Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
Asian Style Chicken Meatballs. Baked and tossed in a sweet and spicy Asian sauce. Serve as an appetizer or add rice to make it a meal.
Who doesn’t love meatballs? They are easy to make, versatile and can be made in advance and frozen for quick weeknight meals.
These Asian Style Chicken Meatballs are smothered in a sweet and spicy Asian inspired sauce. The sauce is made up of of soy sauce, honey, sriracha, rice wine vinegar and sesame oil.
This is a perfect make ahead appetizer or dinner. Make the meatballs in advance and freeze any leftovers. Make the sauce when the meatballs are reheating in the oven and serve! How easy is that? You can also toss them in the sauce and throw in a crock pot to keep warm.
Serve as an appetizer or as a meal with some sticky white rice or vegetable fried rice. One of my favorite ways to serve these meatballs are as lettuce wraps with some julienne veggies. Delicious!
These saucy meatballs are sweet and spicy thanks to the honey and sriracha in the sauce. Serve any extra sauce in a ramekin for dipping.
Garnish with extra sesame seeds and fresh chopped parsley.
To make the meatballs, combine ground turkey, bread crumbs, garlic, onion, egg, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper. Mix until combined. Do not over mix.
If your not a fan of ground chicken you can always use pork, beef, turkey or a combination of the three.
These juicy tender chicken meatballs are cooked only in the oven. No sauteing or deep frying here.
Bake in a 400 degree oven for 15-20 minutes until cooked through. Make sure to flip halfway throughout cooking.
Shape into 14 equal size meatballs. I have found that having slightly wet hands helps from sticking.
Tender chicken meatballs with an Asian twist. This quick meal can be on the table in less than 30 minutes!
Here are a few of my favorite meatball recipes:
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs by Damn Delicious
Baked Chicken Parmesan Meatballs by Annie’s Eats
Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
Asian Style Meatballs
- 16 ounces (1 pound) ground chicken
- ½ cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons onion, minced
- 1 whole egg
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
- ½ tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons honey
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons sriracha
- ½ teaspoon rice wine vinegar
Instructions
Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl add all of the meatball ingredients starting at the chicken and ending at the parsley. Mix to combine. Make sure not to over mix.
- Grease a baking sheet with oil.
- Portion out 14 meatballs. (Working with slightly wet hands helps the dough from sticking.)
- Place meatballs on the oiled baking sheet and cook for 15-20 minutes or until caramelized on the outside and cooked through. Make sure to flip half way through cooking.
- Take out of the oven and toss the cooked meatballs in the sweet and spicy Asian sauce.
- Garnish with extra parsley and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
- Note: If you are freezing the meatballs do not toss with sauce until ready to serve.
Sweet and Spicy Asian Sauce
- Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
- Add soy sauce, honey, red pepper flakes, sesame seeds, sesame oil, sriracha and rice wine vinegar.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes until simmering. Take off the heat until ready to toss with meatballs.