Spicy Shrimp and Pork Meatballs with Rujak Sauce

Name: Spicy Shrimp and Pork Meatballs with Rujak Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 egg; 59 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 inches finger fresh ginger, finely chopped; 4 green onions, diced; 454 grams ground pork; 1 lime, zested and juiced; 1 mango, peeled and flesh chopped; 3 Tbsps palm sugar or piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar); 59 milliliters peanut oil; 1 Asian pear, seeds removed and chopped; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 1 to 2 serrano peppers, seeded and chopped; 227 grams shrimp, peeled and deveined; 1 star fruit, chopped; 3 Tbsps tamari sauce; 59 milliliters tamarind juice, or 2 tablespoons tamarind paste dissolved in 1/4 cup water

Spicy Shrimp and Pork Meatballs with Rujak Sauce is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 35g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 610 calories. If you have peanut oil, asian pear, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes.

Instructions

Rujak is a spicy mixed fruit salad found throughout Indonesia. Here I puree it to make a sweet and spicy sauce for meatballs.

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Mixed Fruit

Meatballs

Sauce

Add the shrimp, onions, ginger, garlic, peppers and pork to a large mixing bowl. Stir in the egg, tamari, cilantro, lime zest and juice and mix together until well combined. Form the mixture into balls using a disher (scoop).

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Lime Zest

Cilantro

Peppers

Garlic

Ginger

Onion

Shrimp

Tamari

Juice

Pork

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Heat the oil to a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the balls until a good crust forms, before turning, about 2 minutes.

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Crust

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add all of the fruit to a food processor and quickly pulse.

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Fruit

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Food Processor

Add the sugar, tamarind and red pepper flakes and puree until the mixture becomes a thick sauce.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Tamarind

Sauce

Sugar

Put a little of the sauce into a serving bowl and top with the meatballs.

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Meatballs

Sauce

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Bowl

Serve with bowls of sauce on the side, and a container of toothpicks.

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Sauce

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Toothpicks

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Cook's Note: Can't find star fruit? Substitute a can of drained pineapple pieces.

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Starfruit

Pineapple

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Servings:

egg 59milliliters

chopped fresh cilantro leaves 2cloves

garlic, crushed 2inches

finger fresh ginger, finely chopped 4

green onions, diced 454grams

ground pork 1

lime, zested and juiced 1

mango, peeled and flesh chopped 3Tbsps

palm sugar or piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar)59milliliters

peanut oil 1

Asian pear, seeds removed and chopped 1teaspoons

red pepper flakes 1

to 2 serrano peppers, seeded and chopped 227grams

shrimp, peeled and deveined 1

star fruit, chopped 3Tbsps

tamari sauce 59milliliters

tamarind juice, or 2 tablespoons tamarind paste dissolved in 1/4 cup water

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Shrimp works really well with Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. One wine you could try is Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 26 dollars.