Gluten Free Sweet and Sour Meatballs
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Ingredients
  • 2 onion, chopped
  • 2 green peppers, diced
  • 2 large carrots, chopped
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 4 cups chicken broth (I used low sodium)
  • 2 cups tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup vinegar
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 cups crushed pineapple with juice
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp GF soy sauce
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 lbs ground turkey or chicken
  • ⅔ cups GF bread crumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
Instructions
  1. Spray large skillet with cooking spray.
  2. Heat over medium heat.
  3. Add onion, green pepper, and carrots.
  4. Cook for 5 minutes until onion is soft.
  5. Stir in broth, brown sugar, tomato sauce, lemon juice, diced tomato, vinegar, pineapple with juice, orange juice, soy sauce, and ketchup.
  6. Simmer sauce mixture over low heat for 10 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
  7. While sauce is simmering, mix ground meat, bread crumbs, egg, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder; combine well.
  8. Shape mixture into balls (will make approximately 30-34 meatballs).
  9. Place meatballs into simmering sauce.
  10. Cook 20-25 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through, turning once during cooking.
  11. Once done, remove skillet from heat.
  12. Cover skillet and let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Recipe by Let's Be Yummy at http://letsbeyummy.com/2015/09/20/gluten-free-sweet-and-sour-meatballs-recipe/