These herby Thai pork meatballs are sticky and delicious, and when you serve them with this shredded salad, it makes a rather nice balanced meal, though I say so myself. The salad is lovely and fresh, and the meatballs are so simple and pretty satisfying – in their sweet, sour, salty, spicy goodness.
Herby Thai Pork Meatballs and Shredded Salad With Sriracha Dressing
If you're looking for a new way to enjoy meatballs? Try this very simple recipe for Thai pork meatballs and shredded salad with sriracha dressing is a must-try!
Ingredients
Meatball Ingredients
- 500 grams ground pork (minced pork)
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 handful mint
- 1 handful cilantro (coriander)
- 3 stalks spring onions
- 1 medium lime - zest
Salad Ingredients
- 1 medium carrot
- ½ small red cabbage
- 1 medium courgettes also called zucchini (Courgettes French / Zucchini Italian)
- ½ medium cucumber
- 1 pack runner beans
- 1 stalk spring onions
- 1 tablespoon mint
- 1 tablespoon cilantro (coriander)
Dressing Ingredients
- 1 medium lime - juice
- 1 teaspoon sriracha - add more to taste
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
Instructions
- Tip the mince, fish sauce, honey and lime zest into a large mixing bowl. Finely chop your herbs and spring onions and add them to the mince. Mix the mince together with the herbs and flavourings, getting a really good mix through so the flavours mingle. Once all mixed through, pat them into small meatballs, more oval-shaped than round, with flattened sides. You should be able to produce about 16.
- Using a julienne peeler, spiralizer, or julienne mandolin attachment shreds all the vegetables, excluding the spring onion. Put them in piles around the plate. Prepare a bowl of very cold water ready. Then slice the spring onion very finely lengthwise – pop in the cold water until it curls up and looks pretty.
- Get a large frying pan on the hob, but don’t heat it. Add a little sunflower oil to the pan and give it a whirl to cover, then add around 8 meatballs – that should be plenty for two for dinner. You can keep the other 8 for another day (they’ll keep 2 to 3 days in the fridge) or freeze, wrapped up well. Heat up the pan to medium heat, cook the meatballs on one side for around 5 minutes, and then turn for another 5 minutes. You may want to give them a couple more minutes on the edges until they cook through.
- Add all the dressing ingredients into a jam jar, screw the lid on tight and give it a good shake. Plate up the meatballs on top of the vegetables and sprinkle the spring onion, herbs, and dressing.
Nutrition
Calories: 423kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 24gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 510mgPotassium: 845mgFiber: 4gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 3760IUVitamin C: 61mgCalcium: 94mgIron: 3mg
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