Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Name: Sweet & Sour Meatballs
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g Beef & Pork Mince; 4 Spring Onions (firm white parts) *finely chopped; 1/4 cup 'Panko' Bread Crumbs; 1 Egg; Ginger 1 small piece *grated; Salt; Pepper; Oil for frying; <Sweet & Sour Sauce>; 3 tablespoons Mirin; 1 tablespoon Sugar; 3 tablespoons Soy Sauce; 2 tablespoons Vinegar; 1/4 cup Tomato Ketchup; 1 tablespoon Potato Starch Flour; 2 tablespoons Water

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

When my children were very young, I used to make this ‘Sweet & Sour Meatballs’ quite often. I put these meatballs into their lunch box and they loved them. The flavour of these meatballs brings back happy memories of those days. I always use beef & pork mix mince, but chicken mince is also very nice.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

4 servings

500 gBeef & Pork Mince
4Spring Onions (firm white parts) *finely chopped
1/4 cup'Panko' Bread Crumbs
1Egg
Ginger 1 small piece *grated
Salt
Pepper
Oil for frying
Sour Sauce>
3 tablespoonsMirin
1 tablespoonSugar
3 tablespoonsSoy Sauce
2 tablespoonsVinegar
1/4 cupTomato Ketchup
1 tablespoonPotato Starch Flour
2 tablespoonsWater

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Steps

1

Place Mince, Spring Onion, 'Panko' Bread Crumbs, Egg and Ginger in a bowl. Season with Salt and Pepper. Mix to combine, then roll the mixture into small balls. Place on a plate.
2

Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook meatballs turning for 4 to 5 minutes or until browned all over and cooked through. Transfer to a plate.
3

Place Mirin, Sugar, Soy Sauce, Vinegar and Tomato Ketchup in a small bowl and mix well. In another small bowl, mix Potato Starch Flour and Water.
4

Cook the sauce mixture in a large frypan over medium heat. When it is boiling, add the well mixed Potato Starch mixture gradually into the sauce and thicken up. Add meatballs and combine well.