Asian Meatballs
on Mar 03, 2017, Updated Jul 24, 2020
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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.
This is one of our most popular Asian recipes.
About these
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’ve made a few meatball recipes before here on Platter Talk. Some are braised, some are in a casserole, and 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 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:
- Beef, egg, and breadcrumbs
- Soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- Green onions, garlic, and ginger
- 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
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
- Preheat oven to 500° F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 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.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine dipping sauce ingredients and stir well.
- Serve dipping sauce with meatballs.
Nutrition
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They sound absolutely superb, all of the flavours in there rank highly on my drool scale so not surprising really, fabulous presentation too ๐
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!
I’ve really been into collecting meatball recipes for party appetizers recently. Adding this one to the list!
Those meatballs with the Asian flavours look so amazing. Bet the dipping sauce is delicious
The flavor on these sounds amazing. Definitely adding this to the menu when we get back from vacation!
Meatballs are a big favorite around here…I can’t wait to try these!
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!
I could eat Asian food every night of the week! These meatballs look DIVINE!
Forget sharing these with anybody! I want to eat all of these myself!!
These look SO GOOD!! I love all the flavors and textures. Can’t wait to try them.
Thanks, Christie!