Ingredients for Thai-inspired pork meatballs with sesame-soy shredded vegetables
- Meatballs
- 500 grams ground pork
- 4 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 4 red Chili peppers
- 5 limes
- 100 ml soy sauce
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 egg
- 100 grams breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- Salad
- 300 grams grated carrots
- 1 cucumber, halved, pitted and thinly sliced
- 100 grams radishes, thinly sliced
- 2 spring onions, coarsely chopped
- Dressing
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp grated ginger or finely chopped pickled ginger
- 2 tsp pickled ginger juice
- 1 tbsp fishsauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 red chili, seeds removed
- Salad topping
- 1 handful of peanuts
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
Cooking Instructions for making Thai-inspired pork meatballs with sesame-soy shredded vegetables
Remember, all quantities in this recipe are guesses. Vary wherever and however you want! Mix together: pork, 4 tsp grated ginger, 4 chopped chili peppers, the grated rind of 4-5 limes, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, egg and breadcrumbs.
Form pork mixture into 1-1.5 inch meatballs. For extra crunch, roll them in breadcrumbs.
Let’s make the salad. Cut everything to appropriate size: carrots, cucumber, radishes and spring onions. Toss the heck out of it.
Proceed to dressing. You guessed it, throw it all together, close container and shake! Sesame oil, ginger, ginger juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, chili.
Almost there! Peanuts and sesame seeds in a hot pan. Toss until light, light brown, remove from pan. Remember, they keep browning a bit after removing from the pan due to the heat in the oil in the nuts!
Toss salad with dressing.
Fry pork meatballs until beautifully golden.
Put salad on plate, throw peanut mixture over salad, stack meatballs on top. Garnish with leftover spring onions. Enjoy!
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