Sweet and Sour Meatball Recipe

Ingredients
1 lb ground pork
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 piece raw egg
1/2 cup onion minced
1 tablespoon garlic minced
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/3 cup vinegar
1 cup bell pepper red and green combined
1 medium sized onion quartered
1 cup water
3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup carrot sliced
1 tablespoon cornstarch diluted in 3 tablespoons of water
8 tablespoons cooking oil

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine ground pork, minced onion, salt, ground black pepper, egg, and bread crumbs. Mix thoroughly.

Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of mixture and form into a ball shaped figure. Set aside.

Heat a frying pan then pour-in 6 tablespoons of cooking oil.

When the oil is hot enough, pan-fry the ball-shaped mixture until the outer side turns brown.

Once done, turn off the heat and transfer the fried meatballs on a serving plate or bowl. Set aside.

Heat a separate cooking pot then pour-in remaining 2 tablespoons of oil.

When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic.

Add the quartered onion, sliced carrot, and bell peppers then cook for 2 minutes.

Add pineapple chunks and cook for 1 minute.

Put-in the tomato ketchup, brown sugar, and vinegar then stir.

Pour-in water and let boil.

Add the cornstarch diluted in water and cook until desired thickness is reached.

Turn off heat then ladle the sauce over the pan-fried meatballs.

Serve hot. Share and enjoy!

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