Hawaiian Meatballs - My Recipe Treasures (2024)

The amazing taste of these Hawaiian meatballs are such a delight. You will love the taste of everything together. The meatballs work up fast and while they cook, you can make the sauce. You will truly enjoy eating them over rice.

If you are like me, the sauce is so good you might want to make double! It is really good if you steam some carrots, celery, onions, water chestnuts and green peppers to go with it.

What Ingredients Do I Need For Hawaiian Meatballs?

Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make these Meatballs (scroll down for the full recipe):

Meatballs:

• Ground beef
• Onion
• Green peppers
• Salt
• Dry mustard
• Evaporated milk
• Bread crumbs
• Thyme

Sauce:

• Pineapple tidbits
• Vinegar
• Flour
• Soy sauce
• Brown sugar

How Do I Make Hawaiian Meatballs?

Here’s the simple steps you’ll follow to make these Meatballs (scroll down for the full recipe):

Meatballs:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine ground beef, onions, green peppers, salt, mustard, milk, bread crumbs and thyme.
• Mix well.
• Form into balls about the size of a golf ball.
• In a skillet, brown Meatballs on all sides.
• When done, drain off the fat.

Sauce:

• Drain pineapple juice and reserve. Add enough water to make 1 cup.
• In a double boiler, combine the 1 cup of liquid, vinegar, flour, soy sauce and brown sugar.
• Cook in the double boiler until clear and thickened.
• The sauce will not be too thick, but it is a perfect consistency.
• Add sauce with pineapple tidbits, to the Meatballs.
• You can reheat in covered skillet on medium heat for 15-20 minutes.
• We like to steam carrots, celery, water chestnuts, onions, and more green peppers with additional sauce.
• Enjoy over rice.

This week I was watching my granddaughter. She is 2 1/2 years old and she kept asking me “why”. Everything I would say she would say “why”. She is adorable and I was telling her we needed to go order a flower because my son is going to prom. We ordered the flower and went home.

The next day when I went to get her I told her I needed to get a different colored flower. “Why”? Anyway, I decided to get her a taco and so I said, ” wow look how many dandelions there are in that field over there.” She wasn’t sure what kind of lions grandma was talking about and then I told her that they were the yellow flowers. She said “oh and that my son could pick some for his dance”.

And I thought, I wonder who decided that roses are the flower for corsage instead of dandelions? I do know that I have had a few picked for me in my life and that if they aren’t in water they die really fast, and they sure don’t smell as good either.

It was fun to watch her as we would go by people’s homes and she would say how about those flowers grandma? The joy of little kids is a great reminder to not sweat the small stuff and stop and look at the flowers. And enjoy some Hawaiian Meatballs.

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