This is truly an amazing and easy sweet sour meatballs recipe. Use frozen meatballs, pineapple chunks, and peppers covered in a delicious sweet and sour sauce.
20OuncesPineapple Chunks 1 Can with 100% juice-save juice
1CupBrown Sugar
⅔CupVinegar apple ciderapple cider, balsamic, or rice vinegar
1/2Cup Ketchup
1/4CupSoy Sauce
1CupPineapple juice - from the reserved juice from the can
4Tablespoons Minced Garlic
3TablespoonsCornstarch
Instructions
Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Meatballs
When making this recipe in the slow cooker, add the meatballs, peppers, and onions to the slow cooker.
28 Ounces Frozen Meatballs, 1 Bell Pepper, 1 Medium Onion
In a medium size bowl, drain the juice from the can of pineapple, then add the pineapple to the slow cooker. In the same bowl, add the vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, and cornstarch. Whisk until the cornstarch is well combined.
20 Ounces Pineapple Chunks, 1 Cup Brown Sugar, ⅔ Cup Vinegar apple cider, 1/2 Cup Ketchup, 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce, 1 Cup Pineapple juice - from the reserved juice from the can, 4 Tablespoons Minced Garlic, 3 Tablespoons Cornstarch
Pour the sauce over the meatballs and stir a few times to coat the meatballs with the sauce a bit.
Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or high 2-3 hours.
Sprinkle with parsley, sesame seeds, or diced scallions if desired.
Serve over rice, pasta, or as an appetizer.
How to Make Sweet and Sour Meatballs in 30 Minutes
In a large skillet, add the frozen meatballs, bell peppers and onions. Cover and let cook 5 minutes over medium-high heat.
While the meatballs are cooking, drain the juice from the can of pineapple into a bowl. Set the pineapple chunks aside. Then continue onto adding the brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic, and cornstarch to the bowl. Whisk until the cornstarch is well blended.
Pour this mixture over the meatball mixture in the pan. Stir to combine.
Continue to cook until the sauce thickens, the meatballs and bell peppers are tender. This should take approximately 10 minutes. Once the sauce has thickened and the meatballs are heated through, stir in the pineapple chunks.
If the can of pineapples does not give you a full cup of pineapple juice, no worries, add what you can get drained out of the can.There is a Short Video for This Recipe