Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

• •¼ cup whole milk
• •¼ cup fine dry bread crumbs
• •¾ pound ground pork
• •¾ pound ground veal
• •1 large egg
• •½ cup water chestnuts
• •½ teaspoon salt
• •½ cup cilantro
• •¼ cup cilantro sprigs
• •5 tablespoons soy sauce
• •4 teaspoons sesame oil
• •2 tablespoons lime juice
• •2 tablespoons water
• •2 teaspoons sugar
• •steamed rice

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 500°F.

   10 min

2. 2.

   Pour milk over bread crumbs in a large bowl and stir until liquid is absorbed. Add ground meat, egg, water chestnuts, salt, chopped cilantro, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 2 teaspoons oil and mix with your hands until combined well. Shape 3 tablespoons meat mixture into a ball and transfer to a 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish. Make more meatballs with remaining mixture, arranging meatballs about 1/2 inch apart in baking dish. Bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

   25 min

3. 3.

   Meanwhile, stir together lime juice, water, sugar, remaining 4 tablespoons soy sauce, and remaining 2 teaspoons oil in a bowl until sugar is dissolved.

   5 min

4. 4.

   Transfer meatballs to a serving dish. Stir sauce, then drizzle meatballs with 1 tablespoon sauce and sprinkle with cilantro sprigs.

   5 min

5. 5.

   Serve meatballs with remaining sauce.

   2 min