Sweet And Sour Meatballs With Plum - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 egg
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
2 tablespoons extra-light olive oil
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup grape jelly (or jam)
1/4 cup plum jam (or preserves)
1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce
1 (14 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ginger

Preparation

1.Mix ground beef, egg, onion, seasoning salt and pepper together.
2. Form into walnut sized balls. If the mix falls apart easily , add some more bread crumbs. If the mix is too dry then add a bit of water. This makes about 25 meatballs.
3. Heat olive oil in pan over medium. Saute the meatballs turing as needed so that the meatballs are browned on both sides and cooked through. Set aside meatballs.
4. In a crock pot, on high setting , add the grape jelly, plum jam, chili sauce, diced tomatoes, ginger and pepper. Mix well.
5. Add the meatballs into the sauce. Simmer on high for at least 1 hour ( more is better). Stir as needed.
6. Serve over white rice as an entree or with toothpicks as an appetizer.