Chicken meatballs with Hoisin glaze

​Found this recipe on the internet, modified it a little bit and fell in love. So tasty, yet so easy to make. It is not just easy it's time saver. Takes only 30 minutes. 

Ingredients for 4 servings: 
800 gr ground chicken
1 red onion finely chopped 
3 cm fresh ginger, grate
2  cloves garlic, minced or grated
Black Pepper
 
Sauce ingredients 
2 tablespoons sesame oil, or extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce 
1/3 cup pomegranate juice
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce (make sure to use GF, if needed)
2 tablespoons honey 
2 tablespoons rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar 
1/2  teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, using more or less to taste 
steamed rice, sesame seeds, and pomegranate arils, for serving

​Process: 
Preheat the oven on 220 C and line a baking sheet with parchment.

Place meatball ingredients in one bowl and mix until just combined. Coat your hands with a bit of oil, and roll the meat into tablespoon-size balls (will make 15-20 meatballs) placing them on one side of the prepared baking sheet. The mix will be wet, but it will firm up in the oven. Transfer to the oven and bake for 15- 18 minutes or until the meatballs are crisp and cooked through.

Meanwhile, combine the 1 tablespoon oil, the soy sauce, pomegranate juice, hoisin sauce, honey, vinegar, and crushed red pepper flakes in a medium saucepan. Set over medium-high heat and bring the sauce to a boil. Boil around 10 minutes, until the sauce thickens and reduces by about 1/3. Remove from the heat. 

Pour about half the sauce over the meatballs, tossing to combine. Return to the oven for 2-3 minutes, until the sauce coats the meatballs. 

Serve the meatballs and sauce over bowls of rice topped with additional green onions, pomegranate arils, and sesame seeds. 

I serve Hokkaido pumpkin on the side.

​Pileće ćufte s Hoisin glazurom 

​Pronasla sam ovaj recept na internetu, malo ga modificirala i zaljubila se! Preukusan i jednostavan. Gotov za samo pola sata. 

Sastojci potrebni za 4 osobe: 
800 grama mljevene piletine
1 srednja glavica crvenog luka (usitnjeno)
2 cehnice bijelog luka (protisnite) 
cc 3 cm djumbira (usitnite ili izrendajte) 
malo bibera

Sastijci za sos:
2 kasike sesamovog ulja (mozete zamijeniti maslinovim)
1/3 solje soja sosa (s manjim udjelom soli)
1/3 solje sosa od šipka (imate kupiti u vecim marketima, pakirano kao dressing za salatu)
3 kasike Hoisin sosa
2 kasike meda 
2 kasike rizinog ili jabukovog sirceta
1/2 kasicice sjemenki ljute, suhe papricice
Za serviranje: kuhana riza, zrna šipka, malo peršuna. 

Proces: 
Zagrijte rernu na 220, a pleh presvucite papirom za pečenje. 

Sastojke za kuglice stavite u jednu zdjelu, sjedinite, ruke lagao nauljite pa dlanovima oblikujte kuglice.

Prebacite ih na papir za pecenje i pecite 15 - 18 minuta. 

U medjuvremenu u manju serpicu sjedinite sastojke za sos i pustite da zavri na laganoj vatri. Neka krčka 10tak minuta dok se lagano ne zgusne. 

2/3 sosa iskoristite premazujući kuglice nakon sto su u rerni ostale dovoljno da budu pečene, pa ih vratite jos 2 minutice da sos na njih prione. 

Servirajte uz kuhanu rizu, ostatak glazure prelijte preko, zrna sipka i malo persuna na vrh i to je to!