Hoisin Asian Meatballs
These juicy, tender meatballs are smothered with a sweet Hoisin glaze!
Remember when I said Jason was coming home in a couple of days? Well he still had one paper left to do, which is due Monday, so I kept pushing him to come on Friday night and to finish his paper at home. But he said that he couldn’t focus at home so we planned on him coming Monday.
So I’m on the phone with him yesterday and I tell him that I’m just about to go to the gym when he says, “Well, you deserve a day off.” I tell him that I took Friday night off so I can’t take another day off. He then asks, “Well would you make an exception?” I reply with a firm no and tell him I can’t take any more days off. That’s when he says, “But I’m 15 minutes away from home.”
The second he said that, I could just feel the tears just coming out for joy. I haven’t seen him since Thanksgiving and doing the long-distance thing is so incredibly hard so having him come home a day or two early is really one of the best things to happen.
So with him home for less than 24 hours, I already skipped the gym and instead, inhaled a Krispy Kreme donut and a frozen yogurt from Ikea.
Yeah, it’s definitely time to bring on the fat pants.
Oh and when I asked Jason why he came home, he said it was for these meatballs. I made them earlier in the day and sent him photos that this would be waiting for him on Monday but I guess he couldn’t wait. After all, how can anyone resist a juicy, tender meatball slathered in an oozing hoisin sauce?
Hoisin Asian Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- ½ cup Panko*
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 large egg
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced, plus more for garnish
- Sesame seeds, for garnish
For the Hoisin Sauce
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, sesame oil, Panko, ginger, egg, garlic and green onion. Using a wooden spoon or clean hands, stir until well combined. Roll the mixture into 1 1/4-to-1 1/2-inch meatballs, forming about 18-20 meatballs.
- Place meatballs onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes, or until all sides are browned and meatballs are cooked through.
- To make the hoisin sauce, whisk together hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic and ginger in a small bowl.
- Serve meatballs immediately with hoisin sauce, garnished with green onion and sesame seeds.
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HI,
Wanted to make these in the crock pot. I was thinking of browning the meatballs first, but fully cooking. If so, hw long should I cook in the crock pot using the low setting?
Sorry I meant not fully cooking prior to putting in crock pot
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
These are wonderful! I wonder if there’s a way to make them in a slow cooker? I usually make your slow cooker cocktail meatballs for parties, but would love to have a make-ahead way to make your hoisin and teriyaki recipes for my friends. They like to have their parties right after work so there’s no way to cook right before. You do great work!
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
HI,
What are you recommendations for making this in the crock pot?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
Delicious recipe! Definitely family-friendly, my one year old (who I struggle to get to eat meat) asked for thirds! I used ground turkey and granulated garlic because I was out of fresh. I will be making this again!
Will omitting vinegar ruin the recipe? Thank you!
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
Awesome recipe. I used meatloaf mix from local butcher store, which already has bread crumbs and some spice. Substituted garlic powder for minced garlic. Served with white basmati rice and sautéed al dente baby carrots. Old man loved it and he eats like a bird 🙂
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
WOW!!! These were super easy, and very tasty. I had a pound of ground sirloin that I needed to do something with. I also happened to have some Hoisin sauce that needed to be used up. I made some Jasmine rice, steamed broccoli and it was a complete meal. The only change I made was to heat up the sauce in a non-stick pan and toss the meatballs in it for a few minutes before serving. Delish!!!
Hi Chungah! Happy New Year! I am a Private Chef in NYC since 1999 and have had some amazing adventures!
I work for a wonderful family and am always looking for “kid friendly” recipes and this looks so delicious and perfect. Their 11 year old son is such an adventurous eater and always gets way excited when I make something new. His response is always “best thing…EVER”, “perfectly balanced”…so cute!
Anyway, cannot wait to try these so thanks so much!
PS-OMG! I LOVE your corgis 🙂
Can I use Italian breadcrumbs ?
Thanks
Yes, absolutely.
What a great recipe! My kids (6 and 3) loved this and we wished we had more. I made it with 500 grams of beef mince, baked them for about 14 minutes and they were perfect. I ran out of hoisin and added extra soy plus some brown sugar and the dipping sauce was wonderful – the vinegar gives it a subtle flavour that we loved. We will be having this again and again. Thank you for posting!
Hi Chung-Ah!
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I am hosting a SURPRISE party tomorrow night (Nov. 7th) & I am torn between this Hoisin recipe & the Teriyaki recipe! I won’t have much time to cook so I was just wondering which recipe would you recommend to prepare where the guests can just dip the meatball in the sauce? And for future, which ones are your favourite?
Thank you!
Kim
I recommend the hoisin sauce if used for dipping – and I can’t really pick between the two. I love them both! 🙂
Hello,I was working do I put 2 cloves of garlic in the Hoisin sauce and 2 more in the ground beef or do I put one in each?
I recommend using 2 cloves of garlic in each but you can certainly add more or less to taste to suit your preferences.
Is there anything else that can be used in place of the sesame oil?
Because it is such a small amount, it should be fine to omit.
In my family, we have always substituted an equal amount of peanut butter when we don’t have sesame oil.
i made these with turkey (it’s what I had on hand) and found them underseasoned and overcooked. Since turkey is so much milder and leaner than beef, I will increase the other ingredients next time and decrease the oven time if I use turkey again. The sauce helped a lot though. It was delicious!
I have made these twice now for my fiance. He absolutely LOVES them! Thanks so much for all your yummy Asian inspired meals. They’ve gone a long way to expanding our dinner options. 🙂
I made these for the family tonight and it was a big hit with both the hubby and the kids (Thank God!!!! They are sooooo hard to please)! Thanks for the share!
I made these for a birthday party I hosted last night. They were so delicious! I doubled the recipe and used ground beef and ground pork. I made the meatballs a few weeks ahead of time and froze them raw. I baked them the day before the party and then heated them in the delicious sauce In a saucepan right before my guests arrived. There was not one left! So good, thanks for sharing the recipe!
Hello! First time reader and I saw this recipe and was so happy! But when I saw ginger, I was a little crestfallen. Is ginger a super important ingredient? Or can you live without it?
If you are not a fan of ginger, it would be best to omit it completely.
very nice
Side question: Where did you get the adorable wooden serving forks? 🙂
I purchased them from Amazon.com.
Made a double batch the night before for a church function and they were wonderful! I simply reheated before taking them to the ladies Christmas tea & I didn’t change the recipe at all but as I read thru, the peanut butter sounds delicious too! This is a great recipe, thanks for posting.