Sweet and Sour Meatballs in Sauce
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Description
A family recipe (from my mother-in-law) for a unique twist on traditional meatballs. These are baked in a wonderful tomato-based sweet and sour sauce, which is delicious over rice! I doubled the original sauce recipe. We love extra sauce, and this recipe will make a lot.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups bread crumbs
- ¼ cup finely chopped onion
- ¾ cup milk
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups ketchup
- 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 2 cups water
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
Directions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- 2. Mix the ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, onion, milk, salt, and black pepper together in a large mixing bowl until evenly combined. Form the mixture into 12 large meatballs. Arrange the meatballs into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- 3. Stir the ketchup, tomato sauce, water, brown sugar, white sugar, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, and chili powder together in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until well combined and hot, about 5 minutes. Pour the tomato sauce mixture over the meatballs in the baking dish. Turn the meatballs to coat in the sauce.
- 4. Bake in the preheated oven until the meatballs are cooked through and no longer pink in the center, 60 to 90 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
serving: 12 large meatballs
calories: 596.8 kcal
carbohydrates: 84.8 g
protein: 28.3 g
saturated fat: 6.5 g
cholesterol: 133.4 mg
sodium: 1620.8 mg
fiber: 2.9 g
sugar: 62.9 g
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