Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Turkey Teriyaki Meatballs and Veggies on the side

This is a best guess recipe...  use the following as a guideline rather than an absolute rule.  I don't think you can mess these up no matter what you do.

1 1/5 lbs ground turkey
1 cup crushed pineapple (or one cup chunks and juice mashed up the food processor)
about 1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
4-6 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp Teriyaki or Soy Teriyaki sauce^
1/2 tsp chili garlic paste (optional)*

Mix well.  Shape into balls.  Put into lightly sprayed baking dish.  Top with remaining pineapple and juice.  Add additional teriyaki sauce.  Bake 350 degrees F for about an hour until the meatballs are cooked through and no longer pink.  Serve with rice.

This goes really well with a quick stir fry of veggies. Peppers and onions are particularly nice but you can use whatever veggies you have (mushrooms, bean sprouts, pea pods, broccoli...)  Just give it a very quick very hot toss in a tiny bit of olive oil until the veggies are crisp tender.  Deglaze the pan with a small amount of dry sherry and add additional teriyaki sauce.  Serve over rice with the meatballs.  (If you want you can just cut up all the veggies and throw them in with meatballs and bake them all together.  I didn't do that because I like my veggies crisp!)

^I use Trader Joe's Soyaki sauce or the very similar SoyVey brand.
*You might choose to put onion powder, pepper, fresh herbs like coriander leaves, fish sauce, dried chilies into the meatballs.  Give it the flavor you like.  

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