BEEF MEATBALLS (VIETNAMESE)

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Savory Vietnamese beef meatballs with a sweet and spicy hoisin dipping sauce. Serve with rice, tomatoes, and a few cilantro leaves.

Provided by dompdx

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Meat and Poultry Meatball Appetizer Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 cup finely chopped red onion
⅓ cup roughly chopped cilantro
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tablespoon peeled and finely chopped ginger
1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce
½ tablespoon honey
1 green chile pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons canola oil
¼ cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 Thai chile pepper, finely chopped

Steps:

Combine ground beef, onion, cilantro, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, honey, and chile pepper in a food processor and blend until mixed and minced. Transfer to a bowl. Coat fingers and palms lightly with oil and scoop tablespoons of beef mixture to create equal-sized meatballs and place them on a plate.
Heat oil in a deep pan over medium heat. Add meatballs; cover and cook 5 minutes. Turn meatballs over, cover pan, and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes more.
Combine hoisin sauce, soy sauce, water, fish sauce, and chile pepper in a bowl and serve with meatballs. Pour over meatballs or use as a dipping sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 363.4 calories, Carbohydrate 17.5 g, Cholesterol 79.5 mg, Fat 21.5 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 24.8 g, SaturatedFat 6.1 g, Sodium 1466.8 mg, Sugar 9.9 g