Asian Recipes
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OK, back to these gorgeous meatballs. Like every good recipe, it starts with fresh, whole ingredients.
Chop the shallots and in a skillet, saute them until tender. Add garlic and chopped lemongrass.
Place in a the cooked shallot mixture in a bowl with the ground turkey.
Add fresh ginger and fish sauce and red chili paste.
Add fresh cilantro and bread crumbs.
Mix well.
Line a sheet pan with parchment paper, and with wet hands form turkey meatballs.
This recipe makes about 18 two inch meatballs.
Place the meatballs in the fridge for 1 hour, allowing flavors to meld and meat to firm up.
Then brown them in a skillet with oil.
When the meatballs are browned, add bruised lemon grass stocks and ginger to the same pan.
Crush cardamom, star anise and add to the pan.
Add the cinnamon stick, turmeric, ginger pieces, coriander seeds, coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
Slowly add the chicken stalk and simmer the meatballs over medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes. Add the fresh squeezed lime juice and salt and pepper to taste.
Garnish with lime zest and cilantro.
Enjoy as an appetizer, or turn it into a meal and serve with rice or over a bowl of rice noodles.
Recipe: Thai Turkey Meatballs with Coconut Curry Sauce
Ingredients:
Meatballs:
1.5 lb package ground turkey
1 Tbls olive or peanut oil
1/3 cup chopped shallots
2 cloves garlic chopped
1 stalk of lemon grass white part only chopped fine
1.5 Tbls grated ginger
1 Tbls Shoyu soy sauce
2 Tbls good quality fish sauce
1.5 tsp Sambal Oelek chili paste
1/2 Cup panko breadcrumbs (can also substitute gluten free breadcrumbs)
3 Tbs chopped cilantro
1 tsp salt
a little pepper
Coconut Sauce:
2 Tbs olive or peanut oil
2 stalks of lemon grass, trimmed
3 cardamom pods lightly cracked
3” cinnamon stick
1 tsp turmeric
1.5 inch piece of ginger root, peeled and cut into 3 pieces
1.5 tsp coriander seeds
2 points of a star anise pod
1 14.5 oz can of coconut milk with full cream
1 cup chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
juice from 1/2 of a lime
Directions:
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and lemon grass and cook for one minute longer. Take the pan off of the heat and set aside so that the shallot mixture can cool down a little.
3. Transfer the ground turkey to a bowl and create a well in the center of the ground turkey.
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and lemon grass and cook for one minute longer. Take the pan off of the heat and set aside so that the shallot mixture can cool down a little.
3. Transfer the ground turkey to a bowl and create a well in the center of the ground turkey.
4. Add the ginger, soy sauce, fish sauce, chili paste, bread crumbs, cilantro and salt and pepper along with the reserved shallot mixture to the well. Mix with your hands or a spoon until just combined. Dampen your hands and shape the mixture into meatballs. This will make 18 to 20 2” meatballs.
5. Place the meatballs on the prepared baking sheet and refrigerate for about an hour. This step will give the flavors time to meld and help the meatballs stay together while you cook them.Heat the remaining 2 Tbs of oil over medium-high in a large skillet. When the pan is hot add the meatballs and brown on all sides.
6. Bruise the lemon grass with a mortar and pestle and add to the skillet. Give the cardamom pods a light tap with the pestle and if you don’t have one you can use the back of a knife. Add the cinnamon stick, turmeric, ginger pieces, coriander seeds, star anise points, coconut milk and bring to a simmer.
7. Slowly add the chicken stock and simmer the meatballs over medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes. Add the fresh squeezed lime juice and salt and pepper to taste.
8. Garnish with lime zest and cilantro. You can enjoy as an appetizer, or turn it into a meal and serve over rice or rice noodles.
This recipe and image sources are referred in website: Feastingathome.com. Thanks so much!
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