Description
If you love meatballs and also Asian-style flavors, you will love this easy and quick, delicious meal.
Close your eyes for one moment, and imagine a plate full of meatballs covered in this sweet and sour, yummy sticky Chilli sauce. Can you see and smell it?
Yes, I know you can, so dig in and enjoy and savor each bite!
Ingredients
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Meatballs
- 600gr ground beef
- 3 tbsp finely chopped spring onion
- 3 cloves crushed garlic
- Thumb sized grated ginger
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp garlic chili paste
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 heaped tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs *
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- Sliced spring onions for garnish
Chili Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1-2 red chili, sliced
- 1 heaped tsp garlic/ginger paste
- 1 tsp (sesame) oil (any)
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp vinegar
- 3 tbsp sweet chili sauce
- 1/4 cup tomato sauc
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- Cornstarch slurry (1 tbsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water)
Instructions
Meatballs:
- Mix all together and using a scoop form Uniform Meatballs and set aside for half an hour.
- Preheat Air Fryer. Air Fry at 180 degrees C for 15 minutes. No need to flip.
Chili Sweet and Sour Sauce:
- In a bowl, mix the brown sugar, vinegar, sweet chili sauce, tomato sauce, and water.
- Heat oil, add chili, and ginger garlic paste. Stir till fragrant.
- Add the mixture in the bowl and bring it to a boil.
- Add the soy sauce and the cornstarch slurry and allow to thicken.
- Pour over meatballs and garnish with chopped spring onions.
Notes
* My breadcrumbs were Salticrax Biscuits processed (to which I added garlic and onion powder and pepper).
I also added 1 tsp sesame oil to the water when making Jasmine Rice.
Prepared, tried, and tested Melanie Kramar
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 996
- Sugar: 22
- Sodium: 2255
- Fat: 46
- Saturated Fat: 16
- Unsaturated Fat: 21
- Trans Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 80
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 62
- Cholesterol: 184
