Taste of Home
Slow-Cooker Sweet Sour Meatballs
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Cook: 5 hours
YIELD: 2 servings.
For a meal on busy days, I pop ready-made meatballs in the slow cooker to make this tantalizing Asian-style specialty. Nothing is more convenient than walking in the door to dinner. —Lisa Stepanski, Munnsville, New York
Ingredients
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16 frozen fully cooked homestyle meatballs (1/2 ounce each) , thawed
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
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1/3 cup white vinegar
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1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
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1/2 medium green pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
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1 can (8 ounces) pineapple chunks, undrained
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Hot cooked rice, optional
Directions
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1.
Place meatballs in a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cornstarch, vinegar and soy sauce; pour over meatballs. Add green pepper. Cover and cook on low for 4-1/2 hours or until pepper is crisp-tender.
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2.
Stir in pineapple; cover and cook 30 minutes longer. Serve with rice if desired.
Nutrition Facts
8 meatballs: 794 calories, 29g fat (10g saturated fat), 186mg cholesterol, 582mg sodium, 94g carbohydrate (63g sugars, 2g fiber), 39g protein.
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