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Try these healthy pork meatballs, then check out more meatball recipes, such as our baked Italian meatballs, Swedish meatballs and vegetarian meatballs.

Ingredients

  • ½ cucumber, seeded and diced
  • 1 tbsp  rice wine vinegar
  • 1 large red chilli, seeded and diced
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, chopped
  • grated to make 1 tbsp ginger
  • ½ bunch coriander, chopped
  • 500g lean pork mince
  • sesame oil
  • 2 carrots, shredded  
  • 2 little gem lettuce, leaves separated
  • to serve   chilli sauce
  • to serve steamed rice

Method

  • STEP 1

    Toss the cucumber with the vinegar and half the chilli and set aside. Put the remaining chilli, lemongrass, ginger and half the coriander in a small blender. Blitz until smooth, them add
    to a bowl with the pork mince. Season well and combine, with clean hands. Roll into small meatballs (you should get about 24 from this mix). Heat 1 tsp sesame oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the meatballs all over for 8 minutes, until golden and cooked through.

  • STEP 2

    Add a little carrot and 2 meatballs to each lettuce leaf. Add some cucumber pickle to each and scatter with the remaining coriander. Serve with chilli sauce if you like, and some steamed rice.

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