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Vegan Baked Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Entree, Lunch or Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 26 meatballs
Calories: 85kcal

Ingredients

For the Meatballs:

  • 2 cups garbanzos cooked
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 1 1/4 cup crushed saltine crackers about 36 crackers, or 1 long plastic package, or use breadcrumbs.
  • 6 tablespoons gluten flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast flakes
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste

For the Sweet and Sour Sauce:

  • 1 1/2 cup canned tomato sauce (or 12 ounces)
  • 1/2 cup apricot preserves
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin ground
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika

Instructions

  • Place garbanzos, olive oil, and water in a strong blender or food processor. I use Vitamix. Blend until smooth. This substance will be fairly thick, so you may need to stop your blender a few times and stir,
  • Once your garbanzo mixture is fairly smooth, add walnuts, and blend those until the mixture is fairly smooth.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine saltines, gluten flour, paprika, seasoned salt, onion powder, salt, and yeast flakes.
  • Pour blender mixture into mixing bowl and stir. You will probablly need to use your hands.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Roll dough into 2 tablespoon sized balls and place on prepared cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350 for about 30-35 minutes.
  • While the meatballs are baking, combine tomato sauce, apricot preserves, lemon juice, salt, cumin, and paprika in a saucepan on medium heat. Cook until sauce has boiled for about 5 minutes. Then remove from heat.
  • When meatballs are finished, place in a casserole dish, one meatball deep, and pour sauce over them.
  • Return casserole dish to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes or so uncovered, or until sauce becomes bubbly.
  • Serve hot.

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 85kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 289mg | Potassium: 102mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 1.4mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.9mg