Saucy Sesame Gochujang Meatballs
These saucy sesame gochujang meatballs use frozen meatballs that are cooked in a sweet-spicy soy, sesame, and gochujang sauce. Serve them over jasmine rice as a main dish; they also make a tasty appetizer.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound frozen fully cooked beef and pork meatballs, such as casa de bertacchi™ homestyle meatballs
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoons gochujang
- 1 teaspoon honey, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- sliced green onions (optional)
Direction
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Arrange meatballs in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 25 minutes, or cook meatballs according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, stir soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, ketchup, gochujang, honey, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, water, and cornstarch together in a small saucepan; set aside.
- Near the end of meatball cooking time, heat sauce over medium-high heat until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.
- Add in the meatballs; toss to coat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and garnish with sliced green onion.