Sweet and Sour Meatballs
This has weeknight dinner all over it, by using frozen meatballs, it is a huge time saver. Accompanied by a delightful homemade sweet and sour sauce and pineapple!
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 25-30 small frozen meatballs recipe link above for homemade
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 4 1/2 tbsp ketchup
- 6 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
- 4 tsp canola or vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup white vinegar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 cup chopped pineapple
- 1 cup orange or red bell pepper, chopped
- sliced green onions for garnish optional
- chili crisp optional but an amazing topping
Instructions
Sauce
- In a sauce pan on med-high heat, combine all pineapple juice, ketchup, brown sugar, salt, pepper, cornstarch, vinegar, and oil. Whisk to combine. Bring to a boil and keep whisking. After 5 minutes you can move to the crock pot and let it thicken. If you are using on the baked or air fried balls, Let the sauce simmer a bit longer until it has thickened to your liking.
Air FRY
- On 390° Air fry for 8- 10 minutes, toss and air fry for 8-10 minutes more. They should be golden brown
Baking the balls
- Follow the directions on the bag for baking. After they a cooked, toss them in the pan with the sauce, add the pineapple and bell pepper. Let it all simmer about 10 minutes.
Crock pot
- Turn the crock pot on high, add the meatballs, pineapple, bell pepper, and sauce. Cook for 4 hours.
- Top all with chili crisp and green onions!
- ENJOY!
