Sweet & Sour Meatballs

This is one of my favourite dishes, the one I always ask for on my birthday.  The recipe came from my mom who was given the dish as a "welcome to the neighbourhood" when my parents bought their first house before any of us kids came along.

FOR THE MEATBALLS:

• 1 1/2 pounds of ground beef
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs
• 2 eggs
• salt, pepper, and onion to taste

FOR THE SAUCE: 

• 4 tbsp soya sauce
• 6 tbsp vinegar
• 1 cup catsup
• 6 level tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 cups water
• 2 cans pineapple chunks with liquid

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Mix ground beef, bread crumbs, eggs, and seasoning together.  Roll into meatballs and place in a deep baking dish.
3. Bake the meatballs in the oven for 30 minutes (or until cooked), flipping them once.
4. While the meatballs are cooking, in a dutch oven pot bring to a boil the ingredients for the sauce.  Be careful as the sauce has a low boiling point and burns easily.
5. Add cooked meatballs.  Stir occasionally until the sauce thickens.
6. Best served over rice.

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