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Pork meatball bites
Makes 20, serves 4 adults and 4 kids
Easy
Total time:
Ready in 1 hour, plus chilling
Fresh, zingy meatballs served with a lip-smacking dipping sauce – great party food for family or friends
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- 2 tbsp clear honey
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 450g minced pork
- 4 spring onionsfinely chopped
- 1small garlic clovecrushed
- 2 tsp lemongrassfinely chopped
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
- olive oilfor frying
For the oriental dipping sauce
- 1 tsp chopped fresh coriander
- 3 spring onionsfinely sliced
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Nutrition: per meatball
- kcal51
- fat3g
- saturates1g
- carbs3g
- sugars2g
- fibre0g
- protein5g
- salt0.57glow
Method
step 1
Make the meatballs. Gently warm the honey in a non-stick frying pan, add the fish sauce and stir to make a syrup. Leave to cool.
step 2
Put pork in a bowl and fold in honey syrup, spring onions, garlic, lemongrass, cornflour, mint and coriander. Mix and season with salt and lots of black pepper.
step 3
Shape into 20 balls and put on a tray lined with greaseproof paper. Chill for 30 mins. To make the sauce, mix all the ingredients together, then set aside.
step 4
Brush the balls with olive oil and fry for 3-4 mins each side. Serve with the sauce.
