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Gluten Free Dairy Free Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Meatballs - Dump and Go Dinner

6 Servings Recipe By

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Ground Beef
  • 1 individual Egg
  • 1 cup dice Onion
  • 1 cup Bread Crumbs, Gluten Free
  • 1/8 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/8 teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 1/2 cups Rice Vinegar
  • 1/2 cups Ketchup
  • 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
  • 2 cups Chunks Pineapple, Canned
  • 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce, Gluten Free
  • 1 cup dice Bell Pepper, Red
  • 1 cup dice Bell Pepper, Green
  • 2 tablespoons Cornstarch
  • 1/4 cups Water

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Nutritional Information

  • 1 serving = about 3 meatballs
  • 408 Calories
  • 11g Total Fat
  • 4g Sat Fat
  • 0g Trans Fat
  • 93mg Cholesterol
  • 930mg Sodium
  • 58g Total Carb
  • 3g Fiber
  • 39g Total Sugars (Includes 20g Added Sugars)
  • 19g Protein
  • 13 WW Freestyle

Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. Mix together ground beef, egg, onion, breadcrumbs, salt and black pepper.
  2. Form mixture into meatballs about 1 to 1.5 inches in size.
  3. Mix together rice vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, pineapple and juice, and soy sauce.
  4. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours in slow cooker.
  5. Dissolve corn starch in water and mix well.
  6. An hour before serving add peppers and corn starch mixture. Cook on high for 1 hour.

Freeze For Later Cooking Directions

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. Mix together ground beef, egg, onion, breadcrumbs, salt and black pepper.
  2. Form mixture into meatballs about 1 to 1.5 inches in size.
  3. Put meatballs on a baking sheet lined with parchment and freeze until solid.
  4. When solid, divide the meatballs between HALF of the indicated number of gallon sized freezer bags.
  5. Mix together rice vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, pineapple and juice, and soy sauce.
  6. Divide pineapple mixture between the other half of the indicated number of gallon sized freezer bags.
  7. Divide the bell peppers, corn starch and water between the indicated number of quart sized freezer bags.
  8. Seal, label and freeze together.

Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Thaw: In fridge
  2. In a slow cooker place meat balls into the bottom of the slow cooker (still frozen).
  3. Place THAWED pineapple packet contents on top of meatballs, put on the lid.
  4. Cook on high for 4 hours.
  5. Put the contents of the pepper packet into the slow cooker and cook for another hour on high.

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