Sweet And Sour Turkey Balls

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ground turkey
1		Egg - slightly beaten
1		Garlic - minced
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
5 tablespoons	75ml	Flour - divided
3 tablespoons	45ml	Vegetable oil
22 oz	625g	Pineapple chunks - in own juice
1		Chicken bouillon cube
1		Green pepper - sliced 1 1/2
1		Onion - coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cornstarch
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground ginger
2 tablespoons	30ml	Soy sauce
1/4 cup	59ml	Cider vinegar

Recipe Instructions

In medium bowl, mix together egg, garlic, salt, and pepper. Add ground turkey and two tablespoons of the flour. On wax paper, sprinkle remaining flour.

Drop turkey mixture by heaping tablespoons onto floured wax paper; roll in flour to form balls. In nonstick fry pan, place oil over high heat, add turkey balls and brown, turning. (About 6 minutes).

Remove turkey balls and drain on paper towels. Remove oil from frying pan, reserving one tablespoon. Drain juice from pineapple chunks, add enough water to make one cup (if necessary). Add bouillon cube to pineapple juice; stir to dissolve. In frying pan over low heat, place pineapple chunks, green pepper, and onion; stir and cook about 2 minutes. In small bowl, place cornstarch, sugar, and ginger, stir in soy sauce and vinegar until smooth.

Add pineapple juice mixture to frying pan; then add cornstarch mixture, stirring and cooking until clear and thickened, about 5 minutes. Add turkey balls to pan and warm. Serve over rice.

Makes about 18-20 turkey balls.

Source:
Home Arts (1997) Hearst

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