Asian meatballs

Kitty just wanted a quiet dinner, but suddenly little Asian meatballs roll across the pan like hyperactive mini-ninjas. The kitchen smells of soy sauce, sesame, and a hint of "nothing's going according to plan today." Kitty skewers one, eats it, and thinks: I just wanted meatballs—now I'm waging war against my own hunger.

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Ingredients

For the balls:

• 800 g minced beef

• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 3 spring onions, finely chopped

• 2 cm ginger, grated

• 50 g panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 1 tbsp rice vinegar

• Salt & pepper to taste

For the sauce:

• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 2 tbsp sesame oil

• 160 g soy sauce

• 140 g brown sugar

• 4 tsp cornstarch

• 2 tsp tomato paste

• 4 tsp agave syrup

• 2 tbsp fish sauce

• 60 g rice vinegar

• 150 ml water

• 1 tsp chili flakes (optional)

Topping:

• Spring onions, cut into rings

• Chopped coriander

• sesame

preparation

1. In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, chopped garlic, chopped spring onions, grated ginger, panko, soy sauce, and rice vinegar.

2. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Form the mixture into small meatballs.

4. Heat some oil in a large pan.

5. Place the meatballs in the pan and fry over medium heat until golden brown on all sides and cooked through.

6. While the balls are frying, prepare the sauce.

7. In a separate pan, fry garlic in sesame oil.

8. Then add soy sauce, brown sugar, cornstarch, tomato paste, agave syrup, fish sauce, rice vinegar, water and chili flakes.

9. Mix everything well and bring to a boil briefly until the sauce thickens.

10. Add the fried meatballs to the sauce and mix gently until well coated.

11. Sprinkle with spring onions, chopped coriander and sesame seeds.

12. Serve the Asian meatballs and enjoy with rice!

Bon appetit!

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Recipe for: 4 people

Preparation time: approx. 30 minutes

Cooking time: approx. 10 minutes

Total duration: approx. 40 minutes

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