Vietnamese Meatballs

Ingredients

Servings

4 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16

US / METRIC

500 g

Pork , minced

200 g

Jicamas

6

Tomatoes , ripe

or 1 Can Diced Tomatoes

1/2

Yellow Onion

2 cloves

Garlic , minced

5 g

Salt

2 g

Ground Black Pepper

as needed

Olive Oil

Cooking Instructions

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Step 2

Wash and place Tomatoes (6) on a baking tray and place in warm oven for 20 minutes or until the skin split. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, set your steamer on the stove.

Step 3

Slice the bottom and top off the Jicamas (200 g) and peel, slice in half and steam for 20 minutes, set aside to cool.

Step 4

While the yam bean is steaming and tomatoes are roasting, finely dice the Yellow Onion (1/2) . Place Olive Oil (as needed) in a saucepan and sauté onion for 5 minutes.

Step 5

Place 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sauce the Garlic (2 cloves) lightly for one minute. Add the tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes, breaking up tomato pieces as much as you can. Set aside.

Step 6

Place in mixing bowl with pork, Salt (5 g) and Ground Black Pepper (2 g) .

Step 7

Finely dice the jicama and add it to the Pork (500 g) mixture. Measure out about 1 tablespoon of the pork mixture and roll into balls.

Step 8

Place the meatballs in a baking dish. Pour over with tomato sauce and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

Step 9

Serve with your favorite greens, cauli-rice, or zoodles.