Vietnamese Meatballs

Name: Vietnamese Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 20 meatballs
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs pork; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tablespoon rice wine; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1 egg white; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 2 tablespoons cornstarch

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Recipe by Marla Swoffer

We made a delicious meal of these, Chinese eggrolls, Thai corn fritters, and nuoc cham dipping sauce. I found variations of this recipe on the web, but adjusted the amounts for the best flavor. These can also be grilled. UPDATE: I can't vouch for it being authentically Vietnamese, though the recipes I combined to make this were labeled that way. Also, I don't think fish sauce is a particularly Korean ingredient. I'd change the name to Asian Meatballs but that would mess up the URL.

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READY IN: 22mins

YIELD: 20 meatballs

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1 ¹⁄₂

lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs pork
2

garlic cloves
1

tablespoon rice wine
1

tablespoon fish sauce
1

tablespoon soy sauce
¹⁄₂

teaspoon sugar
1

egg white
1

tablespoon sesame oil
2

tablespoons cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

Combine all ingredients until well blended.
Make 1" meatballs.
Put them on wooden skewers (about 4 per skewer--you kind of have to mold them on to the skewer).
Broil (or grill) until thoroughly cooked.

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