My EPIC homemade sweet & sour sauce with meatballs | Marion's Kitchen

The homemade sweet and sour sauce on this Chinese classic is sticky, glossy and utterly gorgeous. Plus, I've used ready-made meatballs to make this the easiest weeknight dinner in under 30 minutes!
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ABOUT MARION
Marion Grasby is a food producer, television presenter and cookbook author who's had a life-long love affair with Asian food.
Marion is a little bit Thai (courtesy of her mum) and a little bit Australian (courtesy of her dad).
​Marion lives in Bangkok, Thailand and travels throughout Asia to find the most unique and delicious Asian food recipes, dishes and ingredients.

[@sunnydale6727]

I love the colors on this dish and yes it is delicious!

[@DaveMacpherson]

Looks yummy! But then every single thing you make looks yummy 😊

[@gaffawebber]

💯 I made her Bao bun recipe, and now my husband asks for it ALL THE TIME!!!!

[@Cat-tg8nk]

her cooking is seriously amazing

[@robbbuglass8536]

@@gaffawebber I have to force myself not to eat Bao buns, just too good !

[@melginger3794]

Marion is a cook who thinks through her recipes👍🏻😋

[@malcolmmeares5086]

Made this recipe the other night and omg it was so delicious thanks for another tasty dish Marion's kitchen

[@wilfbentley6738]

My late mother used to make a Sweet & Sour very similar to this. I have adapted her recipe to go with chicken, pork (tenderloin). I use Italian sausage, which I skin, divide into chunks and roll up into balls. All kinds of stuff can be added to this: sliced water chestnuts, whole cashews, Bell peppers of any colour, whatever.

[@mistergrendel32]

Why not just cut the sausage into about 1 1/2” pieces? 🤔

[@SnelfNL]

Maybe he doesn't want the skin in the dish and role it into balls to make it more compact?

[@mistergrendel32]

@@SnelfNL That sounds reasonable. 🤓

[@T0beyeus]

This looks easy and quick which is the kind of cooking I like.

[@daviddavies5555]

I’m cooking my way through Marion’s Kitchen during lockdown but she’s so prolific it’s hard to keep up! Love ya Marion. Keep the bloopers coming.

[@faithlyk]

음식이 맵지지 않고 모양도 예뻐서 아이들이 좋아할것같아요 The food isn't spicy and the shape is pretty, so I think the kids will like it.🧑👧👦🧒👶

[@janguo6911]

Hi:When I watch your channel that always make me hungry 😋 Everything looks delicious 😋 thanks 🤗👍❤️

[@christinatolar4155]

Brilliant recipe! Thanks for this. I'm always looking for something new to try. So, I just made this for dinner tonight and I have to say wow! I followed a Chinese meatball recipe from a cookbook I have and followed the rest according to Marion's recipe. My son had seconds. I will absolutely be adding this into my recipe rotation. Delicious!!

[@wthwoo8811]

Hi Marion, lurvve ur vlog....tonight I've tried the recipe but I changed it up a bit, instead of meatballs I used about 1lb of soft bone pork ribs and they taste soooo good I got a thumbs up from my husband~!! I just parboil the ribs for 20 mins with water and some soju, then drain the water, then fry the ribs in high heat till golden brown (they will turn out like deep fried), sprinkle with salt and black pepper .... onion and the sauce ( I made half portion of ur sauce), and viola~! its actually kinda like sweet & sour pork, so yummn~!

[@joanwalford1959]

These meatballs looks so juicy. Love the idea of doing it in the sweet sour sauce

[@HowToCookWithLook]

very well prepared and making this dish.. LOVE it totally

[@D3monSlayer77]

Did it and the kids loved the recipe. Thank you.

[@evehsv5556]

Looks delicious a very nice easy quick recipe love it thanks Marion.

[@ginameiners8675]

I made this for Luch and my "Picky" husband loves it. Thanks Marion❤️

[@Womanfromearth]

Have so many packets of frozen ikea meatballs lying around. This is great !!

[@billydobbins5403]

I awoke this morning to this video, and needless to say I immediately added this recipe to today 's shopping list....mmmm. Of course this is just the latest change to my shopping excursions after watching each of your newly posted scrumptious meals. Thank you, and my tummy thanks you even more😁.

[@janguo6911]

Hi Marion: I made this meal for my family. Very delicious,thanks your channel.Every time made me hungry 😋😋😋

[@EB-Mamabear]

There is nothing wrong with the version my kids love meatballs im going to try this

[@narendra2543]

My mouth is watering!!🤤🤤

[@curtistaylor1720]

I made this last night.. it was a hit, family asked for it again tonight!

[@Marionskitchen]

Awesome!!

[@MARCELISA10]

Recipes

[@JP-qj7te]

Appreciate the quick meal hack!

[@joannepeyton1654]

Hi Marion: Wish this recipe came before I bought hotdogs for dinner. 😂 Will definitely make with turkey meatballs. When you cook I can almost smell it through my iPad. Love your channel. Thank you for sharing your recipes. 💜😎🇺🇸

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah nice! What's your favorite?

[@damienzack8180]

This is also another staple Asian quick and easy fix dinner. Super easy to make and with me I will use what ever fruits I have in the fridge, which is mostly granny Smith apples and pears. Not easy to find fresh pineapple in the UK. I used granny Smith apples because of the crunch that I like and they don't really disintegrate too much if you slice them slightly thicker. This is a must try to me, perfect for a lazy day quick dinner.

[@traceyhodge3939]

Yum, might do this tonight

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah nice! What's your favorite?

[@entewurzel2109]

I am going to cook this next week. I am so hungry right now 😭

[@katarzynagos8165]

I’m drooling 🤤

[@SeenD]

I like it. I can substitute the meatballs with veggie meatballs. I like this. :) I'd love for you to do more vegetarian dishes. My wife and I are vegetarian during the week and in the weekends I cook with meat, that's locally sourced and sustainable. Gonna try this one on Monday. I have all the ingredients in house already, including the fresh pineapple. :)

[@tashareimer1022]

I love your videos sooo much, please never stop😱😱

[@yourshyness32]

Looks Delicious!

[@HDCalame]

I've never made sweet and sour sauce with 5 spice but I do make a very similar sauce in which I include ground ginger and garlic powder. And for a bit of extra kick, I like to add some crushed red pepper flakes to the sauce. Makes it so good!

[@wyvern723]

Gonna make this with ginger brown rice.

[@xoxobrialee]

About to have a baby any day! I’m going to prepping this meal tomorrow!!!

[@ebsmites7544]

congrats. hope you have a safe one

[@jonahs92]

Congrats! If the baby's a boy, please don't circumcise him. He'll thank you when he's older for having fully-functioning genitals!

[@nenadnedovic9246]

Easy recipe will try tonite

[@ebsmites7544]

Making me hungry. Haven't had breakfast yet

[@richiegraham8599]

Lol! What's your favorite?

[@retroballer7166]

Tried this tonight, very good, thank you! The 1/4 tsp of Chinese 5 spice put it over the top. (make your own- its better!)

[@Lady_Que]

Made this tonight and it was so good! I for sure recommend using fresh pineapples and will never but a pre made bottle of sweet and sour sauce again.

[@sdega315]

Followed your recipe and it was delicious! But I forgot to buy pineapple juice so I used tamarind concentrate instead. Worked great! Similar sweet and tangy taste profile.

[@louissehighlights6783]

Love ketchup & pineapple juice in my sweet & sour recipes. Great video, Marion! 👏👏👏

[@cassievoo2]

Love it 😘

[@feentje92]

Darnnn this women is heaven sent! I love sweet n sour and have meatballs in the freezer I didn't know what to do with and here she comes popping with the perfect recipe 🙊 God bless❤️

[@makdahailu2105]

Thank you somuch 🙏🙏

[@Daddy_B]

I swear...Marion you can do no wrong. I got my wok last week and I'm firing it up soon!

[@poppywilliams8404]

You just kicked me um...to the delish zone! Always ready to taste new dishes! Yummy, yum! Doing the air fryer way. Waving to you from south Georgia-land of best Peaches, boiled Peanuts, & Vidalia onions! ; )

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah yummy! What's your favorite?

[@theresam8809]

I just came across this recipe and I’m gonna try it.. thanks for sharing this… I see u using rice cooker to cook other foods remind me of a instant pot… I had a rice cooker handed down to me but it only rice.. I love to see recipes with instant pot from , if I can share some input when ur using the rice cooker as a time if using instant pot.. Thanks cheers from Usa 🇺🇸 to u ..

[@MP-ic8tb]

What kid wouldn't want sweet and sour, it's the perfect kid dish!

[@margaretkaufman1144]

Marion that looks so yummy I'm going to definitely try that!!! Could you also make it with other meats or shrimp?!! :)😀😃🙂 I have 4 boys that are going to love this

[@richiegraham8599]

Wow nice! What's your favorite?

[@mariamartinezmoreno1224]

please do low carb/keto friendly asian meals!!! please.

[@ruthier3711]

Perfect!!! I was just planning what I’ll be doing with my meatballs! And yes! I’m cheating also with meatballs

[@christinabrugger7058]

Funny. Made something quite similar 2 days ago, with storebought Veggie-Balls. And sweet-sour-hot Sauce 😄

[@shellycarter155]

You can use the nub on a potato peeler to do the same thing and less waste! It supper easy!

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah nice! What's your favorite?

[@ChefArnab]

Waoooooo It’s Delicious 🤤

[@TechBearSeattle]

Sausages sounds like an excellent idea. I think chicken or pork would also be good.

[@shikinsaerah]

Yummy 😋

[@erinkavanagh-hall5465]

G’day Marion! ❤️ I freaking love your channel! I made your lemon chicken a few weeks back, and it was a massive hit in my household. 😘😘😘 This recipe looks bloody fantastic! Quick question - could you use the Lionhead’s meatballs with this recipe? Or would you recommend a meatball with fewer strong flavours, so it doesn’t compete with the sauce? Thoughts? Thanks so much for all these amazing recipes! Planning on trying some drunken noodles or pad see ew next! Loads of love from New Zealand. Xxxxx

[@dr.tehminaghafur8955]

Thank you so much for the recipe; could you please tell us if we can make this sauce ahead cook it and store in the refrigerator because we need to buy big packs of pineapple juice, so if we can make in large quantity and store it for ready to use that will be great, if so how long that can be stored.

[@robinvarnadoe7434]

I make that same sweet and sour sauce minus the five spice powder. Next time I make it I’m going to add a little Five spice to it!

[@karlaventura3918]

Where do you buy your mini meatballs???

[@bensebaugh6017]

On rice is my favorite, I'm curious about the lack of ginger? The only thing I changed was I added ginger and a little honey and black soy sauce.... this is super quick with frozen meatballs for cooking after work when you don't want to cook.

[@angelaandrade253]

Hello 👋 Marion thank you 🙏 so much for your delicious yummy recipe and thank you 🙏 for your video 🌺💔♥️👋🙏💤🌷🪀❤️💜💐👌🎀💕😘☘️🌙🌹👍🏻😍😋😴🪴🥰🎈✋

[@jinalawi3934]

marion, ur the best

[@zeenamarsi5738]

Can you please make a video of your basic kitchen ingredient must haves

[@camillerichard2667]

Hi Marion I'm viewing from trinidad 🇹🇹 ,I love all your delicious dishes ,I do make some of them...love to see mama noi too ..

[@richiegraham8599]

Wow nice! What's your favorite?

[@camillerichard2667]

@@richiegraham8599 the beef stir fry

[@richiegraham8599]

@@camillerichard2667 wow nice! I do love that too but don't always eat it! Hope you don't mind if we be friends?

[@sarahjoseph2796]

I will make this dish because I love pineapples 😋😋

[@chubabasama3968]

I tried this today but I didnt have brown sugar, what did use was honey powder and it came out really good.

[@VictorDo]

Going to make these with the new Ikea veggie meatballs.

[@cathrinewhite7629]

#MarionsKitchen lots of cooking channels use superlatives like "awesome" and "epic". Your recipes are the only ones I take at your word, *before* I make them, LOL.🙏🤗

[@chefhamza4452]

I like ur style so nice🎂

[@palomahealing5073]

I love me some Meatballs! Gonna make this one day when I get out of this room I'm renting and have a place of my own?😁 I'm a mini Chef/Foodie

[@jededge]

pineapple is what take aways use spot on

[@蕾蕾厨房]

Put that pineapple sauce into the sauce is a great idea.

[@philiprose1901]

Made this again last night. this time using home made Beef Meatballs ... For the sauce I eyeballed the quantities but used Marion's as a basis ... The result was overpoweringly sweet AND sour. Next time I'll reduce the amount of sugar because I used tinned pineapples and the juice is already sweetened and also the amount of vinegar (I used cider vinegar) ... Even so, this still tasted great but just TOO much of a good thing !!!

[@rachkate76]

My meatball hack lately has been IKEA frozen meatballs…. I hate the Coles and Woolies ones they seem like tough and chewy sausages without the casings to me.

[@heyitsmeshaz]

omg great idea

[@rachkate76]

@@heyitsmeshaz IKEA meatballs are nice and soft- no Allen key required. 🤣 They’re also sooooo generous with the frozen bags they sell at the food hall that they last forever for the price. I’ve had about 7 serves (10 meatballs each time) of it with my own homemade mash potatoes, sauce and I aldo got some lingonberry jam at the same time (I only use it with their meatballs) and there’s still more in the freezer- it’s almost like they’re breeding in there.

[@MRSomethin1]

Tried this tonight .....my teenage daughters judged......amazing thank you !!!!!!!

[@darionwilson3666]

thatd be yummy with some white rice

[@cozyvamp]

To turn those meatballs into a party snack, add some booze and some generic BBQ sauce. Turns that sweet and sour in a whole new direction. I had a lot of Asian friends growing up in San Francisco and ketchup was always part of their mom's homemade sweet and sour. It was also what was in Chinese cookbooks at the time, Catonese, anyway. /;) Thanks for the reminder.

[@jules0325]

🤩🤩🤩

[@StephenRichardsonUK]

First off, I gave a 👍 like to the video, but Marion KETCHUP? I'm pretty sure Ketchup was not around when sweet & sour sauce was invented. Surely it should be Tomatoe pasata/ puree? I ❤ love your videos and have learned alot, but Ketchup only belongs on a breakfast plate.😊

[@flyktsodatamigiland]

Piping bags are great alternative if you don’t wanna roll meatballs

[@ashleighbingham7032]

Is the Pineapple juice fresh, in a can, or in a bottle with concentrate? I am going grocery shopping tomorrow and I don't know which one to get. 🌷

[@cherylwilson716]

Off to find some Chinese five spice.

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah nice! What's your favorite?

[@darleenfisher8158]

Yummy

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah! What's your favorite?

[@paulamckie9004]

What noodles would you use?

[@kdmac7425]

We actually have corn flour in the USA.

[@jasz3641]

Yes that's pineapple eyes.

[@valeriet1338]

I love how she says "m-eex"

[@richiegraham8599]

Lol! What's your favorite?

[@leticiaarellano8798]

Please como fermentar limones?

[@roynoi4662]

So, how do you call corn flower in Australia, when corn starch is mostly the starch of the corn and corn flower is a grind of kind a whole corn? Greetings from Germany. I like the recipie thow :).

[@cheesycow8cookies898]

Wait are corn flour and corn starch different?

[@roflmaocopter999]

@@cheesycow8cookies898 no, they’re the same. They just call is Cornflour in the UK, Aus and NZ, but Cornstarch in the US

[@cheesycow8cookies898]

Oh ok

[@roynoi4662]

Sorry, thought, that there'd be a difference. But ok, it is about the grinding degree here in Germany. Finely grind is starch, coarsly grind is flour.

[@cheesycow8cookies898]

Oh cool

[@tinamorgan5099]

Yes they are called eyes

[@richiegraham8599]

Yeah they're! What's your favorite?

[@wathah323]

Fire spice?

[@asemhalim1136]

Good

[@arthurwalls9091]

Hello MARION , YOU LOOK AMAZING as USUAL , IMPECCABLE ...👌 Since you like to know all the latest trends , fads , & kitchen accessories , there is one out that seems to do just what it says .......... It was designed to do 3 things only , but it does them well ..... ......... It was a Made to help out with preparing Fresh Pineapple for a Professional Look while also Saving Wasted Pineapple................. Usually I'd remember the proper name of this little gadget but for the moment it escapes me , Sooooo for this moment we'll call it the Dimple Plucker .......What it does is this ....... 1.) It allows you to barely Skin ( peel ) the Pineapple without even thinking about those Dark Unsightly Dimples ...Thus saving you 3/8" to 1/2" of Puneapple meat you don't have to waste just getting those Dimples gone .................. 2.) It efficiently gouges (plucks ) all the Dimples out saving you a lit of wasted fruit getting rid of those inedible Dimples ...... and Lastly..... 3.) It not only Removes them Efficiently with One Pluck , leaving a nice clean looking Dimple but it actually Removes them Quickly & leaves an interesting looking whole pineapple behind if you wanted to serve it whole or even slices ....... I just thought you'd find this little gadget interesting to maybe add some sort of different visual for your viewers while you prepared some dishes using Fresh Prepared Pineapple .......( L.O.L. )...🍍🍍🍍 By the way , I Love You , I Love Your Channel , I think you're Beautiful , I love your long long hair & miss the way you used to wear it down when you cooked ........I really appreciate when instead of trying to make these dishes so perfectly & an Homage to the original way it was made with a grocery list of ingredients & several steps one has to do & hoops one has to jump thru , but instead Opts to Trim the list of ingredients to the bare essentials to capture the End Flavor with the fewest steps one needs to take to get to a dish that tastes like a correct result of having done everything the right way ....Much like the Infamous KZbinr with 4 million Subscribers ( he must be doing something right ).SAM THE COOKING GUY .... He tries to get one off their collective butts by finding Interesting Recipe Dishes then Simplifies them using less ingredients & less steps to still achieve Awesome results .....Some , if not MOST of his Abridged Recipes are just unbelieveable how he achieved the same taste & results doing things HIS WAY .....LOVED CHATTING WITH YOU MARION ...Keep up the Great Work , You Are An Amazing Cook , You are Simply Amazing .....👏👌👍😊😘😎

[@saifullee4288]

Yeah, I call it the pineapple 'nose'.

[@paulsmith869]

No measures

[@leticiaarellano8798]

Ginger. Y tambien garlic please??

[@lisabortman6612]

What is the measurements

[@chefhamza4452]

Nice lood

[@chefhamza4452]

Hoo

[@Dave-tw9ib]

who has 5 spice everything but what is that 5 spices in one Ha