Vietnamese Pork Meatballs

Name: Vietnamese Pork Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 500g pork mince; 2 stalks lemongrass, minced finely; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 red chilli, minced; nuoc cham dipping sauce to serve; lettuce and cucumber to serve

Grilled Vietnamese pork meatballs with lemongrass, fish sauce and dipping sauce. Mixing the meatball mixture thoroughly until it turns slightly sticky holds the meatballs together on the grill without them falling apart.

Total time

27 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

500gpork mince

2 stalkslemongrass, minced finely

2 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tbspfish sauce

1 tspsugar

1 tspsesame oil

1red chilli, minced

nuoc cham dipping sauceto serve

lettuce and cucumberto serve

Instructions

Mix all meatball ingredients thoroughly.

Roll into balls or shape into small logs on skewers.

Grill or pan-fry on medium-high 3–4 minutes each side.

Serve with nuoc cham, lettuce and cucumber.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

357

Protein

32.6g

Fat

22.7g

Carbs

4.3g

Fiber

0.1g

Sodium

376mg

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