Instant Pot Sweet And Sour Meatballs From Frozen

If you want to cook frozen meatballs in your Instant Pot try this sweet and sour recipe, filled with pineapple chunks and diced red peppers. It’s guaranteed to wow your family and satisfy everyone’s taste buds. The best part is this meal needs to be cooked for only 5 minutes on high pressure, making it low-maintenance and the perfect mid-week option for a busy mom.

Instant Pot Sweet And Sour Meatballs From Frozen

This instant pot recipe doesn’t require homemade meatballs. In fact, I start off with frozen in order to keep the prep time limited and ensure that this easy meal is something I turn to over and over again. If you’d like, you could substitute for turkey meatballs as a healthier alternative, but that is up to you.

Either way, this quick dinner option will become one of your all-time favorites to make guaranteed. Just serve alongside a bed of rice and you will have yourself one tasty meal as a main course any day of the week!

Ingredients

• 1 onion, diced
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1 can, 20 oz, pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup ketchup or tomato paste
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 package, 32 oz, frozen meatballs (keep frozen)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water

Cooking Instructions for Instant Pot Meatballs: 

Add onion, red pepper, pineapple, brown sugar, ketchup, water, and soy sauce to a slow cooker and mix well. Stir in meatballs.

Place the lid on the instant pot and seal shut. Close the pressure release valve. Set the instant pot to manual, high pressure for 5 minutes.

When the cooking cycle is complete, quick-release pressure and open the pot. Carefully stir the meatballs. Set the pot to saute and add the cornstarch slurry and mix until the liquid is thick. Serve immediately to your whole family. 

Variations and tips

• Consider adding green onions, green bell pepper, bbq sauce, sweet chili sauce, fresh onions, a dash of pineapple juice to your sweet and sour meatballs recipe to give it additional life. Create your own perfect balance to your new flavor profile. This quick meal can take on a new spin just by adding one or two of these ingredients.
• Serve on top of spaghetti squash, cauliflower rice, brown rice, or white rice.
• This dish doesn’t just have to be for dinner. Consider making these cocktail meatballs as an easy appetizer and bring them along to your next party! Just be sure to bring an extra helping of your sauce ingredients for dipping.
• As far as freezing is concerned, the tangy meatballs will absolutely freeze. Place leftovers into an airtight container and freeze for up to two months. The next time you are ready to eat this dish, let the freezer bag thaw out before heating up.

What do you think about this simple recipe? Something you’d like to try for dinner time? Hawaiian meatballs are delicious!

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