These pork meatballs with Thai influences will make a statement at your dinner party with their robust flavors. I opted to prepare these luscious meatballs that taste like they’ve been cooking for a long time since I love Thai spices and decided to combine them with pork. Garnish with minced scallions and serve over rice or noodles. To add more heat, up the red pepper flakes.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 small carrot, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons lemongrass paste
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (Optional)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 (14 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons green curry paste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ¼ cup cilantro, minced
Instructions
- Place pork in a medium bowl.
- Place oats in a mini food processor or blender and pulse until coarsely ground, 5 to 10 seconds. Sprinkle on top of pork. Rinse out processor.
- Combine carrot, water, fish sauce, garlic, lemongrass paste, ginger, salt, and red pepper flakes in the food processor. Blend until no large chunks remain, 10 to 15 seconds. Pour mixture over pork.
- Add egg to the bowl and mix ingredients until thoroughly combined. Roll meat mixture into 24 balls, roughly 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Heat coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown meatballs lightly on all sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer partially cooked meatballs to a bowl.
- Whisk coconut milk, curry paste, brown sugar, and fish sauce together in the same skillet; bring to a simmer. Return meatballs to the skillet and simmer until no longer pink inside, 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and stir in lime juice. Remove from heat. Sprinkle meatballs with cilantro right before serving.
- Lemongrass paste can be found in the fresh herb section of your grocery store, packaged in a tube.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 363 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 80 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 565 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delightful! So happy I decided to try it. I did make a few changes based on what I had in the house. For lemongrass, I did 1tbls of lemon juice and for green curry paste, I did red curry paste. Oh I did lime wedges on the side, but love the taste when I squeeze it fresh.