Grandma’s Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Oh man do these meatballs remind me of dinners at Grandma Clark’s!  Good memories!!  I call these meatballs sweet and sour, because that’s what it reminds me of.  I’ve adapted the sauce recipe a bit more to my liking as I like a sauce (lots of sauce) with bold flavors.

Definitely a family favorite and makes great leftovers!

You can serve these meatballs over rice or egg noodles.

Ingredients:

• 2 lb. lean ground meat (I use ground turkey or chicken)
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. Italian seasoned bread crumbs
• 1/2 envelope of dry onion soup
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. dried parsley
• 1 tsp. dried celery flakes
• 2 c. vinegar
• 2 c. water
• 3/4 – 1 c. sugar (use juice of 20 oz pineapple chunks can)
• 2 c. ketchup
• 2 envelopes dry onion soup mix
• 1 c. (or 1 bag) raisins or craisins (or omit and add an additional 1/2 c. sugar)
• 1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks from above (can omit if desire)
• Hot rice or egg noodles

Directions:

1. Meat: Mix meat through celery flakes together.
2. Sauce: Combine vinegar through raisins and pineapple in a large pot.
3. Roll meat mixture into walnut sized meatballs and place them in the pot.  Cover and simmer for 1 hour in the sauce.
4. Serve over rice or egg noodles.

Grandma’s Sweet and Sour Meatballs: