Asian Pork Meatballs

🧂 Ingredients

• 1½ lbs ground pork
• 2 tbsp sweet or red onion

  minced
• 3 cloves garlic

  minced
• 1 bunch green onions

  diced
• 1 tsp ginger

  minced
• ½ tbsp sesame oil
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• ¼ cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/3 cup sesame oil
• 2 tsp garlic

  minced
• 2 tbsp ginger

  minced
• 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 5 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 tsp Chinese 5 Spice Powder
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• sesame seeds

  for garnish

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• 2 Combine all ingredients listed for the meatball portion of the recipe together
  in a bowl.
• 3 Make sure ingredients are mixed, using clean hands form ground pork mixture into
  balls approximately 1 to 2 inches in size.
• 4 Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil into a medium sized frying pan. As the oil
  warms brown the meatballs, turning them to ensure they cook but don’t burn.
• 5 Place browned meatballs into a glass baking dish and put in preheated oven for
  10 minutes of additional cooking.
• 6 As the meatballs finish cooking in the oven, use frying pan to create sauce.
  Combine sesame oil, garlic, ginger and saute 1 to 2 minutes.
• 7 Add in red wine vinegar, honey, soy sauce, Chinese 5 spice powder and bring to a
  boil.
• 8 Once a sauce is to a full boil, gently incorporate cornstarch using a whisk.
• 9 Reduce heat and continue to stir as the sauce thickens.
• 10 Remove cooked meatballs from oven and place into frying pan of sauce, gently
  stir until covered.
• 11 Serve warm, sprinkle with additional garnish of sesame seeds if desired.

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