Take a slow-cooker trip to Hawaii with the perfumed flavours of these tasty Hawaiian chicken meatballs​

• Easy
• 0:30 Prep
• 3:15 Cook
• 6 Servings

Recipe by Australia's Best Recipes
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Ingredients​

• 750g chicken mince
• 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2cm piece fresh ginger, finely grated
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 large red capsicums, cut into 3cm pieces
• 1 red onion, cut into wedges
• 440g can pineapple pieces in juice
• 1/3 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons cornflour
• 2 Sliced shallots
• Steamed white long-grain rice, to serve

Method​

1. Combine mince, breadcrumbs, garlic, ginger and chilli powder in a bowl. Season well with salt and pepper. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls.
2. Heat oil in large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook meatballs, turning, for 5 minutes or until golden.
3. Transfer to slow cooker. Add capsicum, onion, undrained pineapple, tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar and soy sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Cover. Cook on HIGH for 3 hours (or LOW for 6 hours), or until meatballs are cooked through.
4. Blend cornflour with 1 tablespoon sauce. Add to slow cooker. Cook on HIGH for 10 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. Sprinkle with shallots. Serve with rice.

NOTES​

Canned pineapple and juice add to the classic sweet and sour flavours.

If you don't have a slow cooker then cook on low heat on stove top for 3 hours

 

[Penny4]

Yum!

 

[DLHM]

Looks like a winner!

 

[Veggiepatch]

Looks like a winner!

Oh dear! Another one for the list for me to cook for you!

We have all the ingredients except for chicken mince, panko breadcrumbs and fresh ginger. And I've never cooked with chicken mince! Strange?

 

[Jo Piper3]

Sounds beautiful, thank you

 

[Catherines]

Come on, Veggiepatch. Get to it. It’s about time that lovely lady friend of yours in WA got treated to a nice meal cooked by you!!

 

[Veggiepatch]

Come on, Veggiepatch. Get to it. It’s about time that lovely lady friend of yours in WA got treated to a nice meal cooked by you!!

Aww....give me a break! On Sunday night we had had Oriental Beef Stir Fry, Saturday night Chicken Kiev and Carbonara Pasta and Friday night Spicy Marinated Roast Chicken Maryland with Homemade Chips. All made from scratch from individual ingredients....no package sauces, etc.

Cooking is like chemistry with an edible outcome!

 

[Veggiepatch]

Aww....give me a break! On Sunday night we had had Oriental Beef Stir Fry, Saturday night Chicken Kiev and Carbonara Pasta and Friday night Spicy Marinated Roast Chicken Maryland with Homemade Chips. All made from scratch from individual ingredients....no package sauces, etc.

Cooking is like chemistry with an edible outcome!

Off to the supermarket to purchase the ingredients we don't have. @DLHM is in for a treat tonight!

Happy cooking everybody!

ADDN: I will substitute Double Phoenix Chinese Cooking Wine for the rice wine vinegar.

 

[Terese]

Ssounds yummy

 

[DLHM]

Come on, Veggiepatch. Get to it. It’s about time that lovely lady friend of yours in WA got treated to a nice meal cooked by you!!

Veggie is in the kitchen getting the prep done right now as I write this. He’s a great cook and enjoys it. How spoilt am I?!

 

[Suzanne rose]

Aww....give me a break! On Sunday night we had had Oriental Beef Stir Fry, Saturday night Chicken Kiev and Carbonara Pasta and Friday night Spicy Marinated Roast Chicken Maryland with Homemade Chips. All made from scratch from individual ingredients....no package sauces, etc.

Cooking is like chemistry with an edible outcome!

Good Man

 

[Veggiepatch]

Well here it is at the beginning of reducing the juices and Chinese cooking wine. Smells great, looks good, but....

....the recipe is labour intensive and chicken mince is the stickiest ingredient I have ever used! Rolling the mince into balls was an impossible and I had to use a dusting of plain flour otherwise I would have half of the mince mixture stuck to my hands. I will report back for a critical review!

 

[DLHM]

Well here it is at the beginning of reducing the juices and Chinese cooking wine. Smells great, looks good, but....

....the recipe is labour intensive and chicken mince is the stickiest ingredient I have ever used! Rolling the mince into balls was an impossible and I had to use a dusting of plain flour otherwise I would have half of the mince mixture stuck to my hands. I will report back for a critical review!

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Smells fantastic and can’t wait for the rice to be cooked! (Btw, I did the cleaning up as Veg did the prep & cooking, so we worked together.)

 

[Suzanne rose]

Well here it is at the beginning of reducing the juices and Chinese cooking wine. Smells great, looks good, but....

....the recipe is labour intensive and chicken mince is the stickiest ingredient I have ever used! Rolling the mince into balls was an impossible and I had to use a dusting of plain flour otherwise I would have half of the mince mixture stuck to my hands. I will report back for a critical review!

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You can always add a little more breadcrumbs to the meat but not too much more. Secret is to wash your hands regularly throughout rolling .
The recipe is totally worth it.

Did you slow cook it ?

 

[Catherines]

Aww....give me a break! On Sunday night we had had Oriental Beef Stir Fry, Saturday night Chicken Kiev and Carbonara Pasta and Friday night Spicy Marinated Roast Chicken Maryland with Homemade Chips. All made from scratch from individual ingredients....no package sauces, etc.

Cooking is like chemistry with an edible outcome!

Congratulations Veggiepatch. You have and are doing well with the cooking. Sounds like you like to cook and that food smell is wafting all the way to Brisbane! Guess you’ll have to teach my other half then. At 83 I don’t think he’s ever cooked a full meal here for both of us but somehow managed to feed himself - don’t know what he ate during my 10 day hospital stay last year - but he managed somehow. Admittedly he was a marine engineer for much of our 57-year married life for upto 4 months at a time so always had his meals cooked on board. I’ll take back my comments about you now! Enjoy your new life in WA.

 

[Veggiepatch]

You can always add a little more breadcrumbs to the meat but not too much more. Secret is to wash your hands regularly throughout rolling .
The recipe is totally worth it.

Did you slow cook it ?

I probably doubled the panko breadcrumbs but still needed the plain flour dusting.

I did a "speedy" slow cook in the stovetop in about 1 1/2 hours but forget that @DLHM has a slow cooker hidden away. I gave it an 8 out of 10 as it lost half a point for its "gooeyness" in preparation.

Pictures of the final dish are forthcoming.

 

[Suzanne rose]

I probably doubled the panko breadcrumbs but still needed the plain flour dusting.

I did a "speedy" slow cook in the stovetop in about 1 1/2 hours but forget that @DLHM has a slow cooker hidden away. I gave it an 8 out of 10 as it lost half a point for its "gooeyness" in preparation.

Pictures of the final dish are forthcoming.

Did you just make tablespoons at a time as the larger you make it the stickier it gets. Washing your hands under water often really works.
Looking forward to the photos.
More importantly what did Debra think!!

 

[Suzanne rose]

Congratulations Veggiepatch. You have and are doing well with the cooking. Sounds like you like to cook and that food smell is wafting all the way to Brisbane! Guess you’ll have to teach my other half then. At 83 I don’t think he’s ever cooked a full meal here for both of us but somehow managed to feed himself - don’t know what he ate during my 10 day hospital stay last year - but he managed somehow. Admittedly he was a marine engineer for much of our 57-year married life for upto 4 months at a time so always had his meals cooked on board. I’ll take back my comments about you now! Enjoy your new life in WA.

I don't let my hubby cook as he makes such a mess

 

[DLHM]

I give it a 10 out of 10! Thoroughly enjoyed eating it. Thank you for the recipe @Suzanne rose.

Veg is a great cook, but makes a huge mess. That’s why I clean up as he goes. The kitchen is small so lack of space necessitates the ongoing cleanup.

 

[Veggiepatch]

I give it a 10 out of 10! Thoroughly enjoyed eating it. Thank you for the recipe @Suzanne rose.

Veg is a great cook, but makes a huge mess. That’s why I clean up as he goes. The kitchen is small so lack of space necessitates the ongoing cleanup.

Thank you darling! The kitchen is very well appointed with quality Bosch and AEG appliances and is the right size for just two of us!