Jun
28
Filipino Recipes – Sweet and Sour Meatballs – Pinoy Food
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Sweet and sour meatballs recipe is a very easy and quick recipe to make. This is great for dinner parties since it doesn’t involve a lot of hassle in the preparation. This can be done using a pressure cooker or have the meatballs roasted in a pan. This recipe will go perfectly with plain rice.
Ingredients:
- Salt – to taste
- Soy sauce
- Pepper – freshly ground
- Flour – ½ cup
- Eggs – 3 pieces, beaten
- Garlic – 1 clove, minced
- Onion – 1 piece, minced
- Beef or pork – 1 kilo, ground
Sauce mixture
- Cooking oil
- Black pepper – freshly ground
- Flour – 2 tbsp
- Water – ½ cup
- Soy sauce – 3 tbsp
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
- Salt – ½ tbsp
- Onion – 1 piece, chopped
- Garlic – 4 tbsp, minced
- Bell pepper – 1 piece, sliced lengthwise
- Carrot – 1 piece, sliced
- Pineapple – 1 can, sliced (set the juice aside)
Cooking Procedure:
- Get a large bowl and thoroughly mix the beef (or pork), onion, garlic, eggs and flour. Season with pepper, soy sauce and salt according to desired taste. Make balls of about 1-inch diameter from the mixture. Deep fry the meatballs until they turn golden brown. Strain and then drain. Place them on a plate with paper towels to get rid of excess oil. Put the meatballs in a large platter then set aside.
- In a medium-sized skillet, sauté onion and garlic. Add the carrots and pineapple.
- Allow to simmer for about 10 minutes. Add water, salt, flour, soy sauce, sugar and pineapple juice. Allow to simmer until the mixture achieves a sticky consistency. Add the sliced bell pepper and simmer for an additional minute.
- Slowly pour hot sauce mixture over the meatballs. Serve hot and enjoy with rice!
