Meatballs With Sweet & Sour Sauce
"I love this technique for creating a smooth sauce that the kids really love. Meatballs could be made with pork mince or minced chicken for variation."
photo by Karen Elizabeth
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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20 meatballs
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
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Meatball ingredients
- 450 g minced beef
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 apple, grated
- 50 g fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- salt and pepper
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Sauce ingredients
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1⁄2 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 50 g red peppers, diced
- 1 (400 g) can chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon malt vinegar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Mix all ingredients together for the meatballs and process in a food processor for a few seconds.
- Using floured hands, form into about 20 meatballs.
- Fry the meatballs until browned all over for about 10 minutes.
- To make the sauce, first mix the soy sauce and cornflour in a small bowl
- Sauté the onion until transparent then add the red pepper and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the tomatoes, vinegar and sugar and season with pepper.
- Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the soy sauce mixture and cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally until it has thickened slightly.
- Blend and then sieve the sauce.
- Pour over the meatballs, cover and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Serve on spaghetti.
- Hold onto your meatball, in case somebody sneezes!
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Reviews
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Yes, extremely good, moist delicious meatballs in a flavoursome sauce, my daughters friend stayed for supper which ensured that there were no left overs, much to DHs disappointment. Another time, I would allow the meatballs to chill in the fridge for half an hour, some of them did break up a bit when cooking, but the taste was marvellous. I used apple cider vinegar, since I hadn't realised that I was out of malt vinegar. I didn't blend the sauce, because I do prefer as more chunky sauce, it certainly didn't affect the taste. A very good recipe, equally good for weekends or during the week, will be making again, thanks, everydaychef!
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