Hawaiian Ham Balls
Servings: 12 meatballs
Calories: 1139kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- For the meatballs
- 2 pounds ground ham
- 2 pounds ground pork
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 eggs
- 1 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained, juice reserved
- For the sauce
- ½ cup reserved pineapple juice
- 1 10 ounce can tomato soup
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon dry mustard
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place ground ham and pork along with cracker crumbs, egg and crushed pineapple into a bowl and combine. Use a 1/3 cup measuring cup to scoop the meat mixture to form even sized balls. (This size is better when served as a meal, scoop them a bit smaller, using a large cookie scoop to make them appetizer sized.)
- Mix the sauce ingredients together.
- Place the meatballs in a shallow baking dish (9x13) in a single layer. Bake for uncovered 30 minutes.
- Pour the sauce over the meatballs and continue baking for 30 minutes more. (baste them with the sauce after 15 minutes)
- Check the internal temperature of the meat at one hour. It should be 160 degrees. When they have reached the safe internal temperature, pull them from the oven.
- Serve them over rice as a meal or with toothpicks as an appetizer.
Notes
** If you don’t have a meat grinder, place cubed ham in your food processor to grind it into a ground beef like texture.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 1139kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 81g | Fat: 49g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 314mg | Sodium: 2298mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 71g