Quick and Easy Asian Sweet and Sour Meatballs

This sweet and sour meatball recipe is great for making ahead and freezing. In fact, I often like to make a double batch of meatballs, serve half that batch now and freeze the rest for later.

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And, if you want an easy sweet and sour sauce, I have one! The sauce ingredients are simply plum sauce, asian chili sauce and some ginger paste. Yep – a three ingredient sauce!

KEY INGREDIENTS

- Ground beef - Plain panko breadcrumbs - Canned water chestnuts - Ginger paste - Plum sauce - Asian chili sauce Full Ingredients List

Combine beef, onions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, water chestnuts and breadcrumbs in a large bowl and make 1" diameter meatballs

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Place meatballs in a single layer in a baking dish and put in preheated 400 degree oven for 15 minutes

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After 15 minutes, take baking dish out of oven, cover meatballs in sweet and sour sauce and bake for another 15 minutes

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