It's the first Monday of the month which means one thing: Secret Recipe Club reveal for Group A. This month I was assigned to The Busy Mom Cafe. Meet Nancy who is a former special education teacher, now a stay-at-home mom to two children, ages 6 and 4. She loves to cook and read. And her blogs are a way for her to share her great finds and recipes with you!
I picked her recipe for Sesame-Soy Meatballs for two main reasons: (1) she references Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods and I love that show and (2) my family is mad for meatballs...as evidenced by their serial appearances on my blog. We've made meatballs from all around the world - Koftar Johl, curried turkey meatballs; Albondigas de Frailes, Californio-style meatball soup; Fisinjan Plov, Azerbijani meatballs in pomegranate sauce; and even Tajine el khoukh, Algerian "stuffed peaches" which were cooked meatballs wrapped in mashed potatoes, rolled in a batter, and cooked again.
Sesame-Soy Meatballs
I skipped the onions and the sugar altogether, reduced the soy sauce and sesame oil, added ginger, and used turkey instead of beef. Also, I skipped the pan completely, opting to bake the meatballs from start to finish. But this Busy Mom Cafe-inspired recipe was a massive hit in my household.
2 t lower-sodium soy sauce
2 t dark sesame oil
1 t minced ginger
1 t minced ginger
1 T chile paste (such as sambal oelek)
1 T crushed garlic
1 pound ground turkey
cooking spray
Preheat the oven to 375°. Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl. With moist hands, shape beef mixture into walnut-sized meatballs. Arrange meatballs in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan coated
with cooking spray. Bake meatballs
at 375° for 20 minutes or until done.
I served these over whole wheat couscous mixed with sauteed oyster mushrooms, snow peas, and spinach.
I served these over whole wheat couscous mixed with sauteed oyster mushrooms, snow peas, and spinach.
Yum, I LOVE meatballs, and these look so tasty...love them! :)
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious!
ReplyDeleteThese meatballs look delicious :-). Great pick!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you and your family enjoyed them!
ReplyDeleteI've seen so many great recipes for meatballs lately, but these are going straight to the top of the list. Great flavors for meatballs -comforting but still fun!
ReplyDeleteOh I love the Asian theme with these meatbals, great choice and very nice presentation.
ReplyDeleteThese meatballs sound wonderful, as do some of your others, have to make a shopping list and give a few a try.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC entry Loaded Potato Soup.
Lisa~~
We love meatballs too! Will definitely have to give some of these a try. :)
ReplyDeleteMy kids love meatballs as well and I think these would be a huge hit here.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice for the SRC :)
My family loves meatballs too. In fact, I have a board on Pinterest dedicated to meatballs. I pinned this one and your curried turkey meatballs to it. They both sound delicious! Great choice for this month's SRC.
ReplyDeletewhat a great recipe- yay for src :)
ReplyDeleteThese sound right up my husband's alley. He LOVES meatballs and would eat them several times a week. I'll have to check out all of your other amazing sounding meatballs as well. Great SRC choice!
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