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Sweet and Pungent Meat Balls

Serves 4

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient
3 largegreen peppers
1 lb.ground beef, seasoned with salt and pepper
1egg -- beaten
2 Tablespoonsflour
1 1/2tsp.salt -- divided
few grainspepper
1/4 cupveg. oil
1 cupchicken bouillon -- divided
4 slicescanned pineapple -- diced
12maraschino cherries
3 Tbsp.cornstarch
2 tsp.soy sauce
1/2 cupvinegar
1/2 cuplight corn syrup

Directions

Cut green peppers in sixths. Form seasoned beef into 16 small balls. Combine egg,flour, 1/2 tsp. salt and pepper. Dip meatballs in this batter. Heat vegetable oil;add remaining salt. Fry meat balls in hot oil, browning on all sides. Removemeatballs; drain off all but 1 Tbsp. oil. Add 1/3 cup bouillon, pineapple,cherries and green peppers. Simmer 10 minutes. Blend cornstarch, soy sauce,vinegar, corn syrup and remaining bouillon. Add to pineapple mixture. Cook slowly,stirring until thickened. Pour over meatballs.