Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Thai Meatballs with Spicy Almond Butter Sauce

Just a quick recipe from dinner last night.
Used whatever I had on hand and it turned out A-mazing!
Girls loved it and so did the husband.

Thai Meatballs with Almond Butter Sauce

(remember these measurements are all approximates cause I don't measure much of anything)

Meatballs:
1 package of ground turkey
1/2 pound of pork sausage (plain, not seasoned)
1cup shredded carrots
1/4 cup almond flour
1 egg
2 tbsp of grated ginger (mine is jarred)
3 green onions chopped up
2 minced cloves of garlic
1/4 cup of chopped up fresh cilantro
1 tbsp coconut aminos
2 tsp of toasted sesame oil

Put all of this into a big bowl and mix it up really good with your hands.

Then scoop out about a 1/4 cup size and make a meatball with your hands.
Place meatballs onto a greased baking sheet.
Bake at 485 for 15-20 minutes
My mixture made 18 meatballs and I was pretty exact with each one being 1/4 cup of mixture.

Spicy Almond Butter Sauce:
1/2 cup of almond butter (I used the trader joes almond butter with roasted flax seeds)
3 tbsp of coconut vinegar (you could probably use any vinegar here I'm guessing)
4-5 tbsp of water (start with 3 and then if it's too thick add more at the end)
1 tbsp of coconut aminos
1 tsp of toasted sesame oil
1 tsp of raw honey
1 tbsp of minced up ginger
a few dashes of red pepper flakes
a few dashes cayenne pepper

Whisk it all together in a bowl.

I used this to drizzle onto the meatballs after they were served.




Enjoy!

4 comments:

Karen said...

These look great. I don't have any coconut aminos and Amazon doesn't sell it/them. Any ideas for substitutions or are the coconut aminos essential?

Keep up the great work.

Karen said...

I should restate that. Amazon's supply of coconut aminos are "currently unavailable."

Shantel said...

It's just a substitute for those who don't do soy. You could do soy sauce if you eat soy. Or, Braggs makes an aminos too but I can't remember what's in it.
Thanks Karen!

Wii Fit & A Bet said...

whole foods sells it