Grape Jelly Sweet & Sour Meatballs
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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20-24 meatballs
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup soft breadcrumbs
- 1⁄4 cup onion, finely diced
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 2 tablespoons water
- salt and pepper
- 2⁄3 cup grape jelly
- 2⁄3 cup chili sauce (or combine 1/2 cup ketchup with hot pepper sauce to your taste.)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
directions
- Mix ground beef very well with first seven ingredients.
- Roll meat mixture into about 20 - 24 meatballs, until all of the mixture is used up.
- Brown meat balls in frying pan with vegetable oil.
- Turn down the heat to.
- low, and cover for five to seven minutes.
- Remove meatballs to a plate and drain off the grease.
- Add jelly and chili sauce mixture to the pan, letting the jelly melt, and the sauce thicken.
- Add the meatballs back into the pan, spooning sauce over the meatballs, and simmer for another five minutes or so.
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Reviews
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Kirby these meatballs were delicious. We really enjoyed the beautiful flavor that the grape jelly imparted to the dish. I used Welchs grape jam, a chunky sweet chili sauce and added some hot Habanero sauce to it also for a little heat. What a lovely treat this was. The meatballs were perfectly cooked, tender and juicy and the tasty glaze covered the meatballs beautifully. This is a dish that I will make again and again...I served mine over steamed coconut rice...Thanks so much for sharing a new family favourite. Kudos....bk
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I love the Feed Me Bubbe podcast! She's like the grandmother I never had (mine was very glamorous and couldn't cook at all). Grape jelly doesn't really exist in Israel except as a very expensive import, so I used apricot jam. I did spring for the Heinz chili sauce import, though. Delicious, even my picky picky daughters were licking their fingers. I served this over couscous for lunch yesterday and it was a hit. Thanks!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kirby
West Hollywood, CA
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