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Spicy Asian Meatballs

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy!  They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!  

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

In my household, we tend to eat pretty healthy.  I eat a mostly plant based diet.  (Psst here is my story of how I got there.) But the munchkin is quite the carnivore as is the hubs, bless their hearts.  They consume plenty of of chicken, lots of turkey and lean beef.  I make meatballs A LOT!  I’m a fan, hubs is a fan and the little munchkin loves them too.

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!
This is her trying to steal a meatball while I was taking a picture of them 🙂 My little carnivore..

I typically make these  except I use turkey or lean beef instead of the veal.  That being said, it sometimes gets a bit boring and so I have to get creative with my ground turkey creations.

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

I created this meatballs on a whim one weeknight when I stared blankly at my lump 2 pounds of ground turkey and had no idea what to do with it.  After looking through the pantry, only a few things jumped out at me and none were very inspiring.  Except the soy sauce.  For some reason, the soy sauce struck a nerve and before I knew it, I was racing around the kitchen looking for ginger, lemon grass, scallions and other ingredients of the Asian variety.

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

I combined some fairly common Asian ingredients together and baked the little bite size suckers.  While they baked, I whisked up a quick glaze to dunk them in pumping hot out of the oven.

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

And into my mouth they went.  Cuz you know while I am mostly plant based…I still taste everything I make.  What kind of a chef would I be otherwise?

I have to say, I was darn impressed with myself.  They were zesty, tangy, sweet and salty.  Absolutely perfect with fried rice and veggies or propped up on a cute little cocktail fork as an appetizer at a swanky party.  These saucy, sexy, little meatballs will definitely be part of my recipe artillery.

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

I gave this recipe out to friends and family galore during the holidays last year.  Every single one of them came back and said they should have doubled the recipe…some said to even triple it.  So do yourself a favor if you are bringing these to a party make extra…they warm up beautifully the next day…the day after…they never get old!

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

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Asian Meatballs

The Perfect Bite – Zesty Asian Meatballs


  • Author: Mila Furman

Description

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in a flavorful glaze creating a perfect bite


Ingredients

Scale
  • Meatballs
  • 2 pounds ground turkey (you can also use, ground beef or chicken)
  • 4 scallions sliced thinly
  • 3 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 5 garlic cloves minced on the microplaner
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • few squirts of siracha (depending how spicy you like it)
  • Glaze
  • 1/2 cup hoisen sauce
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp minced ginger
  • juice of half a lemon

Instructions

  1. First pre-heat your oven to 400-degrees.
  2. Combine turkey, ginger, garlic, siracha, soy sauce, sesame oil, Panko, scallions and eggs. Mix with hands until thoroughly combined. Make sure not to overwork the mass. Taste a tiny little piece for seasoning and spice by frying up a small piece of the mixture on a frying an quickly.
  3. Shape into little meatballs. About 1 inch in diameter. You want them just a tad bigger than bite size. I got about 30 out of them. You will want them a bit smaller if these are for an appetizer.
  4. Place them in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until no longer pink on the inside.
  5. While they are baking combine hoisen sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, rice wine vinegar, honey and lemon juice in a small sauce pan over medium heat until the sauce is combined and heated through.
  6. Remove the meatballs from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
  7. Dunk into the glaze so they are completely coated and serve. Make sure to taste the sauce as you go as well. Some people like it a bit more tart, others a bit more sweet.
  8. Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced scallions.
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Cuisine: Asian

 

 

These fun and easy spicy Asian meatballs are juicy, tangy and spicy! They are baked right in the oven and dipped in an uber flavorful glaze to create the perfect party appetizer or a quick dinner!!!

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66 Comments

    1. Hi there! These are sooooo easy to make! And you can get the kids involved with the mixing and scooping for a fun project! They come together really easily and quickly! Best of all they cook in no time and are super healthy! Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions!

  1. Those are beautiful, and they sound amazing. I love meatballs; we’re having sweet-and-sour meatballs for dinner tonight! I’m pinning these lovelies for later.

  2. These meatballs look delicious…I’m sure my family will enjoy them, especially since siracha is one of the ingredients! Bet they’ll taste good with avocado on the side too! Connecting via SITS ConnectLove today. Happy to connect!

    1. Hey Mimi!!! EVERYTHING goes with avocado 🙂 I actually ate these with avocado on the side 🙂 happy to see you here!!!

  3. OH! These look wonderful! I’ve make Italian meatballs TONS of times, but never an asian style meatball! I love the idea! And can’t wait to give these a try! Anything with siracha makes me happy. Thanks for the sharing! And yay for the SITS Girls and their love challenge and allowing us to connect!

    1. Yes definitely yay for the SITS girls! I seriously love these meatballs so much. They come together in no time! And one dip in the glaze and you are done! Not to mention they are gorgeous!

    1. Rene thanks for commenting and stopping by! They whip up so quickly and easily and the flavor profile is a huge payoff

  4. I made 90 of these fantastic sphere’s of heaven for a get together on Saturday night. There were approximatly 20 dishes on the table for sampling and the Asian Meatballs (made with turkey) was the only dish that was completly empty at the end of the evening. I have shared the website with 6 people at the party.

  5. Nice Recipe and when i see your post then then i start cocking. I am only follow your instruction. I learn so much.

    Keep on more shares 🙂

  6. I love the meatballs — they look delicious and as far as “we” girls always feel so much better after a good style and update 🙂 You know, you walk in and everyone says: You look amazing. Well posts sometimes need that too, although I can’t find fault with your style and fashion sense. And I like your spicy sense — very provocative. My tastebuds loved to be teased!!! Great recipe and photos!!

  7. The meatball looks so delicious. We often make turkey meatballs and coat them with similar ingredients( I am Japanese) but I have not tried to add lemon, so I will try to add lemon next time. Thank you for sharing.

  8. I don’t think I knew you ate mostly plant-based foods, Mila. I’m happy you can still taste the food you make though because these meatballs for a start look absolutely mouth-watering. Love this kind of tasty-but-quick food – bet they work really well on a week-night. Thank you!

    1. Helen! Thank you!!! Yes I went plant based quite a few months ago 🙂 And I really love it! Thank you for the kind words they are killer during weeknights!

  9. Mila, these sound wonderful! I only use ground turkey and am always looking for new recipes. I was wondering though if the meatballs can be made ahead of time and frozen. Then make the glaze when I plan on using them. Then I would have something in the freezer if I have unexpected company. Sound good to you?

    1. Hi Mary!!! Yes yes yes! These will freeze up beautifully! And just make the glaze the night before so you just have to heat them up in the sauce in the oven 🙂 Then they will be perfect.

      1. Mila,
        I made them last night, glaze and all. I would eat them all at one sitting but am curbing myself to two a day… I don’t want to kill my diet lol. Thank you so much for this amazing recipe!!!! P.S. I didn’t freeze this batch 🙂

        1. Mary what a fantastic comment to get!!! This totally made MY DAY!!! I so appreciate the warm comments and I am so glad that you liked it!!! Truth they are not really unhealthy so don’t be too hard on yourself! I hope you now know that you have to make more than the one serving of these 🙂

  10. Hi, me and my husband made these for dinner. It was kind of a last minute decision. We just got a meat grinder attachment for our kitchenaide mixer so we made our own ground chicken, then added all the ingredients, mixed it, the ran it through the grinder again. They were very good! Not spicy enough for my husband, even though I let him be liberal with the siracha sauce lol. They were fantastic. We had them with jasmine rice. I didn’t have any scallions, but I will make sure next time I make these I’ll have them.

    1. Tammy, what a wonderful compliment! Thank you! I guess some people just can handle the heat 🙂 I’m a wussy when it comes to that 🙂

  11. Amazing meatballs, the whole famile are crazy about them!
    Now one of the older children has turned vegan, can you recommend vegetables or tofu for this recipe?

    1. I was vegan for awhile actually!!!! If you search for meatballs on my site there are vegan meatballs that are really great!

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