Sweet and Spicy Cocktail Meatballs
Sweet, spicy and delicious cocktail meatballs.
Ingredients
- 1lb/450g ground meat chicken, beef, turkey or pork
- 2 tbsp Whole Milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 small Yellow Onion minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp Coarse Salt
- 1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- 1/2 cup/118ml orange juice
- 1/2 cup/118ml water
- 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sriracha or spicy chili sauce
- 1/4 cup/50g dark brown sugar
- breadcrumbs as needed
Instructions
- If grinding your own meat, make sure there is enough fat in the meat. If meat is lean, add 1 tbsp olive oil to meat. Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit/180 degrees Celsius.
- Put ground meat in a bowl. Add milk, garlic, onion, salt, pepper and egg. Mix just until combined. Do not over mix. Add just enough breadcrumbs so meat holds together. A few tablespoons should be enough.
- Wet your hands. Take a tablespoon of the meat mixture and roll into a ball with one hand. Place balls on baking sheet. Use parchment paper for easy cleanup. Bake meatballs in heated oven for 15 minutes.
- To make the sauce, put all of the below ingredients in a pan - Orange juice, water, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, sriracha and brown sugar. Stir and bring to a boil. Turn heat down to simmer. Add cooked meatballs to sauce. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until sauce is reduced. Turn flame off and serve with toothpicks.
I look forward to making this as well as the cream of mushroom soup. Thanks for the recipes and videos. Happy New Year.
Made this tonight and it’s another great recipe. I used ground turkey and served with basmati rice and your eggplant salad! Yum
Sounds like a good combo 🙂