Thai Meatballs With Spicy Dipping Sauce Food

DELICIOUS THAI STYLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the dipping sauce, whisk all the ingredients together and set aside. Start to prepare the meatballs.
• Gently heat the sugar and fish sauce in a non-stick saucepan until the sugar has melted and mixture starts to thicken. Cool, then stir into the pork mince with the remaining ingredients mixing thoroughtly.
• With damp hands, roll into 15-20 small balls, place on a plate and chill until ready to cook.
• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the meatballs for 15-20 minutes, until brown and cooked through.
• As an appetizer, serve the meatballs hot accompanied by the dipping sauce. For a main meal, serve with rice/noodles and a vegetable stir fry.
• You can also freeze the meatballs raw and cook when needed. This works well.
• Happy chopping!

THAI MEATBALLS WITH SPICY DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in fryer or medium saucepan over medium heat.
• For Meatballs: With a light hand, combine pork, egg, cilantro, lemon grass, jalapeños, cornstarch, soy sauce, garlic, sugar and salt in medium bowl. Roll into 3/4-inch meatballs. Fry a few meatballs at a time until lightly browned and no longer pink in center. Drain on paper towels.
• For Spicy Dipping Sauce: Combine vinegar, soy sauce, jalapeños, green onion and sugar in small bowl.
• Serve warm meatballs with wooden picks and Spicy Dipping Sauce.
• For Baked Meatballs: Preheat oven to 350°F Place meatballs on greased, rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and no longer pink in center.

MINI MEATBALLS WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• MEATBALLS:Mix all ingredients except for flour together, using a food processor if you want a very smooth mixture.
• Shape into 1 inch balls; roll lightly in flour, and arrange in one layer in a lightly oiled baking dish or jelly roll pan.
• Bake in upper middle level, 7 to 8 minutes, turning once or twice, to brown nicely and just to stiffen.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
• Drain in a sieve or colander.
• SAUCE:In a medium sauce pan, boil down the ingredients for the sauce until lightly thickened, carefully correct seasoning, and fold in meatballs.
• Bake for 20 minutes.