These sesame ginger pork meatballs will absolutely blow your mind!
They're uber flavorful and are served with a super fresh and simple cucumber salad that really rounds out the meal.
Start making your grocery list and get cooking!
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How to make sesame ginger pork meatballs
Featured Ingredients
For the sesame meatballs:
- Ground pork: The most juicy and flavorful of the ground meats, in my opinion.
- Eggs and breadcrumbs: To hold everything together.
- Cilantro: Provides fresh herbiness and a pop of color and flavor.
- Brown sugar: For a hint of sweetness.
- Soy sauce: For that umami and rich flavor.
- Toasted sesame oil: Because they're sesame meatballs.
- Sriracha: A little heat, of choice.
- Garlic and ginger: Because you need garlic and ginger in sesame meatballs.
Serve with Shaved Carrot and Cucumber Salad for a flavor packed meal!
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a baking sheet fitted with a wire rack with cooking spray. Set aside.
- To make meatballs, thoroughly mix all of the meatball ingredients together in a bowl.
- Form 2-inch meatballs and place on the wire rack about an inch apart.
- Bake 15-18 minutes, until internal temperature of meatballs reaches 145 degrees.
Recipe Substitutions and Alterations
- For the pork: Swap for ground turkey, chicken or beef.
- For the cilantro: Leave it out if you don't like it.
- For the Sriracha: Try gochujang or any chili garlic paste.
- For serving: Serve with fluffy rice and the cucumber salad or stuff the meatballs in lettuce cups.
Nutrition Considerations
- To make them gluten free: Use gluten free breadcrumbs.
- Use low sodium tamari instead of soy sauce.
- Be sure all other ingredients are gluten free.
- To make them dairy free: This recipe does not contain dairy.
- To make them nut free: This recipe does not contain nuts.
- Be sure all ingredients are nut free.
- FYI, this recipe contains sesame.
- To make them egg free: Try with an egg replacer such as Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer or a flax 'egg' (although I haven't tested this).
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Sesame Ginger Pork Meatballs
Juicy pork meatballs with fresh ginger, toasted sesame oil, soy sauce and a touch of brown sugar.
- Prep Time: 10-15 mins
- Cook Time: 15-20 mins
- Total Time: 25-35 mins
- Yield: Serves 4
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
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Pork Meatballs
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup Panko breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha or gochujang (or more to taste)
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced
- ¾ teaspoon coarse salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a baking sheet fitted with a wire rack with cooking spray. Set aside.
- To make meatballs, thoroughly mix all of the meatball ingredients together in a bowl. Form 2-inch meatballs and place on the wire rack about an inch apart.
- Bake 15-18 minutes, until internal temperature of meatballs reaches 145 degrees.
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Notes
Substitution Tip: Use ground turkey instead of pork for a lower fat option.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼ of serving
- Calories: 394
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 444mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 17g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 164mg
akashocd says
wow this recipe is so good thank you for sharing it
Sarah says
This was an easy, delicious, and family-friendly meal. I’m adding this to our regular rotation!
Julie Andrews says
So happy you enjoyed it, Sarah!!