Meatballs recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has clear honey, fish sauce, minced pork, spring onion, garlic clove, lemongrass, cornflour, mint, coriander, olive oil, coriander, spring onion, lime juice, soy sauce and sesame oil.
Asian pork meatballs
Course: Meatballs
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Clear Honey: 2 tbsp clear honey
- Fish Sauce: 3 tbsp fish sauce
- Minced Pork: 450g minced pork
- Spring Onion: 4 spring onions, finely chopped
- Garlic Clove: 1 small garlic clove, crushed
- Lemongrass: 2 tsp lemongrass, finely chopped
- Cornflour: 1 tsp cornflour
- Mint: 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
- Coriander: 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
- Olive Oil: olive oil for frying
- Lime Juice: 2 tbsp lime juice
- Soy Sauce: 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- Sesame Oil: 1 tsp sesame oil
Directions
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Brush the balls with olive oil and fry for 3-4 mins each side. Serve with the sauce.
