Vietnamese Pork Meatballs
Asian flavors in the meatballs, are served over rice and topped with a tangy chili sauce. You can also serve these with lettuce wraps.
Yield: 4 people
Calories: 210kcal
Equipment
- wok
Materials
Ingredients - For the Vietnamese Pork Meatballs
- 1 lb ground pork
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 green onions white part finely chopped
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- Salt & pepper to taste
For the Sauce
- 2 tbsp of any Asian chili sauce
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- ¼ cup lime juice
- 2 tsp lime zest
- ¼ cup sugar
- For garnish - Top with Scallion Green parts & chopped Cilantro
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
- In a bowl, combine all the meat ingredients and use your hands to mix.
- Shape the meat into golf-ball-size rounds
- Arrange on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, flipping once halfway through until the meatballs are browned and cooked through.
- While the meatballs are cooking, make the sauce
- Whisk all of the sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl. Be sure the sugar is completely dissolved and not stuck to the bottom of the bowl.
- Serve the meatballs drizzled with the sauce and sprinkled with scallions and cilantro, over rice.
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Nutrition
Serving: 99g | Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 210mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 153IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg