
12. It's 1/4 tsp. of black pepper.
13. You need 1 of egg.
14. It's of Meatball Sauté.
15. It's 2 tbsp. of Olive Oil.
16. You need 1 tbsp. of Worcestershire sauce.
17. It's of Sweet N' Sour Sauce.
18. You need 1 cup of ketchup.
19. Prepare 3/4 cup of cold water.
20. Prepare 1/3 cup of vinegar.
21. Prepare 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
22. It's 1 can of pineapple chunks (20 oz.).
23. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of black pepper.
24. You need 1/2 tsp. of chilli powder.

They should be fine kept in the refrigerator for three days or for three months in the freezer. In a large skillet, heat the oil and cook meatballs over medium heat. Turn several times to brown evenly. Continue cooking until meatballs are cooked all the way through.

Sheik's Sweet N' Sour Meatballs instructions

1. Wash and prep your vegetables. Cube the red peppers and sweet onions and deflower and cut the broccoli..
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for the meatballs and mix thoroughly..
3. Roll out your meatballs slightly smaller in size than that of a golf ball. If you got a good eye, the recipe should yield 36 of these scrumptious babies..
4. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees and take a 9 by 15 baking dish, in line it with heavy duty aluminum foil..
5. Next, preheat a large fry pan to high heat with 2 tbsp. of olive oil mixed with 1 tbsp. of Worcestershire sauce. Lightly saute the meatballs on all sides to a slightly brown color. You do not want to cook the meatballs through! Just saute them..
6. When the meatballs are done, carefully place them in the bottom of the casserole dish..
7. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce. Use a whisk to ensure that all the ingredients are mixed thoroughly. Next, add your fresh vegetables and again, mix thoroughly..
8. Carefully pour the sweet and sour sauce and vegetables over the meatballs. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees in the oven for 1 hour. Cook an additional half hour, uncovered..
9. Fresh out of the oven!.

Simply mix the sauce ingredients in a medium bowl. Pour the sauce over the baked meatballs, coating them well. How to serve sweet and sour meatballs Beef meatballs are browned, then simmered in a sweet and sour sauce. Great as an appetizer or as a main dish served over rice. Beef meatballs are browned, then simmered in a sweet and sour sauce..