Sweet & Sour Chicken Meatballs

Sweet & Sour Chicken Meatballs

Definitely An Americanized Version With Chinese Roots.

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 45-60 minutes

Ingredients 

Meatballs

1 1/2 - 2 lbs. ground chicken 85/15 fat content

1 cup Panko bread crumbs

1 tsp grated ginger

3 garlic cloves, finely minced

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp Mirin

1 tsp onion powder

black pepper

1 egg

avocado oil or vegetable oil for frying

Cooking Tools

Medium mixing bowl

Non-stick frying pan

Directions

Place first 10 ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix.  Shape into meatballs, if the mixtures is too wet, just add more panko.  Drizzle some oil in non-stick pan and just brown on all side, no need to cook through and set aside.

Ingredients

Sweet & Sour

3 large carrots, peeled & cut on the diagonal 

1 green pepper, cut into medium chunks

1 red pepper, cut into medium chunks

1 onion, cut into medium chunks

2 cup fresh Shitake mushroom, sliced

2 cups fresh pineapple chunks

1 small can sliced bamboo shoots (drained)

1 small can sliced water chestnuts, (drained)

1/2 can baby corn, cut & drained

3 cups chicken broth

1 cup pineapple juice

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup Mirin

1 cup ketchup

1/2 cup sweet chili sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp grated ginger

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 heaping tbsp corn starch + 1/2 cup chicken broth (slurry)

salt

pepper

cooked hot rice

Cooking Tools

Deep wok with lid

Directions

Place 3 cups of chicken broth and bring to a low boil, add in carrots first to cook for 5 minutes before adding the rest of the ingredients except the corn starch and chicken broth slurry ( this will be at the end to thicken the sauce). Once all ingredients are in the wok, mix and cook until vegetables are slightly tender. Add in the meatballs and submerge into the liquid to finish cooking on medium-low heat with lid on (approximately 30 minutes). Mix in the slurry throughout and stir gently until sauce starts to thicken, lower temperature and adjust seasonings. Place lid back on and cook for additional 5-10 minutes.  Serve with hot rice.

Serves 6