Sweet and Sour Stuffed Shells
Author: Nikki
This meal is packed with amazing flavor and is pretty simple to put together!
Ingredients
  • 1 box jumbo shells
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon dry mustard
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce
  • Sweet and sour sauce:
  • 4 Tablespoons melted butter
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ½ cup chopped green pepper
  • 1 15 oz pineapple chuncks and juice
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
Cornstarch mixture
  • 8 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • ¼ cold cup water
Instructions
  1. Bring water to a boil in large pot of water and dump shells in. Partially cook shells enough to get them open enough to stuff, about 5 to 7 min.
  2. While shells are boiling, combine ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, dry mustard, ginger, salt, pepper and soy sauce in a large bowl. Make sure to incorporate ingredients together evenly.
  3. Drain shells and stuff with meat mixture.
  4. Make Sweet and sour sauce.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
  1. Combine cornstarch and water and set aside.
  2. In a large sauce pan, bring all sauce ingredients to a boil and slowly add corn starch/water mixture stirring contantly. Continue stirring over medium heat until thickened.
  3. Pour sweet and sour sauce over the top of stuffed shells and cover with ¼ cup water.
  4. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F.
  5. Serve over rice.
Recipe by Chef in Training at https://www.chef-in-training.com/sweet-sour-stuffed-shells/