Asian pork meatballs

Asian pork meatballs

Fresh, zingy meatballs served with an oriental dipping sauce – great party food for family or friends

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 20, serves 4 adults and 4 kids

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour, plus chilling

Method

  1. Make the meatballs. Gently warm the honey in a non-stick frying pan, add the fish sauce and stir to make a syrup. Leave to cool.
  2. Put pork in a bowl and fold in honey syrup, spring onions, garlic, lemongrass, cornflour, mint and coriander. Mix and season with salt and lots of black pepper.
  3. Shape into 20 balls and put on a tray lined with greaseproof paper. Chill for 30 mins. To make the sauce, mix all the ingredients together, then set aside.
  4. Brush the balls with olive oil and fry for 3-4 mins each side. Serve with the sauce.

Per meatball

51 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, sugar 2g, salt 0.57 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2005.

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  • 12 November 2007

    Philippa rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I think it would be worth whizzing the lemon grass spring onion and herbs in a food processor before adding to the mix, when I was eating these I kept on getting chunks which weren't very nice. Other than that it's a good combination of flavours.

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  • 12 November 2007

    Philippa rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I think it would be worth whizzing the lemon grass spring onion and herbs in a food processor before adding to the mix, when I was eating these I kept on getting chunks which weren't very nice. Other than that it's a good combination of flavours.

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  • 11 June 2008

    traceyjanet commented on this recipe

    I would suggest that you cut the lemongrass into 1 inch peices buise them with the knife handle to release the flavour and at the end of the dish remove them, as I do with Thai Tom Yum Soup, as they are inedible. Unless you can find lemongrass powder. whizzing them in a blender will not hide them. (Its like making Italian pasta sauce I would not dream of leaving the whole basil leaves in the sauce, tip... I keep them whole to remove them easily)

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  • 27 September 2008

    Cheeky976 commented on this recipe

    Bart does lemon grass paste in a jar. Very good flavour.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 20, serves 4 adults and 4 kids

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour, plus chilling

Ingredients

FOR THE ORIENTAL DIPPING SAUCE

  • 1 tsp chopped fresh coriander
  • 3 spring onions , finely sliced
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
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Per meatball

51 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, sugar 2g, salt 0.57 g

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