Oriental Meatball Salad

Ingredients

120 ml milk
2 eggs
325 gr soft bread crumbs
3 gr onion salt
450 gr beef
10 ml peanut oil
250 gr pineapple chunks
2 green peppers
1/2 sqs
2 slices carrots
2 slices stalks celery
110 gr brown sugar
20 gr corn starch
120 ml dry wine
120 ml vinegar
30 ml soy sauce
2 tomatoes

Instructions

Shredded lettuce Combine eggs and milk, stir in bread crumbs, onion salt and 0.125 tsp. pepper. Add ground beef and mix well. Shape mixture into 2 cm meatballs. In skillet, cook meatballs in peanut oil about ten minutes or until done, turning frequently. Drain the meatballs.Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Add water to reserved juice to make 0.75 cup liquid. Combine pineapple chunks, green pepper, carrot, celery and meatballs; set aside. In a small saucepan combine brown sugar and cornstarch; stir in the 0.75 cup pineapple liquid, wine, vinegar and soy sauce. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Pour hot mixture over meatball mixture. Cover and chill. To serve, carefully stir tomatoe wedges into meatball mixture or reserve tomatoe wedges and arrage along edges of plates. Place shredded lettuce on individual plates; spoon meatball mixture on top. Note: This recipe appeared in the Waycross Journal-Herald 17th Annual Cookbook, Friday, November 16, 1990 and was submitted by Lou Ann Bailey of Folkston, Georgia.