Sweet & Sour Pork Meatballs

30m
Prep Time
75m
Cook Time
1h 45m
Ready In


"These are great tasting meatballs I serve over cooked rice or Chinese noodles."

Original is 5 servings
  • FOR MEATBALLS
  • FOR SAUCE

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (422.7 g)
  • Calories 775.1
  • Total Fat - 50.7 g
  • Saturated Fat - 18.4 g
  • Cholesterol - 213.1 mg
  • Sodium - 879.3 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 16.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
  • Sugars - 7.7 g
  • Protein - 59.4 g
  • Calcium - 75.2 mg
  • Iron - 3.7 mg
  • Vitamin C - 15.2 mg
  • Thiamin - 1.6 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

In a small bowl mix together the 3 tablespoons water and ground flax seeds; set aside and let sit for 15 minutes.

Step 2

Mix together the ground pork, onion powder, garlic powder, ground ginger, salt, pepper and flax seed and water mixture.

Step 3

Form into 1 inch meatballs and place on a rimmed baking sheet.

Step 4

Place in a preheated 350 degree Fahrenheit oven and cook for 15 minutes.

Step 5

In the meantime, melt the coconut oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, add onion and bell pepper and cook until they start to slightly brown on the edges.

Step 6

Remove the meatballs from the oven and place in a 14 inch X 10 inch casserole dish; pour the cooked onion and pepper over the meatballs and set aside.

Step 7

Whisk together the water and corn starch; stir in the remaining sauce ingredients and pour over the meatballs, onion and pepper.

Step 8

Cover and cook in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes; remove cover and cook for another 15 minutes.

Step 9

Enjoy!

Tips


No special items needed.

3 Reviews

ForeverMama

There’s just something about sweet and sour meatballs that feels like a celebratory dish and what a treat it was. Good stuff and delicious served with white rice. I only had a smidge over 1 lb of ground pork, so to stretch it a bit more to serve all of us, added some bread crumbs and an egg to bind it, but used the full amount of seasonings. Also increased the sauce ingredients by half and I’m glad I did as we had the perfect amount to serve it with the rice. Yummers! Thank you, Bea, for sharing.

5.0

review by:
(22 Mar 2024)

Luvcookn

I made half recipe, made the meatballs bigger and did not use the red pepper (can't eat). I did find the cook time at our altitude made them a wee bit dry, but will change that next time. We enjoyed these over rice with Asian beans. Thanks for sharing Bea! Made for Billboard Recipe Tag.

5.0

review by:
(3 Sep 2016)

Gerry

As I made these meatballs I had to wonder why over the years our ground pork was basically used for homemade sausage, cabbage rolls/lazy cabbage roll casseroles! Made half a recipe using freshly ground pork, loved these meatballs. Next time around will be making the full recipe ... looking forward to serving to family and friends! As I see it a great weekend meal!

5.0

review by:
(28 Jun 2016)

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