Lemongrass Pork Meatballs

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In this video, I cook pork lemongrass meatballs. Lemongrass is used in Southeast Asian recipes.  My pork lemongrass recipe is packed with bold flavors and spices to satisfy your taste bud.

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Lemongrass Pork Meatballs
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 24 meatballs
Ingredients
  • 3 stalks of lemon grass
  • 1 knob of ginger
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • ¼ cup oyster sauce
  • 2 TBS hoisin sauce
  • 1 tsp of rice wine vinegar
  • 2 TBS brown sugar (optional if you like it sweeter)
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds, toasted
  • 1 tsp black peppercorn
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 red Thai chili pepper (optional)
  • 1 lbs. ground pork
  • 1 TBS cooking oil
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
Instructions
  1. Chop bottom of lemongrass in pieces
  2. Roughly chop ginger
  3. Peel 3 cloves of garlic
  4. Chop onion into small bite size pieces
  5. In a food processor, combine lemongrass, ginger, garlic and red Thai chili pepper and process and set to the side.
  6. Toast coriander and black peppercorn seeds to release the flavors and oils.
  7. Grind coriander and black peppercorn
  8. In a separate bowl, combine oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, and rice wine vinegar and mix.
  9. Add ¼ cup of the processed lemongrass, ginger, garlic and red Thai chili pepper into the sauce and mix until combined.
  10. In a large bowl, add in ground pork, onions, coriander and black pepper corn powder that we ground earlier (2 tsp), turmeric, and lemongrass sauce (reserve 2 TBS of lemongrass sauce). Mix until combined.
  11. Use a mini ice cream scooper and form your meatballs.
  12. Toss meatballs with cornstarch and shake any excess cornstarch off.
  13. In a large skillet, add cooking oil and sear the meatballs on all sides.
  14. Transfer seared meatballs to a tray lined with parchment paper.
  15. Bake a 400 degrees for 10 minutes, and flip them to the other side and bake for another 10 minutes.
  16. Take them out and brush with the reserved 2 TBS of lemongrass sauce and turn oven to broil and leave oven open while the meatballs bake for another 1-2 minutes.
Notes
Serve alone as an appetizer and sprinkle with sliced green onions and sesame seeds, or eat with rice or make a bun vermicelli salad.

 

My name is Hua, and my passion is food. Home cooked meals are my specialty, and they include savory Asian fusion dishes and delectable desserts to entice the senses, because food is more than a stomach filler - it's a language all its own, and it speaks to, and about, life experiences. It is art. Culture. Love.

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2 Comments

  1. Lucy Her
    October 25, 2017 at 6:53 am  ·  Reply

    Hua, I’m so proud of you. Love all the beautiful dishes. They make my mouth water.💕

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