This is a very simple weeknight meal. The meatballs are baked for 20 minutes and come out juicy and tender. I like to eat them with coconut rice and some parsley or coriander tossed with lime juice, olive oil and salt. This recipe makes about 15 meatballs.
Ingredients:
For the meatballs:
500gr minced pork
1 red onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon chopped ginger
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 egg yolk
2 bags of green tea, cut open and emptied
2 tablespoons of sesame oil
1 tablespoon of black sesame seeds
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1/3 cup of panko
2 tablespoons of cornmeal
For the glaze:
2 tablespoons of sesame oil
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
2 tablespoons of hoisin
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a baking tray with aluminum foil and brush it with some vegetable oil.
In a small pan, add the vegetable oil over medium heat. Add the onion, ginger and garlic. Cook for a few minutes until the onion has softened.
In a large bowl, add the minced pork, onion mixture, green tea and the rest of the ingredients. Mix well and start to form the meatballs and place them on the greased oven tray.
Bake them for 20 minutes.
Once the meatballs are cooked, start making the glaze. Add all of the ingredients to a large pan and stir over medium heat. Once the glaze is warm and well combined, add the cooked meatballs. Toss until they are evenly coated in the glaze. Serve with coconut rice and a parsley or coriander salad.
Sounds interesting, but I didn’t get from the recipe what exactly you do with the teabags?
Hi, Sorry for not being clear. You open the tea bags and you mix the tea leaves with the meatball mixture.
Thanks for the explanation. 🙂
Love juicy and smooth meatballs 🙂 I have cravings for fries tonight, so, why not pork meat balls with fries and green salad? Yes, this will be tonight meal (green salad is just to let me believe I’m a reasonable woman!)
Hahaha! Fries are always a good idea! I hope you like the meatballs! 🙂
Love this recipe! I only had ground beef, so I used that instead. The dish turned out delicious! Using green tea in cooking is brilliant. Thank you 🙂
Glad you liked it! Thank you for making it!