Asian Hoisin Meatballs
Savory, Sweet and Flavorful! I have plenty of appetizer recipes, but some recipes only work for a small dinner party at home. This one will work for a larger party as well. They are great to bring to work for a department gathering or share at home for the big game. This recipe will make 60 Asian Hoisin Meatballs at one time. I have even double the recipe when needed.
These meatballs are full of flavor and typically disappear quickly. Please note that you will need to serve these appetizers with toothpicks.
Additionally, I like my recipes to be versatile. My son was always amazed after figuring out that I reinvented a meal we ate into two or three different meals. Here are a couple of ideas:
- Serve these Asian Hoisin Meatballs as a main meal over rice. Simply serve 5 or 6 meatballs per person. Top with sliced scallions.
- Don’t want to spend time making meatballs, no problem. Make a meatloaf instead and serve as a main course. Your family will love the twist to a traditional meatloaf recipe.
- Leftovers, make a hot broth soup and throw them in for a wonderful flavored Asian style soup. You can also add some noodles or rice and scallions if you like.
I was a personal chef the first time I made these meatballs. A client that was doing an appetizer party. They were a big hit. One bite and everyone was asking for more. It was a good thing I had doubled the recipe. We served the meatballs on large catering platters with toothpicks in each, but I have also had personal parties and served them in a crockpot. You just need to thin out the sauce a little.
Try these Asian Hoisin Meatballs and let me know what you think. I would love to hear if you found another way to enjoy them.
Asian Hoisin Meatballs
Equipment
- Oven
- Baking Trays with sides
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Ground Pork
- 1/4 lb Ground Beef
- 1/4 lb Mild Italian Sausage casing removed
- 1/2 can Water Chestnuts drained and finely minced
- 2 large Shallots finely minced
- 3 Tblsps Hoisin Sauce
- 6 Scallions finely minced (white part only)
- 1 clove Garlic finely minced
- 1 Tblsp Ginger grated
- 1 Tblsp Fresh Cilantro finely chopped
Sauce
- 7 to 8 oz Hoisin Sauce to pour over meatballs
- 1/4 cup Water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix the first 10 ingredients together very thoroughly. You want to make sure that you have mixed the Italian sausage throughout the pork, ground beef mixture.
- Form into small appetizer size meatballs.
- Place meatballs on a half sheet pan or a single layer in a roasting pan.
- Bake in pre-heated oven at 340 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Remove from pan and place into a baking dish.
- Mix the remaining hoisin sauce with water.
- Pour over all of the meatballs and mix without breaking the meatballs.
- Bake for an additional 20 minutes.
- Remove and serve warm.