Homemade pineapple meatballs are a breeze to make and delicious to eat. They're made with tender baked pork and beef meatballs in a tangy BBQ sauce with lots of pineapple chunks. Serve them with rice for dinner or skewered onto toothpicks as an appetizer.
Ingredients
Meatballs
1lb lean ground beef
1lb lean ground pork
1cupbreadcrumbs, can be gluten-free
½ cupmilk, can be unsweetened dairy-free milk
1teaspoon EACH: garlic powder, onion, powder, sea salt, and black pepper
½ teaspoonchili flakes, optional
Pineapple Sauce
20ouncecan pineapple chunks
1cup BBQ sauce
¼ cupsoy sauce, can be gluten-free
¼ cuprice vinegar
1tablespoongrated ginger
Chopped green onions to serve
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mix the meatball ingredients in a large bowl. Form the meat into 1 ½ inch balls - a medium-sized cookie scoop works great for this. Place the meatballs onto the baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until they're browned and cooked through.
1 lb lean ground beef, 1 lb lean ground pork, 1 cup breadcrumbs, ½ cup milk, 1 teaspoon EACH: garlic powder, onion, powder, sea salt, and black pepper, ½ teaspoon chili flakes
While the meatballs are cooking, make the sauce. Drain the can of pineapples into a large, high-sided frying pan. Add the BBQ sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, and ginger. Bring to a simmer over medium heat then continue to simmer until the sauce reduces and is as thick as BBQ sauce.
20 ounce can pineapple chunks, 1 cup BBQ sauce, ¼ cup soy sauce, ¼ cup rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon grated ginger
When the meatballs have finished cooking, add them to the sauce. Add the pineapple chunks to the pan and let them warm for a few minutes. Serve the Hawaiian meatballs with some chopped green onions over the top.