Sweet And Sour Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• 1 kg ground beef
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups stale breadcrumbs
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon five-spice powder
• oil, for shallow frying
• 1 1/2 cups bottled sweet and sour sauce, warmed
• lime slice (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 using hands, combine ground beef, spring onions, breadcrumbs, garlic, oyster sauce,egg, sesame oil,sesame seeds and five spice powder.
• 2 mix well.
• 3 shape tablespoons of mix into balls, place onto an oven tray.
• 4 cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
• 5 shallow fry meat balls in hot oil, in batches until browned all over, drain on paper towels.
• 6 transfer to an oven tray brushing with 1/2 cup of sweet and sour sauce.
• 7 cook in moderate oven for about 10 minutes, or until balls are cooked through.
• 8 to serve, insert a toothpick into each ball with a small thin lime slice.
• 9 serve with remaining sweet and sour sauce.