Sweet and Sour Meatballs and Sotanghon Soup | Simpol & Easy Filipino Comfort Food Recipe

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Oats provide fiber while crushed crackers are often less expensive.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often cheaper.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index, while white sugar is more economical.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: liquid aminos

Tamari is gluten-free, while liquid aminos is often cheaper.

Grate half of the carrots using a box grater and add to a bowl with minced garlic and chopped onions.

Season 1 kilo of pork with salt and baking soda, mixing to activate the protein.

Add grated carrots to the pork mixture along with 2 eggs and 1 pack of Maggi seasoning.

Mix until the mixture is sticky, then set aside.

Chop bell peppers and onions for the sweet and sour dish and set aside.

Wet hands and roll the pork mixture into meatballs, then fry until golden and floating in oil.

Prepare the sweet and sour sauce by heating oil, adding carrots, and seasoning with salt.

Add bell peppers and onions to the pan, then prepare the sauce with water, vinegar, pineapple juice, banana ketchup, sugar, black pepper, and a slurry of cornstarch.

Add the cooked meatballs to the sauce and coat them, then add pineapple chunks.

For the soup, sweat onions and garlic in oil, then add water and season with Maggi and fish sauce.

Add meatballs to the boiling broth, then add diced upo and sotanghon noodles, cooking until the noodles are done.

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