Easy to Make Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Rice

Here’s another delicious recipe for ground beef.  If you’re looking for a new recipe for ground beef, this is it.  Your family will enjoy these Mongolian beef meatballs with a shiny, sweet, spicy sauce that is so good.

Easy to Make Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Rice
Mongolian Beef Meatballs over Rice

I’ve used 80% lean ground beef for this recipe.  

You’ll want to start the rice before or just after preparing the meatballs and placing them in the oven.

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Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Rice

Preheat oven to 450°

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 4 green onions thinly sliced
  • 2 inches fresh ginger root grated
  • 6 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Sauce:

  • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 cup low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 2/3 cup cold water
  • 1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch 
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Garnish:

 

 Place the ground beef, Panko breadcrumbs, ginger, garlic, green onions, egg, salt, and pepper.  Mix well, but don’t overwork.
 
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Shape the meat mixture into forty-eight 1-inch balls and place on tin foil lined baking sheet. (Easy clean up!)  My sheet pan is 13 x 18 inches.
 
Place the baking sheet with the meatballs in the preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes.  If you make fewer and larger meatballs, you’ll have to adjust the baking time.
 
While the meatballs bake, add the oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, water, rice wine vinegar, and red pepper flakes to a large skillet.
 
Cook while stirring for 10 minutes over medium-high heat. 
Add the cornstarch to the cold water and stir together until the cornstarch is dissolved. 
 
Whisk well as you add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce.  Cook until the sauce thickens.  Then, remove the skillet from the heat.
Remove the meatballs from the oven.
 

Add the meatballs to the thickened sauce, spoon the sauce over the meatballs.  Serve over white rice.  Garnish with slices of green onion and sesame seeds.  We served this with roasted broccoli.

Easy to Make Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Rice
Mongolian Beef Meatballs

 

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Easy to Make Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Rice
Yield: 4 servings

Mongolian Beef Meatballs with Rice

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

Meatballs

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 4 green onions thinly sliced
  • 2 inches fresh ginger root grated
  • 6 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 cup low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • 2/3 cup cold water
  • 1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Garnish

  • Sliced green onions
  • Sesame seeds

Instructions

    Preheat oven to 450°

    Place the ground beef, Panko breadcrumbs, ginger, garlic, green onions, egg, salt, and pepper.  Mix well, but don't overwork.
    (We are an Amazon affiliate and may receive a small percentage of any sales through the links in this post at no cost to you.  Thanks for supporting this website!)
    Shape the meat mixture into forty-eight 1-inch balls and place on tin foil lined baking sheet. (Easy clean up!)  My sheet pan is 13 x 18 inches.

    Place the baking sheet with the meatballs in the preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes.  If you make fewer and larger meatballs, you'll have to adjust the baking time.

    While the meatballs bake, add the oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, water, rice wine vinegar, and red pepper flakes to a large skillet.

    Cook while stirring for 10 minutes over medium-high heat. 
    Add the cornstarch to the cold water and stir together until the cornstarch is dissolved. 

    Whisk well as you add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce.  Cook until the sauce thickens.  Then, remove the skillet from the heat.
    Remove the meatballs from the oven.

    Add the meatballs to the thickened sauce, spoon the sauce over the meatballs.  Serve over white rice.  Garnish with slices of green onion and sesame seeds.  We served this with roasted broccoli.

 
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