I love being adventurous during dinnertime. Being able to break away from the tried and true recipes of my childhood and trying something new is always such a delight, especially when the dish turns out to be something really good. This time, I decided to try a recipe that I saw on Alli's site, "Alli n' Son" - Baked Turkey Meatballs with Sweet Peanut Butter Sauce. How's that for a change?!!! I've had meatballs with barbecue sauce, sweet sour sauce, teriyaki sauce, and spaghetti sauce, but never peanut butter sauce (though I have eaten chicken satay before). Her mouthwatering photo gave me all the incentive I needed.
I did adapt the recipe a bit to fit my preferences. To make the sauce lower in calories, I used water instead of the oil (which didn't affect the taste one bit) and I kicked things up with a nice spoonful of sriracha sauce mixed into it. I also doubled the sauce so that I could have enough to let my meatballs and vegetables simmer in it (and believe me, with a sauce as tasty as this, you're gonna want to double it).
The meatballs were awesome! The peanut butter sauce was so delicious and the sriracha added just the right amount of spice to it. I'm so glad that I decided to try something new for dinner because I loved, loved, loved this recipe. This may have been the first time I made this recipe but it for sure won't be the last.
Peanut Butter Meatballs (adapted from Alli n' Son)
1.25 lbs. ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
3/4 tsp. garlic powder
3/4 tsp. ginger powder
dash of salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
1 egg
1/2 c. breadcrumbs
2-3 Tbsp. chopped green onion
1 green bell pepper, sliced
2 carrots, sliced thinly
For the sauce (this is the doubled amount):
1/2 c. peanut butter
6 Tbsp. sugar
4 Tbsp. soy sauce
7 Tbsp. water (or you can use a combo of sesame oil and vegetable oil like Alli did)
1 1/2 - 2 tsp. sriracha (according to taste)
Combine the ingredients for the meatballs. Form into walnut-sized balls and bake at 350F for about 25 min.
Lightly saute the bell pepper and carrots in a large skillet until they are tender but still crisp. Combine the ingredients for the sauce and add to the vegetables. Add the meatballs and coat with the sauce. Let simmer 10-15 min. until everything is heated through.
Nice and different, sounds great Lisa:@)
ReplyDeleteLisa look tempting and delicious! gloria
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really delicious. I may be the only one eating this in my household but that's okay because there would be more for me. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know what sriracha sauce was, so google search it and I would like to know what brand do you use? This dish looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteOh, hubby is gonna love these!
ReplyDeleteI love it, sort of like a satay sauce for meatballs.
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Lovvvee peanut sauce!! Its so unexpected! Great pick
ReplyDeleteThis recipe sounds fabulous. What is sriracha and where do you find it?
ReplyDeleteThose look so good! I've only attempted to make meatballs once and they did not turn out well. It's something I will need to work on and this looks so excellent!
ReplyDeleteOOOOH YUM!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your link-up to Whisking Wednesday last week. These meatballs look so good and I love that they are made with ground turkey.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll stop back in this week and link up another amazing recipe!
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