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.
Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
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.
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.
If your not a fan of ground chicken you can always use ground pork, beef or turkey instead.
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.
How to make Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with oil.
- In a large bowl add combine ground chicken, breadcrumbs, garlic, onion, egg, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper and parsley. Mix until combined. Make sure not to over mix.
- Portion out 14 meatballs. (Working with slightly wet hands helps the dough from sticking.) You can make smaller meatballs if these are going to be for appetizers.
- Place meatballs on the prepared 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. Note: If you are freezing the meatballs do not toss with sauce until ready to serve.
- Garnish with extra parsley and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
What to serve with Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
- Chow mein noodles
- Lo mein
- Vegetable Fried Rice
- White, brown or cauliflower rice
- Steamed Vegetables
- Chinese Broccoli Stir Fry
Here are more Asian Inspired Recipes to try!
- Sticky Tender Asian Chicken Thighs
- 30 Minute Asian Turkey Meatballs
- Easy Grilled Asian Chicken
- Super Sticky Asian Chicken Bites
- Asian Style Sloppy Joes
Asian Style Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
Asian Style Meatballs
- 16 ounces 1 pound ground chicken
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tablespoons onion minced
- 1 whole egg
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon parsley chopped
- 1/2 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
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons sriracha
- 1/2 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.