{"id":33044,"title":"Japanese-style Meatballs","modified":"2025-06-12T09:24:44+02:00","plain":"Nothing beats the sweet and sour kick of these Japanese meatballs on a cold winter day! \n\n\n\nThe best part? You barely need any exotic spices: ginger is optional, and you can replace the rice vinegar with half as much white vinegar. \n\n\n\nYou can even swap the potato starch for cornstarch, so the recipe is within everyone's reach - no excuse not to send me photos of your Japanese meatballs!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you enjoy sweet and sour dishes, you'll also love my crispy beef\n\n\n\nMy adventure with Japanese meatballs began in a very practical way. I always plan way too much for everything, and this time it was dim sum. \n\n\n\nFor a recipe without sliced meat, make a shogayaki instead\n\n\n\nAs you know, dim sum uses a lot of ground pork, and my love for them only amplified my tendency to over-plan.\n\n\n\nSo I ended up with about 600g of extra ground pork and zero motivation to mix more dough and fold dumplings for an hour.\n\n\n\nNaturally, I went looking for a quick, simple, and tasty recipe so nothing would end up in the bin (plus, in Belgium it is hard to find pure pork mince, so wasting it would be a crime. Belgians, one day you'll have to explain your fascination with pork\/veal mince). \n\n\n\nChicken karaage, another delicious Japanese recipe\n\n\n\nThat search led me to Japanese meatballs, and with all the mince I had, I could run several tests and perfect the recipe. I am thrilled with the result - sometimes I like a dish but know it will not become a classic, yet this one might... I cannot wait to hear your thoughts!\n\n\n\nServe them with rice or, for example, stir-fried noodles in soy sauce\n\n\n\nIngredients for Japanese Pork Meatballs\n\n\n\nPotato starch: Just like in chicken karaage, this starch gives the meatballs a unique flavor and texture. You can replace it with cornstarch, but the result will be slightly different\n\n\n\nDark soy sauce: Do not confuse it with light soy sauce. Because this is essentially a Japanese recipe, you can also use tamari sauce; it is easier to find in supermarkets and tastes great.\n\n\n\nRice vinegar: Ideally use white rice vinegar, but white wine vinegar works in a pinch\n\n\n\n\n\n\tJapanese-style Meatballs\n\t\t\n\t\tA delicious recipe for Japanese-style meatballs\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\tMeatballs0.5 medium onion1 tsp ginger (grated)400 g pork (ground)0.5 cup breadcrumbs (preferably panko)1 egg2 cloves garlic (minced)1 stalk green onion (chopped)1 pinch salt and peppervegetable oil for fryingJapanese Sweet and Sour Sauce4 tbsp dark soy sauce3 tbsp sugar4 tbsp rice vinegar4 tbsp water1.5 tbsp potato starch\t\n\t\n\t\tMeatballsHeat the oil and mix all the meatball ingredients in a bowl, kneading well with your hands.Shape the meatballsFry for about 4-5 minutes and set asideSauceCombine all the ingredients and cook over low heat.Stir constantly until it thickens.Once it reaches the desired thickness, add the meatballs and mix well.\t\n\t\n\t\tFeel free to serve everything with steamed white rice\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMain courseJapaneseboulettes japonaise, sauce aigre douce","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}