Sunday 30 November 2014

Thai Lamb Meatballs

Thai is my favorite cuisine - it's quick and easy, uses beautiful fresh ingredients, and is nice and healthy too.



Curry pastes are much more versatile than just curries. Curry pastes make a fantastic addition to meatballs, simple sauces, and a few other fun dishes I have coming up for you soon. This recipe combines red curry paste in both the lamb meatballs and the coconut sauce, creating a lovely quick and easy dish.


These meatballs reheated really well the next day and the sauce tastes great with both noodles and rice - so use whichever you like best!


Thai Lamb Meatballs


Serves 4

Meatballs

500 g (1 lbs ground lamb)
4 Tbsp Thai red curry paste
2 Tbsp wholemeal breadcrumbs
1 Tbsp finely chopped coriander (cilantro)
1 onion, finely diced
1 Tbsp fish sauce

Sauce

1 Tbsp sesame oil
1 440 mL can light coconut milk
3 Tbsp Thai red curry paste
1 red chili, diced
1 Tbsp fish sauce
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1/2 Tbsp lime juice

To serve

Vermicelli (rice) noodles and fresh coriander

1. Make the meatballs by combining the meatball ingredients in a bowl. Shape into small meatballs and bake at 180C (350F) for 20 minutes, turning midway through cooking.

2. Heat sesame oil in a large fry pan over a medium heat. Add the curry paste and fry for a couple of minutes, until fragrant.

3. Add all of the remaining sauce ingredients along with the meatballs and cook until heated through.

4. Serve over noodles, garnished with fresh coriander


9 comments:

  1. What an incredible dish! Thank you for making me feel more confident to try new Thai recipes!

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  2. These are just wonderful! I really want to try this dish!

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  3. My bf is totally into lamb and I love thai, so this is a great combo for both of us! I keep the recipe on my to do list, he's gonna love it for sure!

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  4. Love all the flavors here. Must try!

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  5. Thanks for the info on curry pastes. I'm going to have to try one. I'll need to find one without too much heat. I'll bet the flavor is incredible.

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  6. Nicole this recipe for Thai Lamb Meatballs is simply beautiful, thank you for sharing it on #pureBlogLove tonight!!

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  7. Thank you for joining us on #PureBlogLove Link party for recipes and DIY crafts! I love reading about your adventures in cooking and look forward to seeing you again this week at 8 pm EST Thursday -Sunday night midnight to celebrate yet another fun week !
    Besos
    Heidy

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  8. This looks fantastic. My children are developing an appreciation for curry. Finally! These look wonderful and I can't wait to try them.

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  9. Beautiful and delicious looking; I've never made lamb anything which is something that needs to change!

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