Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Sweet & Sour Meatballs

SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALL- this is a meatball dish with sweet and sour sauce. This recipe is a classic simply because it’s so delicious.There are several ways to make the sweet and sour sauce; one example is the recipe that we have for the Sweet and Sour Tilapia while another is the basic Sweet and Sour Sauce recipe that we used for Sweet and Sour Pork –this recipe is entirely different from the rest.

NUMBER OF SERVINGS: 5-6

SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALL INGREDIENTS:

• 300g ground pork meat
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 piece raw egg
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 small carrots, minced
• 1 cup cooking oil for frying

Sauce:

• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 small bell pepper chopped
• 1 medium sized onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/2 cup carrot, sliced
• 1/2 cup onion leaks
• 1 pork broth cube
• 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

COOKING PROCEDURES:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine ground pork,  salt, minced garlic, ground black pepper,  carrots,  minced onion, flour, egg and cornstarch. Mix thoroughly.
2. Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of mixture and form into a ball shaped figure. Set aside.
3. Heat a frying pan then pour-in 1 cup of cooking oil.
4. When the oil is hot enough, pan-fry the ball-shaped mixture until the outer side turns brown.
5. Once done, turn off the heat and transfer the fried meatballs on a plate or bowl. Set aside.

Sauce:

1. Heat a separate frying pant then pour-in atleast 2 tablespoon oil.
2. When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic.
3. Add the quartered onion, sliced carrot, bell peppers, pork broth cube, black ground pepper soy sauce and  then stir.
4. Put-in the  tomato sauce, brown sugar, and water then stir. Let it boil until sauce is thicken.
5. Add the pan-fried meatballs into the sauce. Add onion leaks then turn off the heat.