This Asian Meatballs Recipe is an easy go-to food idea that’s suitable for a special party or a fast weeknight family dinner at home. Either way, it’s tasty and a recipe that you need to try soon.
Asian Meatballs Recipe
Every few months or so, a group of virtual foodie friends convene to recreate a recipe from another group member’s site. We call it Freaky Friday and you’re going to call it delicious. This go-round, I was assigned to make something that caught my fancy on the The Devilish Dish and what I found over there was a mouthwatering Asian Meatballs Recipe.
We baked these meatballs in the oven, on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
We’ve made a few meatball recipes before, here on Platter Talk. Some are braised, some are in a casserole, some are in stromboli. All of them are delicious. This Asian Meatballs Recipe fits in very nicely with all of the others as it is simple and and full of flavor. These go together quickly in a mixing bowl and then spend about 15 minutes in the oven. In terms of ingredients, this Asian Meatballs Recipe can easily be tailored to your likes.
The basic ingredients include:
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Beef, egg, and breadcrumbs
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Soy sauce
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Sesame oil
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Green onions, garlic and ginger
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Cilantro
For added zing, you could throw some chopped up hot pepper into the mix. Don’t care for cilantro? Leave it out. I love using fresh ginger whenever possible but guess what – when it was time to add some to the mixing bowl I realized we had none. Enter a dash or two of Chinese spice that has sat dormant in my spice cabinet for longer than I care to admit. I had a little orange juice and that went into the mixing bowl as well. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S.
As with any recipe, use what you think might taste good and make it your own. We hope you will try this Asian Meatballs Recipe soon, you won’t be disappointed! -Dan
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Asian Meatballs Recipe
A fast and simple recipe that is suitable for a tasty appetizer or a delicious weeknight family meal.
Ingredients
for the meatballs
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger fine chop
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro coarse chop
- 3 green onions chopped
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds optional
for the dipping sauce
- 3 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 fresh lime juiced
- 1 green onion chopped
Instructions
for the meatballs
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Preheat oven to 500° F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Combine all meatball ingredients, except sesame seeds, into a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Adjust breadcrumb amount to ensure adequate texture for rolling into balls and maintaining shape. Form into golf ball size meatballs and place on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with optional sesame seeds if desired.
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Bake for 15 minutes.
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In a small bowl, combine dipping sauce ingredients and stir well.
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Serve dipping sauce with meatballs.
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Mmmm! These look so good! I love the addition of ginger and those cute sesame seeds!
Thanks so much!
These meatballs looks amazing! They are packed with flavor and I think they’d be delicious on some hoagie buns too!
We love the hoagie buns idea, Megan!
My favorite dish is steamed rice with lamb meat balls. You got me at Asian. Your pics are equally inviting. Will definitely give this a shot.
Thanks so much for the kind comments!
Yum! These would be perfect for a party! These meatballs sound absolutely incredible and I love the dipping sauce too.
Thanks Tara! We hope you try them soon.
These meatballs look so delicious and easy. And the dipping sauce, yum! I can’t wait to make this for my husband.
He’s a lucky man!
Your photos are gorgeous! sounds like a great recipe I need to try.
It’s great to hear from you, Mary Ellen and we appreciate your kind comments!
What a fun idea! Yum! I can see why you picked these meatballs! They look and sound Yummy!
Thanks, Beth. I don’t think you can have too many recipes for meatballs!
There are some fantastic flavors going on in these awesome little bites! I love an asian style meatball so I am really looking forward to trying this recipe out! Great party food for sure!
Thanks for the comments, Angela. We always love your feedback!
I love meatballs of all kind and these sound absolutely delicious. These would be so great at a get-together with friends!
Thanks, Lisa. As a plus, they’re so easy to make too!
Sesame oil adds so much flavor! Love the ingredients in these. I make a chicken meatball with similar flavorings and we love them in soups or just to snack on.
Michelle, you are so right about the sesame oil, we are looking forward to discovering other foods to use with this ingredient.
Your photos are gorgeous. I’m so glad you made these meatballs. They were a huge hit at my daughter’s Asian Inspired High School Grad Party. She’s about to graduate from college. Sounds like another party is in order. I too have a semi-used jar of Five Spice Powder. Thanks for the great idea. I’m going to try these again using that.
Dan, you have raised the bar with these Asian meatballs. Just love all the ingredients that go into the meatball and the sauce sounds sinfully good too! Thank you for this recipe, my teenagers will go bonkers for them.
Thanks so much, I think that your kids will indeed enjoy this recipe!
These look great & super flavorful with that sauce! And nice and easy. I’ll be making these for my next party!
Thanks, Debi I think you will enjoy this recipe!
These sound delicious! Asian inspired flavors are my favorite!
Thank you, Sarah!
Perfect bites to share as an appetizer! Actually, I think these Asian meatballs would be a delicious main dish too!
Thanks for the kind comments, Sandra and yes – they make for a great main dish!
Wonderful flavor combination in these amazing meatballs, they look absolutely delicious! And your pictures are fabulous, great styling and everything looks just mouthwatering!
Thanks, Debra; we enjoyed these little meatballs that are packed with big flavor!
These look so incredible!
I’ve never come across a meatball that I didn’t like and I know I would enjoy these. 😀
I get it, Karen! Thanks for your comments.
These looks truly mouthwatering, Dan! Tasty and your photos — wonderful!! YUM!
We had a lot of fun with these meatballs, Michaela. Thanks so much for your comments!
Amazing job on these, honestly they are rockin’! Pinned to try later!
Thanks so much, Lori!
These look SO GOOD!! I love all the flavors and textures. Can’t wait to try them.
Thanks, Christie!
Forget sharing these with anybody! I want to eat all of these myself!!
I could eat Asian food every night of the week! These meatballs look DIVINE!
Let’s be honest: I’ve never met a meatball I didn’t like. Any something’s telling my these won’t change that any time soon. Love the idea of an asian meatball! Can’t wait to try these!
Meatballs are a big favorite around here…I can’t wait to try these!
The flavor on these sounds amazing. Definitely adding this to the menu when we get back from vacation!
Those meatballs with the Asian flavours look so amazing. Bet the dipping sauce is delicious
I’ve really been into collecting meatball recipes for party appetizers recently. Adding this one to the list!
These meatballs look delicious. I think I’ll host a little get together at my place, just so I can serve these. Sounds like a great idea to add in some hot pepper too!
They sound absolutely superb, all of the flavours in there rank highly on my drool scale so not surprising really, fabulous presentation too 😀
I love the Freaky Friday thing! it’s always so interesting to see the difference in cooking styles and see what someone else would do to your recipe. This one looks great! Thanks for sharing.
This looks delicious and juicy! What a fun recipe for any party spread. I am going to have to give this recipe a try before my next event. Thank you! Luci’s Morsels | fashion. food. frivolity.
These look great. I’d like to make for our Dinner Club in May as one of the appetizers, served with a shot of Sake! Do you think I could make the meatballs ahead of time and freeze? Cooked, not cooked before freezing? Thanks.
Either should work! Just reheat if you decide to freeze ahead of time.