Pineapple Meatballs
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Recipe type: Entree
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • Meatballs:
  • 2 lbs ground beef (lean) - (I used ground turkey)
  • 2 large eggs
  • cup dry breadcrumbs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • teaspoon garlic powder
  • Sauce:
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 ¾ cups pineapple juice (reserved from pineapple tidbits – use water to make up the difference if you don’t have enough reserved juice)
  • cup white vinegar
  • 1 ½ tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 (14 oz) can pineapple tidbits
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Make the meatballs by combining all meatball ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well and shape into about 1” meatballs.
  2. Brown Meatballs in a non-stick frying pan and drain on paper towels (or if you want to save time brown in the oven on a cookie sheet while you’re making the sauce).
  3. Make the sauce by combining cornstarch and brown sugar in a sauce pan. Then add 1 ¾ cup pineapple juice and blend until the mixture is smooth. Add vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and stir. Simmer uncovered on medium low until thickened (about 8 minutes – mine only took about 4 minutes to thicken).
  4. In a casserole dish pour sauce over meatballs and add pineapple tidbits. Lightly mix meatballs until they are coated with the sauce. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes or until fully cooked.
Recipe by mommy's two cents at http://mommystwocents.com/2012/10/good-stuff/