Ankake Meatballs

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    2
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    737
based on 4 ratings

This recipe is incredibly simple to prepare and delivers a great umami kick. Tender pork meatballs are coated in a glossy soy-based sauce, making a great midweek dinner with steamed rice, or use to adorn your next bento box.

recipe updated May 3, 2025

Ingredients

  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    15 g
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Chicken stock icon
    Chicken stock
    100 g
  • Green onion icon
    Green onion
    as needed
  • Ground pork icon
    Ground pork
    400 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Dark soy sauce icon
    Dark soy sauce
    ½ tablespoon
  • Mirin icon
    Mirin
    ½ teaspoon
  • Sesame oil icon
    Sesame oil
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Potato starch icon
    Potato starch
    1 tablespoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    200 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    2 teaspoons
  • Rice vinegar icon
    Rice vinegar
    1 tablespoon
  • Soy sauce icon
    Soy sauce
    1 tablespoon
  • Potato starch icon
    Potato starch
    1 teaspoon
  • Sesame seeds icon
    Sesame seeds
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Baking tray - medium
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Serving plate

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 220°C
  2. Grease a clean baking tray then set aside
  3. Attach the Creaming Beater
  4. Add ground pork, ginger, garlic clove, salt, dark soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil and egg to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  5. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  6. Mix with splashguard fitted until combined - 30 sec, Speed Min
  7. Then add potato starch to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  8. Mix with splashguard fitted until combined - 20 sec, Speed Min
  9. Transfer content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl to medium bowl
  10. Scoop 1 tablespoon of the mixture and roll with your hands into a ball
  11. Place on the prepared baking tray
  12. Repeat with the remaining mixture
  13. Bake until browned - 12 min, 220°C
  14. Add chicken stock, water, sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and potato starch to a clean small bowl
  15. Mix until combined
  16. Clean Cooking Chef bowl
  17. Attach the Stir Tool
  18. Transfer content of small bowl to Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  19. Cook with splashguard fitted until thickened - 3 min, 110°C, Stir 2
  20. Transfer meatballs to serving plate
  21. Pour sauce over meatballs
  22. Top with sesame seeds and green onion
  23. Serve
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