Asian meatballs with fiery tomato sauce

Name: Asian meatballs with fiery tomato sauce
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Onion; 2 Garlic cloves; 75 g Peanut kernels; 3 TABLESPOONS Oil; 1 TABLESPOON Fish sauce; 4 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 7-10 Tbsp Cayenne pepper; 7-10 Tbsp ground cilantro; 1 disc (50 g) Palm sugar (alternatively 50 g brown sugar); 1 (approx. 800 g) Head Chinese cabbage; 375 g mixed minced meat; 1/4 l Vegetable broth (instant); 1 TEASPOON Sambal Oelek; 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste; 1 TABLESPOON Tomato ketchup; 1 pinch Sugar; 2 TABLESPOONS Cornstarch; 1 TABLESPOON shelled sesame; 7-10 Tbsp Coriander green and red chilli rings

AUTHOR
Jennie Fields

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
50 mins

TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 Onion
2 Garlic cloves
75 g Peanut kernels
3 TABLESPOONS Oil
1 TABLESPOON Fish sauce
4 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
7-10 Tbsp Cayenne pepper
7-10 Tbsp ground cilantro
1 disc (50 g) Palm sugar (alternatively 50 g brown sugar)
1 (approx. 800 g) Head Chinese cabbage
375 g mixed minced meat
1/4 l Vegetable broth (instant)
1 TEASPOON Sambal Oelek
1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
1 TABLESPOON Tomato ketchup
1 pinch Sugar
2 TABLESPOONS Cornstarch
1 TABLESPOON shelled sesame
7-10 Tbsp Coriander green and red chilli rings

Directions

1
Peel and finely chop the onion. Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Coarsely chop the peanuts. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan, fry the onions and garlic in it, add the peanuts and fry for about 2 minutes. Deglaze with fish sauce, 2 tablespoons soy sauce and 2 tablespoons water.
2
Season with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and coriander. Coarsely chop the palm sugar, put it into the pan and let it braise for about 5 minutes while turning. In the meantime, clean, wash and cut the cabbage into strips. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a saucepan and braise the cabbage in it for about 12 minutes at low heat. Remove the onion-garlic-nut mixture from the pan and add it to the mince, deglaze the roast with stock, simmer for about 2 minutes, stir in sambal oelek, tomato paste, tomato ketchup and the rest of the soy sauce. Season to taste with salt, pepper and sugar and bring to the boil. Stir 1 tablespoon of cornflour and 3 tablespoons of water until smooth, stir into the boiling sauce and bring to the boil again. Knead minced meat and onion-garlic-nut mass with the dough hooks of the hand mixer and form into meatballs and turn them into remaining cornflour. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs at medium heat for about 6 minutes while turning.
3
Season to taste with salt, pepper and sugar and bring to the boil. Stir 1 tablespoon of cornflour and 3 tablespoons of water until smooth, stir into the boiling sauce and bring to the boil again. Knead minced meat and onion-garlic-nut mass with the dough hooks of the hand mixer and form into meatballs and turn them into remaining cornflour. Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs at medium heat for about 6 minutes while turning. Roast sesame seeds in a dry pan. Arrange the cabbage, meatballs sprinkled with sesame seeds and sauce in portion moulds and serve garnished as desired with coriander green and chilli pepper rings