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
- 1.5 pounds ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 1.5 cups bread crumbs
- 0.25 cups finely chopped onion
- 0.75 cups milk
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups ketchup
- 2 cans tomato sauce , 8 ounce
- 2 cups water
- 0.67 cups brown sugar
- 0.67 cups white sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
Instructions
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1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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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.
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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.
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Bake in the preheated oven until the meatballs are cooked through and no longer pink in the center, 60 to 90 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
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