Hawaiien meatballs in sauce (Diabetic cooking)

Serve these with picks for easy handling as appetizers.

MEATBALLS
-1 pound lean ground chicken or turkey
-¾ cup fine fry bread crumbs
-1 oeufs
-2 teaspoon prepared mustard
-1 garlic clove, minced
-½ teaspoon ground ginger
-½ teaspoon salt
-½ teaspoon granulated sugar
-½ cup finely chopped green onion
-14 oz. can crushed pineapple, with juice

SAUCE
-3 tablespoon chili sauce
-2 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
-2 tablespoon brown sugar, packed or sugar substitute
-1 tablespoon cornstarch
-¼ cup water

Meatballs
Combine first 9 ingredients with ¼ cup undrained pineapple until mixed well and evenly moist. Reserve remaining pineapple and juice.
Form chicken mixture into forty 1-inch balls. Place on greased baking sheet.
Bake in 400*F oven for 12 minutes until meatballs are no longer pink inside.

Sauce
Combine chili sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, cornstarch, water and remaining pineapple with juice in a small saucepan.
Heat and stir on medium until boiling and slightly thickened. Combine with meatballs.

Nutrition information: 1 meatballs with ½ tablespoon sauce; 34 calories; 0.4 g total fat (0.1 g sat., 12 mg cholesterol); 114 mg sodium; 3g protein; 4g carbohydrate; trace dietary fiber.

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