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Slow Cooker Sweet And Sour Meatballs Over Rice
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Browned meatballs are slow cooked in a sweet and sour sauce with pineapple and green pepper and served over cooked rice.
serves/makes:
ready in:
2-5 hrs
2-5 hrs
1 review
ingredients
1 pound ground beef
1 egg, slightly beaten
4 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
1 tablespoon cooking oil
3 tablespoons vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 can (15 ounce size) pineapple chunks
hot cooked rice
directions
Combine the ground beef, egg, 1 tablespoon of the cornstarch, salt, pepper, and onion in a bowl. Mix until just combined. Form the meat mixture into 1 1/2-inch meatballs.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and cook, turning as needed, until browned on all sides. Transfer the meatballs to the crock pot using a slotted spoon.
In a bowl, stir together the vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, remaining cornstarch, and bell pepper. Pour over the meatballs.
Cover the crock pot and cook on low for 4-5 hours (or on high for 1-2 hours) or until the meatballs are almost cooked through. Add the pineapple chunks and gently mix. Cover the crock pot and cook for 15-30 more minutes or until the pineapple is heated.
Serve hot over cooked rice.
crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
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reviews & comments
August 6, 2013
This is one of my favorite sweet and sour recipes because it's got just the right balance (for me anyway) of sweet and tangy. And I like that the recipe doesn't call for frozen meatballs or premixed ingredients so I feel good about what I'm serving my family. I cook it on low as I don't like cooking ground beef (or chicken) on high in the crock because I feel like it dries out easier.