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Grilled Vietnamese Meatballs Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Greekgirrrl / All my dishes 1 year ago Spicy appetizer with 2 dipping sauces! Prep:30m Cook:10m Servings:4	Greekgirrrl
	vietnamese spicy meatball appetizer

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Ingredients

1/2 lb - Ground Beef

1 lb - Ground Pork

3 cloves - Garlic, minced

2 Tbls - Nuoc Mam, Vietnamese Fish Sauce (Available in Asian markets. Try Phu Quoc "Flying Lion" brand, but "Three Crab" brand, and "Golden Grain" brand are wonderful too.). Note: use no additional salt in this recipe.

1 Tsp - Finely Ground White Pepper

2 - Red Thai Chiles, finely sliced

2 Tbls - minced fresh Cilantro

Chocolate Fermented Black Bean Sauce (recipe below)

Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (recipe below)

Whole sprigs of fresh Cilantro, minced Scallions and minced Red Thai Chile for garnish

Directions

In a large bowl, mix the Beef, Pork, Garlic, White Pepper, Red Peppers, Cilantro, and Fish Sauce.

Let the mixture sit in the refrigerator for at least half an hour -- overnight is even better.

Roll meat mixture into 12 balls (that's 3 meatballs per small serving plate -- always odd numbers please).

Grilled them 5 minutes on one side, then 5 minutes on the other,

While the meatballs are grilling, quickly prepare the two sauces below.

Chocolate Black Bean Sauce

Ingredients

1 - red hot Chili Pepper, sliced thinly

1 oz - Bittersweet Dark Cholcolate (I use Hershey's Special Dark)

2 Tbls - Fermented Black Soy Beans (available in Asian markets, also called Salted Black Beans)

1/4 cup - Hot Water

In a bowl, soak the Fermented Black Soy Beans in the hot water.

Remove the softened, hot beans to a small, shallow serving bowl. Add the Chocolate, and 1 Tsp of the hot bean rinse water. Mash the beans and melting chocolate together into a paste - use more rinse water if you need to for a smooth consistency. Add the Red Hot Pepperslices and continue mashing and mixing for about 30 seconds more.

Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

1 - Red Hot Thai Chile Pepper, chopped to bits & pieces

2 Tbls - Nuoc Mam, Vietnamese Fish Sauce (see above in meatball ingredients). Note: Again, use no additional salt in this recipe.

2 Tbls - Vietnamese Seasoning Sauce (Try Golden Mountain) or you can use Soy Sauce

Put the Red Hot Thai Pepper bits & pieces in a small shallow serving bowl, and add the Fish Sauce and the Seasoning Sauce. You're done.

Place an odd number of meatballs on each serving dish alongside a generous dollop of the Chocolate Fermented Black Bean Sauce. Garnish with whole Cilantro sprigs and sprinkles of minced Scallions and Red Thai Pepper bits. Serve the Dipping Sauce in separate sauce bowls.

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Comments

mrgresch 1 year ago said:
Is the chocolate bean sauce your idea?

juels 1 year ago said:
Boy, this sounds great! Love your 2 dipping sauces, they are delicious and will go nice with those meatballs!

rescue_ranger 1 year ago said:
This will go great with the Thai shrimp dish I posted a couple of days ago we need to get togeher for a cook off! GREAT POST!

momo_55grandma 1 year ago said:
Great post thanks high5

annieamie 1 year ago said:
These sound really delicious! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!

lunasea 1 year ago said:
These look and sound so delicious, Helene - and I love the two dipping sauces. Thanks, GF - and high 5! :) Vickie

jimrug1 1 year ago said:
Yummm!! I love this recipe. These dipping sauces are killer. A GR friend of mine (Looking Up Ms V) sent me some of the ingredients I would need to make this. It will be on my short list to try... Great Recipe

jjals 3 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This sounds good I will try it soon

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