Description
Tired of always serving meatballs in marinara sauce? Make Sesame Meatballs instead. These homemade beef and pork meatballs are served in a tangy, spicy-sweet sauce that will blow your mind!
Ingredients
Scale
For the Meatballs:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 cup Panko or breadcrumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup grated yellow onion
For the Sauce:
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- optional garnish: toasted sesame seeds, sliced scallions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a large baking sheet with sides with foil and coat with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine the beef, pork, sesame oil, breadcrumbs, salt, ginger, eggs, garlic, and onion. Mix with hands until combined, but not over-mixed. Form into 1- inch meatballs and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes, or until cooked through.
- While the meatballs are cooking combine the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, ketchup, peanut butter, brown sugar, ginger, sriracha, and garlic in a medium saucepan. Stir to combine and heat over medium until warmed through.
- When the meatballs are done, place in a large bowl and toss with the sauce.
- Alternately you can place all the cooked meatballs into a slow cooker, mix together the sauce ingredients in a bowl, pour over meatballs and cook on low for 2 hours.
