Sugar-Free Asian Meatballs
Healthy Asian inspired meatballs. Perfect with rice for dinner or on a toothpick at cocktail hour.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 T sugar-free, imitation honey
- 1 T sugar-free brown sugar
- 1 t gochujang
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ½ t ground ginger
- 1 splash lemon juice
- ½ lb. ground beef
- ⅛ t salt
- ⅛ t pepper
- 2 T egg whisk it beforehand so you can measure it out with a tablespoon
- ½ t sesame oil
- 2 T olive oil
Instructions
- Over low/medium heat, combine the soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, gochujang, garlic, ground ginger, and lemon juice. Let it cook and reduce for 5-10 minutes.
- Combine the ground beef, salt, pepper, egg, and sesame oil. Roll into meatballs.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add meatballs and cook for about 5 minutes on each side, or until your desired doneness.
- Drain the juice from the pan and add the meatballs and sauce into it. Cook it all together on low/medium heat for 2-3 minutes.