John Meatballs are usually an easy dish to make and cook. You do need to get your hands a little messy, but the result with a homemade teriyaki sauce is really worthwhile,
The pan fried beef meatballs are first cooked then coated and simmered in a homemade teriyaki sauce of garlic, soy sauce, water, ginger and brown sugar which is nicely thickened with corn flour. Serve as a main meal or appetiser. Either way you won’t be disappointed with these juicy tender meatballs.
As a main meal, serve with your favourite vegetables or salad. Equally served with Jasmine rice is also a great option. There is not a large amount of sauce, but they still mix beautifully with Jasmine rice.
If served as an appetiser, then simply serve with toothpicks. You may also make a second batch of teriyaki sauce for your guests to dip the meatballs into.
This recipe makes 12 meatballs, so simply double all the ingredients to make an extra amount for a larger family.
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 11 minutes |
| Servings |
meatballs
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- 500 g Beef Mince
- 1/4 cup Breadcrumbs
- 1 Egg
- Salt to season
- Pepper to season
- 2 Spring Onions thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
- 2 cloves Garlic crushed
- Vegetable Oil to cook meatballs
- Spring Onions to garnish
- Jasmine Rice optional to serve
- 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 1 clove Garlic crushed
- 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1 tsp Corn Flour
Ingredients
Beef Meatballs
Teriyaki Sauce
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- In a large bowl add beef mince, breadcrumbs, egg, salt, pepper, onion, ginger and garlic.
- Mix to combine all ingredients. This is best achieved by using your hands.
- Divide mixture to roll and create approx 12 meatballs. Each meatball will be a little bigger than a golf ball size.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium high heat.
- Once oil is hot, add meatballs to pan and cook until all sized are browned and meatballs are cooked through. About 8-9 minutes.
- Remove meatballs from pan and add to saucepan with teriyaki sauce (refer teriyaki sauce instructions below).
- Coat meatballs with sauce and simmer for approx 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, garnish with spring onions and serve. Serve with Jasmine rice or by itself.
- Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat.
- Add garlic and cook for 30-60 seconds.
- Add soy sauce, 2 tbsps water, brown sugar & ginger. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
- In a separate small bowl, add cornstarch and 1 tbsp water and stir to combine. Add to saucepan.
- Cook sauce until thickened and continue to simmer until meatballs are cooked and ready to be added to the saucepan.
