Sweet and sour chicken balls

Ingredients

1) For meatballs :

• 1 pound of ground meat (can be pork, chicken or beef)
• 1 carrot finely grated
• 6 water chestnuts - finely cubes
• 2 spring onions finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
• 2 chilies finley cut
• 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
• 1 egg
• Salt and pepper to taste

2) For the sweet and sour meatballs :

• 15 cooked meatballs
• 1 cup of pineapple - cubes
• Half cucumber - cubes
• 1 small onions quartered
• 1 large tomato cut small
• 1/2 carrot - sliced thinly
• 1 clove of garlic - finely chopped
• 1 small piece finley chopped ginger
• 2 chillies chopped

Sauce :

• 4 tablespoons of tomato ketchup
• 2 tablespoons of sweet chili sauce
• Juice of 2 lemon
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 to 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
• 1 cup of chicken stock
• Salt and pepper to taste

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Preparation

• 1) Put all the above ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix well and let it marinate for an hour.
• Form it into little balls . At this stage you can either deep fried the meatballs or bake it in a 400 degree F oven until golden brown.
• 2) Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a bowl and set it aside.
• Heat some oil in a pan, stiry fry garlic, carrot and onions until fragrant.
• Add in the sauce, bring it up to a boil, add in meatballs, cucumber, pineapple and tomato. Stir well until sauce reduce and thicken.
• Dish out and serve with rice.