Shelly's Recipe

Hoisin Glazed Asian Meatballs

Category: Meatballs

Yield: 8 servings

1 slice wheat bread - torn into pieces
3 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon hoisin
1 tablespoon sesame oil
4 cloves garlic - minced
1 teaspoon ginger
3 scallions - chopped fine, some reserved for garnish
1 egg - lightly beaten
2.5 pound hamburger meat
Salt/pepper to taste

Hoisin Glaze
2 tablespoons hoisin
Juice of 1/2 lime
Sesame seeds (optional)

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
In a small bowl, add the bread and milk. Allow the bread to soak up the milk. Set aside.
In another small bowl, combine the soy sauce, hoisin, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, scallions and egg.
Add the bread mixture and soy sauce mixture to the hamburger meat with salt/pepper to taste, and mix lightly until combined. Form the mixture into 2 inch meatballs. Place the meatballs on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil, and bake in the preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until cooked through.
While the meatballs are cooking, mix together the hoisin and lime juice in a bowl. Set aside.
Once the meatballs come out of the oven, brush on the hoisin glaze. Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds. Makes about 32 meatballs.