Bento Stash Recipes - Fried Meatballs

This is also one of my regular bento stash. I am using this school holiday to prepare these, so that my job will be easier when school reopens next week. When making these meatballs for bento stash, I am only using simple ingredients like onion, garlic, salt and pepper. The reason why I avoid chinese spice like five spice powder or western herbs like rosemary, thyme is coz I do not want them to have any distinct chinese/western flavour. This makes them more versatile. I can use a variety of sauces on them. They can be glazed in teriyaki, curry, tomato based and cream sauce.


Meatballs after shaping


Deep fried Meatballs. These can be packed into small packs for freezing. Pop them into the fridge the nite before you need them. In the morning, just glaze them with a sauce and they are ready for your bento. :)

FRIED MEATBALLS RECIPE

Ingredients:

400g minced beef
400g minced pork
1 onion (minced)
2tbsp minced garlic
1 egg
7tbsp bread crumbs
300ml milk

Method:

1. Stir fry minced onion till translucent.
2. Soak breadcrumbs in milk for 10 mins.
3. Mix all ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.
4. Leave in the fridge for an hour, then take out and shape the mixture into balls.
5. Deep fry the meatballs.

* U can use 800g pork, if you do not take beef.
* U can also bake the meatballs instead of frying them. 10-15 mins at 200C