Savory, tangy meatballs with an Asian flavor. The sauce is our no sodium sweet green chili sauce recipe.
This recipe was adapted from http://www.chocolatemoosey.com/2015/01/15/sweet-chili-baked-meatballs/
- 1 pound lean ground beef, chicken, or turkey
- 1 Tbsp minced onion (or ¼ cup fresh onion, finely chopped)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp 5 Spice
- 1 Tbsp fresh chopped cilantro OR 1½ tsp dried chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp Mrs Dash Steak Grilling Seasoning mix
- 2 Tbsp No Sodium Soy Sauce substitute (see recipe)
- 1 cup panko
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup no sodium sweet green chili sauce (see recipe)
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with foil
- In a large bowl, mix together the beef, onion, garlic, ginger, cilantro, Mrs Dash, soy sauce substitute, Panko, and egg. Roll the mixture into roughly 1 inch meatballs and place on the baking sheet. Bake 40-50 minutes, or until the meatballs are brown and cooked completely.
- Heat the sweet chili sauce to boiling. Add meatballs and gently stir until completely coated with the sauce.
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 91 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 4% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 6% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 9% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
