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
- Coriander: 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
- Garlic Clove: 1 small garlic clove, crushed
- Olive Oil: olive oil for frying
- Spring Onion: 4 spring onions, finely chopped
- Lime Juice: 2 tbsp lime juice
- Mint: 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
- Soy Sauce: 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- Sesame Oil: 1 tsp sesame oil
- Fish Sauce: 3 tbsp fish sauce
- Lemongrass: 2 tsp lemongrass, finely chopped
- Cornflour: 1 tsp cornflour
- Clear Honey: 2 tbsp clear honey
- Minced Pork: 450g minced pork
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.
