Korean BBQ Meatballs Recipe
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These Korean BBQ meatballs are the ultimate dinner recipe when you don’t have time to cook. Sweet, savory and spicy meatballs that served with rice.
Korean BBQ Meatballs Recipe
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 1 lb. 450g Ground beef
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- ½ cup Breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon Gochujang paste Korean chili paste
- 1 Egg
- ¼ cup Green onions thinly sliced
- Cooking spray
For the sauce:
- ¼ cup 50g Brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons Gochujang paste
- 1 tablespoon Grated garlic
- 1 tablespoon Grated ginger
- ⅓ cup 80ml Soy sauce (low sodium)
- 1 teaspoon Sesame oil
- ¾ cup 180ml Water
- 2 teaspoons Cornstarch + 1 tablespoon water
For garnish:
- Sesame seeds
- Spring onions
For serving:
- Cooked rice
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS
- Make the meatballs: preheat oven to 450F (220C).
- In a large bowl, mix ground beef, salt, pepper, Gochujang paste, egg and breadcrumbs.
- Form into balls and place the balls in a baking pan and bake for 15 minutes.
- Make the sauce: In a skillet/pan heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Add grated ginger and grated garlic, cook for 1-2 minutes. Add brown sugar, Gochujang paste, soy sauce, sesame oil, water and mix well. Cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes.
- Meanwhile in a small bowl mix cornstarch and water. Pour the mixture into sauce, cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickens.
- Add the meatballs, reduce the heat to low and cook for 3-4 minutes. Cover the meatballs with the sauce.
- Turn the heat off, sprinkle some sesame seeds and chopped green onions.
- Serve with rice.
very tasty, spicy but not too much
I suppose you put the green onions from the list of ingredients into the meatballs mixture, right? It’s not mentioned in the instructions.
The green onion is used both in the meatball mixture and as a garnish. I add most of it directly into the meatball mixture for flavor, and then sprinkle a little extra on top at the end for freshness and color.
Can you use Thai Curry paste instead of Gochujang paste, which is so hot? And can you substitute panko bread crumbs for regular bread crumbs an have it still taste ok?
Yes for both questions