Bottled sweet-and-sour sauce is the easy glaze for homemade meatballs.
Sweet and Sour Meatballs
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 30
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup Progresso™ plain bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 jar (10 oz) sweet-and-sour sauce

Make With
Progresso Breadcrumbs
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, mix beef, onion, bread crumbs, milk, salt, pepper and egg. Shape mixture into thirty 1-inch meatballs. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, place meatballs.
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Step2Bake uncovered about 15 minutes or until meatballs are no longer pink in center and thermometer inserted in center reads 160°F.
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Step3In 2-quart saucepan, mix meatballs and sweet-and-sour sauce. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce and meatballs are hot. Serve hot with toothpicks.
Nutrition
45
Calories
2g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Meatball
- Calories
- 45
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 45mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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