Ginger Pork Meatballs with Mung Bean Sprouts
As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
It doesn’t take much to feed your family vegetables. I like to do a meat-vegetables combination like this Ginger Pork Meatballs with Mung Bean Sprouts. Just mix in a bunch of great ginger-flavored pork meatballs, made Filipino-style with Asian flavors. Pan sear them till the flavor and aroma hits everyone’s appetite and watch what happens.
Simply saute the vegetables in the same pan. Mix in the tomatoes, peppers and cupfuls of mung bean sprouts, also called togue (say ‘to-ge’) in the Philippines. Flavor the broth with sweet hoisin sauce which is easy to find in the ethnic aisle of major supermarkets. This is one of my go-to easy meat with vegetables meals that I often cook on weeknights. And it’s a recipe I learned from my mom, so you know this is definitely a good one.
Ginger Pork Meatballs with Mung Bean Sprouts
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Ground pork
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 whole chopped fine onion
- 1 whole egg
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 Tablespoon Xiao Xing rice wine
- 2 drops sesame oil
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 stalks white part only, sliced scallions
- 1 whole chopped tomato
- 1 whole chopped red peppers
- 2 cups mung bean sprouts or togue
- 2 Tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 3/4 cup broth
- 1 whole cut in cubes potato
- for serving steamed jasmine white rice for serving
Instructions
- Prepare the meatballs by mixing in a bowl the following : Ground pork, ginger, onion, egg, breadcrumbs, soy sauce, salt, black pepper, sesame oil, rice wine. Blend well and refrigerate for at least an hour for easier handling.
- Shape the pork mixture into 1-inch sized meatballs. In a large skillet, over medium high heat, add a tablespoon of the vegetable oil. Pan sear the meatballs till brown. This should take about 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove the meatballs from the skillet and drain on paper towels to remove excess oil.
- Using the same skillet, over medium heat, add a tablespoon of vegetable oil. When hot enough, saute the garlic, scallions, tomato, peppers potatoes. Cook till potatoes are soft, about 8 minutes.
- Add the hoisin sauce. Blend ingredients well. When liquid starts to bubble, add the mung bean sprouts. Then last, add the cooked meatballs. Serve hot with steamed jasmine white rice.
- Cook's Comments : For a vegetarian option, omit the pork meatballs, and add more mung bean sprouts to the dish. This is a wholesome, delightful dish packed with plenty of protein and nutrients. Or for other meat options, you can use ground beef or ground chicken for the meatballs and cook the same way.
- Hello, Friends! All the images and content on this blog are COPYRIGHT PROTECTED and owned by my media company Besa-Quirino LLC. This means BY LAW you are NOT allowed to copy, scrape, lift, frame, plagiarize or use my photos and recipe content I wrote, on your website,books, films, television shows or videos without my permission. If you want to republish this recipe or content on another website, video, news article,or media outlets mentioned above please ASK my permission, re-write it in your own words and simply link back to this blog to give proper attribution. It’s the legal thing to do. Thank you. Email me at [email protected]
- Disclosure: As a participant in the Amazon Affiliate program, some blog posts contain links to products used in the recipe and sold on Amazon. The price stays the same for the readers who wish to purchase these products on my links. I earn a small commission from Amazon which helps maintain the blog expenses. Thanks in advance for your support.
I could almost taste the sweet and spicy flavor of the meatballs. I like the addition of beans sprouts in this recipe, it make it interesting 🙂
Thanks, Mari. This is such an easy dish to put together.Hope you try it. Glad you stopped by.
Agree! I love dishes like this where you have meat and veggies in one. All we need is steamed rice and everyone is happy! 😉
Thanks, Nami. These pork ginger meatballs + mung bean sprouts were a great combination. It also makes serving vegetables to kids much easier.
Oooh! Love this type of Asian flavored meatballs…nomnom! 🙂
These are so good, Joey~ you must try it. Thanks for stopping by!
I found your site through another food blog and thought I would stop by to check yours out. I just subscribed to your blog feed and can’t wait to see what your next post will be!
Thanks, CJ! Glad you stopped by!