Yummy Tangy Hoisin Meatballs

I like to make meatballs and have them on hand in the freezer. It’s so convenient to have them waiting for a busy night when I need to get dinner done fast. Having the meatballs baked and ready to go makes getting dinner on the table a snap.  Since I have so many meatballs in the freezer, I’ve been trying to come up with a few new recipes to use them in. This one I created, is a keeper, our whole family loved it.

  Yummy Tangy Hoisin Meatballs

My family loves hoisin sauce. We put it on our spring rolls, in our stir fry, and now on these meatballs. I was a little apprehensive about adding this sauce to meatballs, after all, it’s an asian sauce. So, I wasn’t really sure how well it would go with the meatballs I make for the freezer.  But they turned out so very good. I mean we didn’t have one leftover at all. I’m so glad I grabbed a few photos before we ate dinner.

I’ve seen some other recipes that use hoisin sauce on meatballs. Those recipes called for rolling the meatballs in the sauce after baking. I really like the sauce to stick and caramelize on the meat, so I added the sauce to the meatballs before I heated them in the oven.

The sugars caramelized really nicely, this gave them a wonderful great baked in flavor. With just a slight crispness on some of the edges, just how my family likes them.

I served those yummy caramelized meatballs on a nice bed of rice, with a little sauce added too. Then finished out our meal with a nice helping of steamed broccoli. Did you know you can get kids to eat broccoli if you have them mix a bite of these great meatballs with the broccoli? At least it worked with my little one.

I make this meal a quick and easy one by making a big batch of meatballs ahead of time.  Then all I have to do is thaw the meatballs, toss them in the sauce and bake. In about 15-25 minutes, when the rice is done cooking, we are ready to eat. Yum!

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Yummy Tangy Hoisin Meatballs

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4 -5

Author Shelly

Ingredients

• 20-25 Precooked Meatballs
• 1/2 cup Hoisin
• 1/4 cup Water
• 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• 1 teaspoon Ginger Powder
• 1 tablespoon Rice Vinegar

Instructions

• If using frozen precooked meatballs, thaw, place in a baking dish and set aside.
• Place the rest of the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
• Pour the sauce over the meatballs. Stirring to coat.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15-25 minutes.

What’s your favorite way to enjoy meatballs? I would love to have some new recipes to give a try. If you have a good one please leave me a comment and let me know how to make them. Thanks!