Connie's Sweet and Sour Christmas Meatballs recipe

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Ingredients

1 egg
¼ cup water
1 pound ground beef
2 slices bread, crumbled
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 cup ketchup
1 cup beef bouillon
½ cup vinegar
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Nutrition Info

159.7 calories
carbohydrate: 17.2 g
cholesterol: 46.1 mg
fat: 6.1 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 9.3 g
saturatedFat: 2.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 431.3 mg
sugar: 12.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Beat egg and water in a bowl, add ground beef, bread crumbs, salt, and black pepper to eggs and mix thoroughly. Form ground beef mixture into bite-size meatballs, place meatballs into a large baking dish.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are browned and no longer pink inside, 25 to 30 minutes.

  4. Mix ketchup, beef bouillon, and vinegar in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Combine brown sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl and stir brown sugar mixture into ketchup mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and stir until sauce is thickened and bubbling and brown sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add meatballs to sauce, stir until coated, and serve.

Recipe Yield

30 meatballs

Recipe Note

My grandmother's meatballs--always a treat at Christmas and one of our family favorites! Season meatballs as you would a hamburger.

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