Mongolian Lamb Meatballs With Spicy Sauce
"This recipe comes from Australian Womens Weekly Stir Fries and it is a favourite with my family also with the respite clients I cook for. Prep time takes in refrigeration time for 1 hour"
photo by Peter J
- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 500 g ground lamb
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 50 g stale breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoons dry sherry
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (I use olive)
- 1 large red pepper, sliced (capsicum)
- 4 green shallots, sliced
- 1 lamb stock cube (I use vegita) or 1 beef stock cube (I use vegita)
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- 250 ml water
- 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons sweet chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon peanut butter (or can use tahini)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 40 g unsalted dry roasted peanuts
directions
- Combine lamb, garlic, ginger, onion, breadcrumbs, sherry, soy sauce, parsley and egg in bowl.
- Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls; place on tray and refrigerate for one hour.
- Heat oil in wok.
- Add meatballs in batches; stir fry gently until meatballs are cooked, remove.
- Add pepper and shallot; stir fry.
- Add meatballs, crumbed stock cube or (vegita) blended cornflour and water, remaining sauces, peanut butter and spice powder.
- Stir until mixture boils and thickens slightly.
- Serve sprinkled with peanuts.
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Reviews
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Yum! After reading Mummamills' review I went with 1/4 teaspoon of 5-spice powder and that seemed about right. The only other change I made was to use some green capsicum instead of shallots but only because the local market didn't have any. -
Made this TO THE RECIPE except I used 800gr of minced lamb. I put everything except the meat and onion in the processor and then added the onion, then the meat. The meat balls were wonderful, and I would make them again, anytime!!!Everyone loved them, made 30 balls and served 5 adults. It gets 5 stars for the meatballs, but no one said they "loved" the sauce, and I think the 5 spice powder was a little too strong in it. BUt it all got eaten, no leftovers at all :) thsanks Latchy
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Latchy
Torquay, Queensland - Australia
Our dear friend Latchy passed away from acute myeloid leukemia in August 2006, after being diagnosed with the disease in October 2005. She was a dear friend to many Recipezaar members throughout the world and she will be greatly missed. Latchy was a great chef; and her speciality was Asian food. She loved wine and cheese, but wasn’t fussed on desserts. She had a great sense of humour and was the life of any party. Latchy was her childhood nickname, and those of us who knew her real name still called her ‘Latch’. We loved her. With the permission of Latchy’s daughter, here is the eulogy read at her funeral (edited slightly to maintain the family’s privacy). Recipezaar and her Recipezaar chat group, the ‘Tipsy Tarts’ were represented at the funeral by Latchy’s close Zaar friends, Mummamills, Chrissyo and Liara:
“Latchy, was born in Melbourne in 1939. In her younger years she led a very energetic life and was very involved in swimming and dancing. She had the opportunity to compete in the 1956 Olympics but couldn’t be fussed to do the training and preferred to enjoy herself instead.
Latchy met her late husband, Bruce, in Melbourne. Bruce being with the army, they started their life of travel together and extended their family. Their first child was born in Perth, their second in New Guinea and their third child, in Melbourne. They also lived in Newcastle, Sydney, and Singapore before settling in Brisbane.
It was in Singapore that her love of cooking, sewing and craft began. Latchy broke
military protocol for dining-in nights. Women were finally allowed to attend.
One day, Bruce was watching a TV program about sailing around the world. On the program when the wife was told of this plan she said “No Way”, but Latchy said, “When are you going to start?”
So, Bruce retired from the army to begin building a 54 foot steel ketch in the back yard, learning as he went. Latchy worked for many years until they finally set off around the world in 1987. They got as far as Malaysia and loved it so much they didn’t go any further. They loved the lifestyle, the people and the food and only came back when Bruce fell ill.
After Bruce passed away, Latchy developed her talents, such as painting, and became involved with her family and grandchildren. About 7 years ago, she decided to make her life in Hervey Bay, a beach-side retirement town in Queensland, Australia. She loved the lifestyle, the people and became very involved in the community life.
Latchy started volunteering with tax help, then the multicultural respite where she
put her cooking skills to use and then with Legacy (an organization which supports the widows of servicemen and ex-servicemen). Latchy opened up a new world by learning about computers and the internet and she met her great friends, the Tipsy Tarts through the website Recipezaar.
Latchy was a strong, independent, funny, straight forward and loving mother, grandmother and friend, and we will miss her greatly.”
