Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce
Delicious Asian-inspired meatballs made with a blend of ground pork and veal, flavored with water chestnuts, cilantro, and Asian seasonings. Served with a tangy sesame lime dipping sauce that perfectly complements the savory meatballs.
Ingredients
- •¼ cup whole milk
- •¼ cup fine dry bread crumbs
- •¾ pound ground pork
- •¾ pound ground veal
- •1 large egg
- •½ cup water chestnuts
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •½ cup cilantro
- •¼ cup cilantro sprigs
- •5 tablespoons soy sauce
- •4 teaspoons sesame oil
- •2 tablespoons lime juice
- •2 tablespoons water
- •2 teaspoons sugar
- •steamed rice
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 500°F.
10 min
- 2.
Pour milk over bread crumbs in a large bowl and stir until liquid is absorbed. Add ground meat, egg, water chestnuts, salt, chopped cilantro, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 2 teaspoons oil and mix with your hands until combined well. Shape 3 tablespoons meat mixture into a ball and transfer to a 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish. Make more meatballs with remaining mixture, arranging meatballs about 1/2 inch apart in baking dish. Bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
25 min
- 3.
Meanwhile, stir together lime juice, water, sugar, remaining 4 tablespoons soy sauce, and remaining 2 teaspoons oil in a bowl until sugar is dissolved.
5 min
- 4.
Transfer meatballs to a serving dish. Stir sauce, then drizzle meatballs with 1 tablespoon sauce and sprinkle with cilantro sprigs.
5 min
- 5.
Serve meatballs with remaining sauce.
2 min