Treat your guests with these sweet-and-sour meatballs that are made using Progresso® plain bread crumbs – perfect for appetizer.
Apricot Sweet and Sour Meatballs
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 60 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 40
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
- 1/4 cup Progresso™ plain bread crumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup apricot preserves
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1 medium red or green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix beef, bread crumbs, salt, garlic powder, ginger and egg until well blended. Shape into 1-inch meatballs; place in pan.
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Step2Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until no longer pink in center and juice is clear; drain.
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Step3Mix preserves, hoisin sauce, vinegar and red pepper in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until hot. Add drained meatballs and bell pepper. Cook until bell pepper is crisp-tender. Serve with cocktail toothpicks if desired.
Nutrition
60
Calories
3g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
- Calories
- 60
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 60mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Tips from the
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