Sweet and Sour Meatballs

By bobcat

Ingredients

• Meatballs:
• 3 lbs lean hamburger
• 3 eggs
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups cracker crumbs
• 1 tsp garlic salt or powder
• Oil
• Sauce:
• 2 jars sweet and sour sauce
• 1 large can crushed pineapple
• 3 tb soy sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tb cornstarch (more if needed)

Preparation

Step 1

Combine hamburger, eggs, cracker crumbs, green pepper, and garlic salt together. Form into balls. In a small amount of oil in large skillet, brown meatballs on all sides. When done, place in crockpot.

Sauce:

Mix sweet and sour sauce, brown sugar, and just the juice from the pineapple together in a heavy saucepan. Make a paste with the cornstarch and soy sauce and add to ingredients in pan. Bring to a soft boil and add pineapple. If sauce needs thickened, keep adding more of the cornstarch/soy sauce paste. Ratio is 1 tb soy sauce to 1 tb cornstarch.

Place thickened sauce over meatballs in crockpot and heat thoroughly together.