RECIPE

Gingery Pork Meatballs

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 30 MIN
  • SERVINGS: Makes 2 dozen meatballs

F&W's Emily Kaiser, who co-authored The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea, likes these super savory meatballs with Chinese oolong tea, like Ali San Oolong (available from harney.com).

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  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 30 MIN
  • SERVINGS: Makes 2 dozen meatballs
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Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 1 pound 80% lean ground pork
    2. 1 large egg white
    3. 1 scallion, finely chopped
    4. 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
    5. 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce
    6. 1 teaspoon sugar
    7. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    8. 24 cilantro leaves

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine the ground pork with the egg white, scallion, ginger, fish sauce and sugar. Form the meat into twenty-four 1-inch balls.
  2. In a large skillet, heat the vegetable oil until shimmering. Add the meatballs and cook over moderately high heat until browned all over and just cooked through, about 8 minutes. Transfer the meatballs to a platter and skewer on toothpicks with cilantro leaves.