7/6 Cooking with Weidner - Pineapple BBQ Meatballs

Learn to make fresh and delicious dishes. This month we learn to make Pineapple BBQ meatballs. This amazing snack is quick and easy to make! Bring the best dish to the BBQ this summer!

Pineapple BBQ Meatballs:

Ingredients:

• Wet Ingredients: oil for baking
• Dry Ingredients: 1 Tbs sesame seeds, 3 tbs bread crumbs, salt and pepper to taste
• Fresh Ingredients: 1 large chopped onion, 1 large egg, 1 handfull of chopped cilantro, 1 tbs chopped Garlic
• Protein: Any of your choosing. recommended 1 lb of ground turkey, lean beef, or pork

Sauce Ingredients:

• 1 cup of pineapple juice, 4 tbs soy sauce, 4 tbs tomato paste, 2 tbs corn starch, 1 tbs molasses, 2 tbs honey, 1 tsp worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp dried garlic powder, 1 cup finely diced pineapple or canned/crushed ppineapple, 1 tbs sesame oil (optional)

Cooking Instructions:

1. You’ll start with the meatballs: Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix very well. I generally like doing this with a hand mixer because I don’t enjoy doing it with my bare hands. I have step-by-step photos for this in this post on how to make homemade meatballs, if you need them.

2. Shape the meatballs and freeze them for 10 minutes. This is optional, but helps them to keep a better shape. In the meantime, preheat the oven.

3. While the meatballs are freezing/baking, whisk together all sauce ingredients in a large skillet and boil until thickened, whisking constantly. This is important, otherwise you could end up with a lumpy sauce.

4. Add the baked meatballs to the finished sauce and gently toss in there on low heat until the meatballs are nicely glazed.

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