Description
All the deliciousness of pork fried rice in a portable, bite-sized format. Serve these meatballs with homemade sweet and sour sauce for a fun treat at your next game day party.
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup parboiled long-grain white rice (such as Uncle Ben’s®)
- ½ cup carrots, diced
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 pound ground pork
- ½ cup frozen peas
- ½ cup diced green onion
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Combine water and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add rice and carrots. Cook until rice is tender yet firm to the bite
- about 8 minutes. Drain and rinse; set aside to cool. Drizzle tamari and rice vinegar over cooled rice and stir.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine cooked rice mixture
- ground pork
- peas
- green onion
- egg
- ginger
- garlic powder
- salt
- and white pepper in a large bowl. Mix by hand until just combined; do not overmix. Shape mixture into 25 to 30 golfball-sized meatballs and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned on the outside and no longer pink inside
- about 22 minutes.
- While meatballs are cooking
- combine cornstarch and water in a bowl and whisk well.
- Combine pineapple juice
- sugar
- white vinegar
- and rice vinegar in a saucepan and bring to a boil
- stirring constantly. Add 1 tablespoon of the mixture to the cornstarch mixture and stir well. Pour cornstarch mixture into the saucepan
- whisking constantly. Reduce heat to medium and whisk until thickened
- 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and pour sauce into a deep serving dish.
- Arrange baked meatballs on a serving plate. Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot with sauce on the side or drizzled over meatballs.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 8