Crock Pot Sweet and Sour Meatballs Easy Weeknight Dinner
Crock Pot Sweet and Sour Meatballs offer a delicious and easy dinner perfect for weeknight meals. This family-friendly slow cooker meatballs recipe is a sweet and sour recipe that requires minimal effort and satisfies everyone.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6
- Category: Appetizer, Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 28 ounce bag frozen meatballs
- 20 ounce can pineapple chunks in 100% juice save juice
- 1 green pepper diced into chunks
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ⅔ cup vinegar
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Pour the pineapple juice from the can into a medium bowl for later use.
- Place the frozen meatballs inside a 4-6 quart crock pot.
- Spread the pineapple chunks and diced green peppers over the meatballs.
- Add brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and cornstarch to the pineapple juice and whisk well to create the sauce.
- Pour the sauce mixture evenly over the meatballs and cover the crock pot.
- Cook on low heat for 2 hours.
- Switch the crock pot to high heat and continue cooking for 1 more hour to thicken the sauce and create bubbling edges.
Notes
- The meatballs do not need to be thawed first
- They go in frozen
- Don’t like peppers? Just leave them out! Frozen meatball packages vary in size
- this recipe suits most standard sizes except family size
- If you don’t get a full cup of pineapple juice, add a bit of water to make up the difference
- Serve with rice for a main meal or toothpicks for an appetizer
Nutrition
- Calories: 395kcal
- Sugar: 49g
- Sodium: 384mg
- Fat: 13g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 12g