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Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce

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Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce

Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce

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Equipment

  • - Food processor: Useful for grinding nuts and making homemade sauces

  • - Measuring cups and spoons: Essential for accurate ingredient measurement

  • - Mixing bowls: Various sizes for mixing ingredients

  • - Whisk or Fork: For blending wet and dry ingredients together

  • - Non-stick skillet: Ideal for cooking meatballs without sticking

  • - Saucepan: Useful for simmering sauces and making gravies

  • - Spatula: Helpful for flipping and handling food during cooking

  • - Colander or strainer: For rinsing ingredients like noodles, if applicable

  • - Cutting board: To safely chop vegetables and herbs

  • - Vegetable peeler: Useful for removing skins from ingredients such as ginger

  • - Meat grinder (optional): For making meatballs from scratch or adding specific textures to them

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup whole milk

  • 1/4 cup fine dry bread crumbs

  • 3/4 pound ground pork

  • 3/4 pound ground veal

  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten

  • 1/2 cup canned sliced water chestnuts, rinsed, drained, and finely chopped

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro plus 1/4 cup sprigs

  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro sprigs

  • 5 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 4 teaspoons Asian sesame oil

  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

  • 2 tablespoons water

  • 2 teaspoons sugar

  • Accompaniment: steamed white rice

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 500°F.
2

Instruction 2

Pour milk over bread crumbs in a large bowl and stir until liquid is absorbed. Add ground meat, egg, water chestnuts, salt, chopped cilantro, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 2 teaspoons oil and mix with your hands until combined well. Shape 3 tablespoons meat mixture into a ball and transfer to a 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish. Make more meatballs with remaining mixture, arranging meatballs about 1/2 inch apart in baking dish. Bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
3

Instruction 3

Meanwhile, stir together lime juice, water, sugar, remaining 4 tablespoons soy sauce, and remaining 2 teaspoons oil in a bowl until sugar is dissolved.
4

Instruction 4

Transfer meatballs to a serving dish. Stir sauce, then drizzle meatballs with 1 tablespoon sauce and sprinkle with cilantro sprigs.
5

Instruction 5

Serve meatballs with remaining sauce.
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