Pork Meatballs With Ginger and Fish Sauce
Updated July 27, 2020
- Total Time
- 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2tablespoons peeled and minced ginger
- 1tablespoon minced garlic (from about 3 large cloves)
- 1tablespoon fish sauce
- 1teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½teaspoon kosher salt
- ½cup finely crushed Ritz crackers (12 crackers)
- 1pound ground pork
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
356 calories; 26 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 11 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 8 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 1 gram sugars; 20 grams protein; 505 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and use your hands to gently mix.
- Step 2
Shape the meat into 12 golf-ball-size rounds (about 2 inches in diameter) and arrange on a greased rimmed baking sheet.
- Step 3
Bake until golden and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Serve warm.
- Leftover meatballs freeze well and can be reheated in the oven at 375 degrees until warmed through (about 20 minutes).
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Absolutely delicious, but the meatballs need to be cooked a bit longer than the recipe prescribes. At 15 minutes, they were still raw in the center. I let them back for closer to 25, which resulted in perfectly cooked, juicy meatballs with a nice caramelized outer layer. Served over brown rice dressed with nuac cham and chopped cilantro.
It seems that whenever there is a recipe calling for ground meat, the question is asked: can substitute ground turkey?. Of course you can. It's your meal. But keep a few things in mind: Fat content: this affects flavor and texture. Use ground turkey with higher fat content (not the super lean), and/or supplement with another fat. Doneness: ground turkey is unforgiving if cooked too long; loses taste and crumbles. Keep an eye on it. Flavor: turkey is bland. Amp up the herbs and spices
Did a kind of Nuoc Cham sauce with it instead of the mayo sauce. To taste: rice vinegar, sugar, splash of rooster sauce, splash of lime juice, thin sliced red chilis and grated ginger. Great with the lettuce cups!
A very quick recipe, only took me a half an hour. I was worried that the ginger would be too strong but it isn’t. I added panko instead of ritz crackers and I added a tablespoon of lime juice. Perfect by themself but husband added hot sauce.
If you make this with Ritz crackers and Red Boat fish sauce, then do not add the 1/2 teaspoon of salt for which the recipe calls. These were deliciously flavored, but much too salty for everyone in my family, and I omitted the 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Fully endorsing the suggestion to top off the meatballs and rice with Nuac Chom sauce. I also added chopped green onion and shredded carrot as toppings-- very nice! Making the recipe as-is produces meatballs with a strong ginger flavor. I love it, but I could see it being intense for some.