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Sweet & Sour Freezer to Slow-Cooker Meatballs #SundaySupper

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March 13, 2016 by Wendy Hammond

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As I’ve mentioned before, I LOVE freezer to crockpot meals! These meatballs are perfect to have on hand to throw in the slow cooker in the morning (just make some rice in the rice cooker at night) or to bring to a potluck. The batch makes six gallon size bags of meatballs! Over the past couple of months I’ve brought them to two different potlucks and everyone LOVES them, even those who aren’t usually a fan of sweet meatballs.

Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs

Created by Wendy Hammond on March 8, 2016

This is batch cooking at its best. You’ll need six one-gallon freezer bags to store when you are finished!

  • Category: Main Dish

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic (about 18 cloves)
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1 (106 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained, juice reserved
  • 2 1/2 cups red wine vinegar
  • 6 pounds ground beef
  • 3 cups dry bread crumbs
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup minced onion

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 500F
  2. Using your hands, thoroughly combine beef, breadcrumbs, milk, eggs, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Shape into 1 to 1 1/2 inch meatballs, placing finished pieces close together on lightly greased broiler pans or rimmed baking sheets. Bake for 15 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball reads 160F. Cool meatballs.
  3. While meatballs are baking and cooling, mix the brown sugar and cornstarch in a large stockpot. Add pineapple juice, soy sauce, and vinegar; stir. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 20 minutes. Cool sauce.
  4. Divide cooled meatballs and sauce evenly among the freezer bags. Divide drained pineapple tidbits evenly among the bags of meatballs and sauce.
  5. Seal and freeze.
  6. TO COOK ONE ENTREE: Completely thaw one entree in the refrigerator. Bake meatballs in preheated oven at 350F for 30 minutes OR put meatballs and sauce in a slow cooker on low for 2-5 hours.
Source: Fix, Freeze, Feast
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