From My Kitchen to Yours: Our Favorite Asian-Style Pork Meatball Recipe!

We love this recipe! I have made more meatballs in the last month than I have made in my entire life! Yes, they are that good!

It’s inspired by 2 of my favourite chefs Pailin Chongchitnant (Hot Thai Kitchen) and Kenji Lopez Alt.

Usually, I make them for a Thai Glass noodle soup with meatballs - Gaeng Jeud Woonsen Moo Sub (Check out Hot Thai Kitchen for the recipe) but I have used this mixture for burgers - the sugar in it will make it burn, so I generally brown them first, then add water or stock to cook the burgers through.

You could also cook them in water or stock and reverse sear - I haven’t done this yet!

 
Meatball and red cabbage soup

Meatball and red cabbage soup

 

Berkshire pork Asian- Style Meatballs

Ingredients

1 lb our ground Berkshire pork

1/2 teaspoon white pepper, freshly ground is best if you can

2 tsp fish sauce (I use Squid brand)

1 tsp salt (I use Celtic sea salt)

2 tablespoons soy sauce (I tend to use either kikkoman soy sauce or healthy Boy brand mushroom soy)

4 garlic cloves

2 tablespoons sugar (I have used Palm sugar and granulated)

2 tablespoons rice flour or corn flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a stand mixer. Stop mixing when the fat starts to smear around the bowl. You can hand mix - the mixture needs to be homogenous and sticky.

  2. Either roll the mixture into small meatballs or for rustic meatballs just get a dollop and drop bite-size pieces into hot broth. Cook until 160 degrees F

This recipe works with our Berkshire pork. I have also made it into pork burgers - though the sugar content means that it will burn when you fry the burgers.

I usually sear them on both sides, then add stock, or water, and put a lid on. When the Internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F they are ready to serve! They are great with sweet chilli sauce!

How easy is that?

Let me know if you try it!


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