Sweet and Sour Stuffed Shells
Stuffed shells are so fun to make! They are easy to change up the flavor and make for an incredible meal.
My husband is a huge fan of the sweet and sour flavor and I thought it would be a fun to try and incorporate that in a new meal. This version of stuffed shells offers a variety of flavors and is pretty easy to throw together. It has a great hawaiian flare with each and every bite.
If you need a new meal to add to your family’s dinner rotation, give this a try!
Sweet and Sour Stuffed Shells
This meal is packed with amazing flavor and is pretty simple to put together!
Author: Nikki
Recipe type: Dinner
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Drain shells and stuff with meat mixture.
- Make Sweet and sour sauce.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Combine cornstarch and water and set aside.
- 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.
- Pour sweet and sour sauce over the top of stuffed shells and cover with ¼ cup water.
- Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F.
- Serve over rice.
Enjoy!
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I was just coming to your site to look up pineapple recipes, and lookie there, a post today!!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
I love the sweet and sour aspect....mmmm, tangy sauces are my thing! And the pineapple, oh I could slather that sauce on just about anything! Pinned :)
Stephanie-Happily Ever Rushed
This looks amazing and i love that it is a different twist on stuffed shells! Thanks Nikki and hope the new baby is doing well!
Lauren Everson
I love stuffed shells! Mexican stuffed shells are a favorite in our house.
These sounds like a great variation. Pinning!
Connelley Barton
Sounds wonderful!
I have a question though. In Step 3, Can I assume that you mean to add 1/4 C water and then cover before baking?
Andrea
Was really good. But the cornstarch got clumpy and my some of the noodles got a little hard in the oven. Any suggestions how to fix that? Thanks
Meg
Is it ground ginger or fresh ginger? Thank you.