Pork, Mushroom and Soy Sauce Meatballs
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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60 meatballs
ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 lb ground veal
- 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, very finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
- 1 lb wild mushroom, for a really great flavour, include some Swiss Browns, very finely chopped
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1⁄2 cups soft stale bread crumbs
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon all purpose Greek seasoning
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
directions
- Preheat the oven to a moderate heat.
- Heat the oil in a sauté pan (preferably non-stick), add the onion and garlic, and sauté, while stirring, until the onion and garlic are soft but not browned.
- Add the chopped mushrooms and sauté, while stirring, until the mushrooms are just soft.
- Allow the onion, garlic and mushrooms to cool. If you transfer the onion/garlic/mushroom mixture to a plate (which is at room temperature), 5-10 minutes cooling time is ample.
- Combine the cooled mushroom mixture, minced veal/pork, egg, breadcrumbs, soy sauce, Greek seasoning and ground ginger in a bowl and mix until the ingredients are well-combined.
- Roll the mixture into balls, slightly larger than a walnut and slightly smaller than a golf ball. You should get about 60 meatballs from the mixture.
- Place the meatballs on lightly greased oven trays, turning them over once after you place them on the trays so that they are lightly oiled on the top.
- Cover the trays loosely with aluminium foil and bake the meatballs in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes, or until they are cooked all the way through.
- Add to soup or serve with your favourite spaghetti sauce over pasta.
- Chef's Note: These meatballs can be frozen. And unless you have a super-large ravenous family or you're feeding half the neighbourhood, you may well want to freeze some of the meatballs.
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Reviews
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These meatballs were super tasty! I used ground pork and ground turkey to make them a little healthier. I served my Chinese Duck Sauce to dip them in, and it was a great condiment to accompany them. I baked my meatballs about 35 minutes and they were done. I had them with some Pork Fried Rice and Sauteed Sweet Pea Pods, and I will enjoy these again! Thank you for sharing another great recipe with us Bluemoon! Made for Zaar Stars Tag Game 4/09 Linda
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Really great meatball recipe bluemoon! the only changes I made to this recipe was I soaked the dry crumbs in some milk, also I increased the garlic and used finely chopped white button mushrooms, I also added in some cayenne pepper, I like the addition of soy sauce in this recipe, I will make these again soon! thanks bluemoon...Kitten:)
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Very good and easy--these do make a lot of meatballs--we had these over pasta tonight and we're freezing some for meatball sandwiches later in the week. The changes I made was using ground beef (instead of the veal) and using oyster and regular mushrooms (instead of wild mushrooms). I also really liked the no-watch method of cooking these meatballs in the oven--super easy and almost no work! Thanks for sharing!
Tweaks
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Very good and easy--these do make a lot of meatballs--we had these over pasta tonight and we're freezing some for meatball sandwiches later in the week. The changes I made was using ground beef (instead of the veal) and using oyster and regular mushrooms (instead of wild mushrooms). I also really liked the no-watch method of cooking these meatballs in the oven--super easy and almost no work! Thanks for sharing!
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