Pineapple Pacific Potluck

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 large sweet onion, grated
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 1/2 tablespoons soya sauce
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (14 ounce) can pineapple chunks (save juice)
• 2 ounces unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 10 ounces frozen peas or 10 ounces canned peas
• cooked long-grain jasmine rice

Recipe

• 1 mix ground beef, onions, eggs, salt, pepper and 1/2 tablespoon of soya sauce together.
• 2 shape mixture into 32 small balls.
• 3 dip meatballs in soya sauce to coat.
• 4 add any remaining soya sauce to 2 tbsp oil in frying pan and brown meatballs gently.
• 5 place browned meatballs in a 10 cup baking dish.
• 6 drain syrup from pineapple chunks and combine with pineapple juice.
• 7 mix together sugar, cornstarch and 1/2 tsp salt.
• 8 stir in juice mixture and vinegar.
• 9 mix well.
• 10 cook juice mixture in clean pot, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens and boils. the sauce thickens very quickly.
• 11 combine pineapple chunks and peas with the meatballs in dish.
• 12 pour sauce over the meatballs and cover.
• 13 bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.
• 14 serve ontop of cooked rice.