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Sticky Sweet & Sour Pork Meatball & Sweet Potato Tray Bake

For your favourite takeaway in a tray bake, look no further than these pork meatballs with 2 of your 5-a-day. You'll serve it up with a quick, sticky sweet 'n' sour sauce and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Under 600 calories.

35 mins
546kcal
Chinese
Sticky Sweet & Sour Pork Meatball & Sweet Potato Tray Bake
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredientCooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Cornflour
Cornflour (1tbsp)
Five-spice Mix
Five-spice Mix (1tsp)
Garlic Clove
Garlic Clove
Pineapple Slices
Pineapple Slices (220g)
Pork Mince
Pork Mince (250g)
Red Onion
Red Onion
Red Pepper
Red Pepper
Rice Vinegar
Rice Vinegar (15ml)
Soy Sauce
Soy Sauce (15ml)
Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce
Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce (8ml)
Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato x2
Toasted Sesame Seeds
Toasted Sesame Seeds (5g)
Tomato Ketchup
Tomato Ketchup (30ml)

You'll also need

Pepper, Salt, Vegetable oil, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7

Peel and cut your potato[es] into bite-sized pieces

Deseed your pepper[s] (scrape the seeds and pith out with a teaspoon) and chop into bite-sized pieces

Step 1
2

Add the chopped potatoes to a large baking tray (or two!) with a drizzle of vegetable oil and a pinch of

Put the tray[s] in the oven for an initial 20 min or until starting to brown

Step 2
3

Meanwhile, peel and cut your red onion[s] in half

Dice half the onion[s] finely

Cut the remaining onion[s] into wedges

Peel and grate your garlic

Step 3
4

Combine your mince (remove the paper if required!) with the diced onion, grated garlic and half your soy sauce (you'll use the rest later!) in a bowl

Season with a pinch of salt and pepper, give everything a good mix up until fully combined and shape into 4 meatballs per person

Step 4
5

Remove your pineapple from the can (save the juice for later!) and chop roughly

Boil half a kettle

Step 5
6

Once the potatoes have had an initial 20 min, remove the tray[s] from the oven and add the chopped pepper, onion wedges, chopped pineapple and the meatballs

Return the tray[s] to the oven for a further 15-18 min or until the meatballs are cooked through (no pink meat!) and the potatoes are golden

Step 6
7

Meanwhile, combine your cornflour with your five-spice mix, the remaining soy sauce, your tomato ketchup, rice vinegar, sriracha (can't handle the heat? Go easy!), reserved pineapple juice and 50ml [75ml] [100ml] boiled water in a pot

Cook over a medium heat for 2-3 min or until thickened – this is your sweet & sour sauce

Step 7
8

Once the meatballs are cooked through, add the sweet & sour sauce to the tray[s] and give everything a good mix up – this is your sticky sweet & sour meatball tray bake

Serve the sticky sweet & sour meatball & sweet potato tray bake with your toasted sesame seeds sprinkled all over

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
546kcal
Energy
14.4g
Fat
77g
Carbohydrate
8.5g
Fibre
29.7g
Protein
2.2g
Salt
per 100g
92kcal
Energy
2.4g
Fat
13.1g
Carbohydrate
1.4g
Fibre
5g
Protein
0.4g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (celery, fish, gluten, mustard, nut, sesame, soya).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.