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Tamarind pork meatballs with papaya salsa

Pork Meatballs Recipe with Papaya Salsa

Tamarind pork meatballs with papaya salsa

Name: Tamarind pork meatballs with papaya salsa
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 500g lean pork mince; 4 spring onions finely chopped; 1 stalk lemongrass woody leaves removed and finely chopped; grated to make 1 tbsp ginger; 1 egg white; 2 tbsp tamarind paste; 1 tbsp cornflour; for frying oil; rice noodles cooked to serve; 1 papaya seeded, peeled and diced; 1/2 red onion finely diced; 1 green chilli finely diced; 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 1 lime juiced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp tamarind paste; 1 tbsp sriracha or other Asian chilli sauce; 1/2 tsp caster sugar; 1 lime juiced

Janine Ratcliffe

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 1 hr

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Liven up pork meatballs with lemongrass, ginger and tamarind sauce and serve with a refreshing papaya salsa for extra zing

Gluten free

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Make these tamarind pork meatballs, then try more delicious meatball recipes, such as our pork and sage meatballs, Italian baked meatballs, Swedish meatballs and vegetarian meatballs.

Ingredients

Nutrition

500g lean pork mince
4 spring onions

finely chopped
1 stalk lemongrass

woody leaves removed and finely chopped
grated to make 1 tbsp ginger
1 egg white
2 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp cornflour
for frying oil
rice noodles

cooked to serve

PAPAYA SALSA

1 papaya

seeded, peeled and diced
1/2 red onion

finely diced
1 green chilli

finely diced
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 lime

juiced
1 tbsp olive oil

TAMARIND SAUCE

2 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp sriracha or other Asian chilli sauce
1/2 tsp caster sugar
1 lime

juiced

Nutrition: per serving

kcal336

low
fat17.3g
saturates5.3g
carbs18.1g
sugars9.9g
fibre2.1g
protein26g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Put the mince, spring onions, lemongrass, ginger, egg white, tamarind and cornflour in a bowl. Season really well and form into meatballs (about 20). Heat a little oil in a frying pan and cook until golden all over and cooked through (about 4 minutes each side).
step 2

Toss all the salsa ingredients with the olive oil and season. Mix the sauce ingredients with 1 tbsp water. Serve the meatballs with rice noodles, salsa and a drizzle of sauce.

Authors

Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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