35 minute Teriyaki Meatballs

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⏱ 35 mins 🍽 4 serving(s) 🌶 japanese 🏷 Meat

Created to satisfy a love for teriyaki flavours, this complete meal comes together in 35 minutes. Lean beef meatballs are infused with a ginger and soy glaze, then served alongside fluffy rice and tender steamed carrots and snow peas. It's a speedy, balanced dinner where the savoury sauce coats everything perfectly. You can also prepare just the meatballs if preferred.

35 minute Teriyaki Meatballs

Ingredients

  • 3 shallots
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 500 g finely minced lean beef
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
  • 150 g snow peas
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon cornflour

Method

  1. Bring a pan of water to the boil.
  2. Combine the shallots, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sugar in a mixing bowl.
  3. Place the minced beef in a separate bowl and pour in half of the soy sauce mixture.
  4. Mix the beef thoroughly and form it into 20 individual meatballs.
  5. Cook the rice in the boiling water and start heating a second pan of water.
  6. Thinly slice the carrots and trim the ends from the snow peas.
  7. Warm the oil in a large frying pan and cook the meatballs for about 10 minutes, turning until browned and cooked through.
  8. While the meatballs cook, boil the carrot slices for 5 minutes, then add the snow peas and cook for a further 3 minutes.
  9. Stir the water and cornflour into the leftover soy mixture, then pour it into the pan with the meatballs. Keep stirring until the sauce thickens and begins to bubble.
  10. Let the sauce boil for roughly a minute, then serve the meatballs and sauce with the drained rice and vegetables.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1132500 mg

Recipe details

CategoryMeat
Cuisinejapanese
AuthorKate in Katoomba