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!
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
Keywords: oven, baked, asian, simple, easy, healthy
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!!