I have really no idea how I happen to make these meatballs for the first time. I know wanted to venture away from typical red meatballs and provide toddlers with quick meal. These make a wonderful finger food and are great in pasta with veggies.
You will need: 1lb of ground turkey or chicken, 1/2 tsp chinese 5 spice mix, 1/2 tsp chili garlic sauce (or sweet chili sauce),1tbs soy sauce,1 egg, 1/2c breadcrumbs, 2 green onions
Preheat the oven to 400 deg. Slice the green onions.
Add 1/2 tsp chinese five spice mixture
1 tbs soy sauce
1/2 tsp chili sauce
Break in one egg,
and mix everything together
roll them into desired sized balls, it helps if your hands are a little wet that way the mixture will not stick to your hands
Bake in 400 deg oven until golden. You can at this moment freeze them, eat as finger food or add to pasta.
There are a lot of variations to these meatballs. First you can add other vegetables like broccoli, corn, red pepper. You can also add “different” bread crumbs like panko or even plain cereal like rice puffs that have been mixed in a processor.
These look perfect for a bento lunch – do these taste all right if eaten cold, do you know?
Is that really supposed to say 40 degree oven, or is that 400?
Yes it is 400 deg, will change it, thanks. And they do taste really good cold, since they are baked and chicken they are not greasy at all.
Wow Kathy, they look wonderful. I actually have all the ingredients to make these. I bet they are good with a tomato sauce.
mmm fusion meatballs…I bet they’d be great with a peanut sauce!
Those look fabulous. I will try them just as soon as I stock up on more Asian condiments
I am thinking these could be used as part of an oriental inspired meat ball sandwich. Any suggestions for what else would work with them?
If I would include them in an oriental inspired sandwich, I would fill it with crunchy lettuce like romaine, add carrots, snap peas,definately bean sprouts,maybe even avocado for some creamy factor and add peanut thai dressing.
Yummmmmmmmmmm! We just finished gobbling up more meatballs than we should have but who can stop! These are delicious! I made mine with pork as we are huge pork fans and the flavors were wonderful together.
You are rapidly becoming my sweetie’s favorite on-line cooking blogger! Mine too!