Pacific Island Meatballs Recipes

PACIFIC ISLAND MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Shape hamburger into small meatballs.
• Brown meatballs in skillet with garlic.
• Mix together cornstarch, brown sugar, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and beef stock. Add to meatballs and stir until thick and bubbly.
• Serve over rice.

HAWAIIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix together ground beef, ginger, garlic powder, and pepper until well combined. Form into 1 1/2-inch meatballs.
• Saute meatballs in a large frying pan over medium-high heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Remove meatballs to a plate, reserving the pan drippings.
• While the meatballs are cooking, pour juice from the canned pineapple into a liquid measuring cup and add enough water to make 1 cup. Mix brown sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl.
• Add pineapple juice and brown sugar mixtures to the warm pan drippings. Add vinegar and soy sauce and bring to a boil. Cook until sauce thickens, 2 to 3 minutes. Add meatballs, pineapple chunks, and green pepper. Simmer until meatballs are no longer pink inside, about 10 minutes.

DELICIOUS THAI STYLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the dipping sauce, whisk all the ingredients together and set aside. Start to prepare the meatballs.
• Gently heat the sugar and fish sauce in a non-stick saucepan until the sugar has melted and mixture starts to thicken. Cool, then stir into the pork mince with the remaining ingredients mixing thoroughtly.
• With damp hands, roll into 15-20 small balls, place on a plate and chill until ready to cook.
• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the meatballs for 15-20 minutes, until brown and cooked through.
• As an appetizer, serve the meatballs hot accompanied by the dipping sauce. For a main meal, serve with rice/noodles and a vegetable stir fry.
• You can also freeze the meatballs raw and cook when needed. This works well.
• Happy chopping!

POLYNESIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the meatballs, mix all the ingredients together and roll into small balls.
• Brown the meatballs in a non-stick frying pan.
• Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a casserole dish, mixing in the meatballs after they are browned.
• Bake the meatballs and sauce, covered, at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, until bubbling.
• Serve over rice.

HAWAIIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix pork, panko, onion, cilantro, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Form into 12 balls. Chill 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add meatballs; cook turning occasionally until browned all over, about 7 minutes. Remove meatballs.
• Clean out skillet, return to medium-high. In a small bowl, whisk together pineapple juice, vinegar, cornstarch, and cayenne. Add to skillet; bring to a gentle boil. Return meatballs to pot, cook, turning a few times, until sauce is reduced and meatballs are cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add pineapple chunks; toss to coat. Serve with cilantro and serrano pepper.

WAIKIKI-STYLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Thoroughly mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, milk, egg, and salt together in a bowl. Roll the mixture into balls and arrange onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the meatballs are browned on the bottom, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker.
• Stir the cornstarch and brown sugar together in the bottom of a saucepan and place over low heat. Add the reserved pineapple juice and vinegar; stir until smooth. Bring the mixture to a boil for 1 full minute before removing from heat; pour over the meatballs in the slow cooker.
• Add the pineapple chunks and green bell pepper to the slow cooker.
• Cook the mixture in the slow cooker on Low until the flavors are thoroughly combined, 3 to 4 hours.