Vietnamese-Style Meatballs

  • Preparation Time
    Prep:
    30 min.
  • Cooking Time
    Cook:
    12 min.
  • Serves
    Serves:
    2

Fresh ingredients like garlic, cilantro and green onions give these pork meatballs tons of flavor.

Recipe tags: chili base, easy difficulty, app, pork, roast

Ingredients

Dipping Sauce

Quantity Ingredient
2 Tbsp warm water
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp rice vinegar
2 Tbsp fish sauce
½ tsp serrano chile, stemmed, seeded and finely chopped

Meatballs

Quantity Ingredient
2 tsp Better Than Bouillon® Chili Base
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp fresh lime juice
2 tsp fish sauce
1½ tsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
1 lb ground pork
2 green onions, finely chopped
¼ cup chopped cilantro

Directions

Directions for Dipping Sauce

  • 1

    In a small bowl, mix all dipping sauce ingredients until blended. Serve sauce with meatballs.

Directions for Meatballs

  • 1

    In a large bowl, add Chili Base, garlic, sugar, lime juice, fish sauce, ginger, baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper; stir to combine. Add pork, onion and cilantro; mix until well blended.

  • 2

    Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Using wet hands, to prevent meat from sticking, form meat mixture into about 24 meatballs, about 1 tablespoon meat mixture for each meatball.

  • 3

    Place meatballs on prepared baking sheet and bake in oven until done, about 10-12 minutes.

Vary the dipping sauce by adding thinly shredded carrot, green onion, or chopped peanuts.