Asian Meatball with Sweet Onion Soy Sauce
By Andy Ruszczyk
15 min
Prep Time
1 hour
Cook Time
8
Number of Servings
What you'll need:
Meatballs
- 2 lbs. ground turkey
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 3 pieces of minced ginger
- 1 tsp soy sauce
Sauce (recipe makes 17 servings)
- Onion and Carrots
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 pieced of minced ginger
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1-quart stock
- 4 oz chives
- 1 oz sesame seeds
What to do:
Meatballs-
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Crack 2 large eggs into a bowl
- Add ground turkey to a separate large mixing bowl
- Mince onion and garlic
- Spray baking sheet with non-stick spray
- Sauté onions and garlic in stock pot over medium heat in olive oil (until cooked ~3-5 minutes)
Note: You can sauté all the garlic and onion in one pot, then put half into the meatball mix and leave the other for the sauce
- Combine all ingredients into meat mix (spices, egg, cooked onion and garlic, breadcrumbs)
- Mix well. Store in fridge to let meat set, up to one day
- Scoop 1 oz. balls onto baking sheet and place in oven
- Roast in oven for 40-45 minutes, check after 30-35 min to see how they look, take out of oven and add to sauce
Sauce-
- Sauté onions and carrots in sesame olive oil. Cook until tender and start to caramelize, 15-20 minutes on medium low, stirring often
- Add garlic and ginger and cook 2-3 minutes until tender.
- Add soy sauce and sesame oil
- Cook on high heat for 2-3 minutes, stir constantly
- Add 1-quart of water to glaze the pan, stir to combine bits from bottom of the pan, remove from heat
- Blend sauce until smooth using a blender or handheld emersion blender
- Move sauce back to saucepan and simmer on low. Add meatballs and continue to simmer on low up to 2 hours (may need to add water if sauce gets too thick)
- Serve meatballs in sauce with sliced chives and toasted sesame seeds