Recipe by Chef Heidi Fink
Vietnamese Style Turkey Meatballs
- Prep time 30 mins
- Cook time 15 mins
- Ready in 45 mins
- Yield Serves 4
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High protein, high flavour, and quick to put together. A perfect mid-week meal!
Ingredients
- Meatballs
- Dipping Sauce
- To Serve
Directions
- MEATBALLS: Preheat oven to 400 F. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine the bread and water in a large bowl and mash to a paste. Add the brown sugar, green onion, cilantro, lemongrass, fish sauce, cayenne, and salt. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add the ground turkey and mix well, using your hands if necessary, until evenly mixed.
- With clean wet hands, roll turkey mixture into golf-ball sized meatballs and place on the tray. You should have about 15 meatballs.
- Place tray in to the oven and roast until the meatballs are browned slightly and their juices run clear. Their internal temperature should register 165F on an instant-reading thermometer.
- DIPPING SAUCE. Make dipping sauce while meatballs are in the oven. Dipping sauce can also be made up to several days ahead of time and stored in the fridge. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and stir to dissolve sugar. Taste to adjust, adding more lime juice, if desired.
- Serve meatballs warm, with dipping sauce on the side. Add sliced cucumbers, thin carrot sticks, and lettuce. These are great with rice noodles or steamed rice to make a full meal.
Variations
VIETNAMESE STYLE BEEF MEATBALLS
- Replace the ground turkey with 500 g ground beef. Proceed with the recipe as written.
