Tsukune

Tsukune are Japanese meatballs. We use ground chicken or pork and you can grill them or add them to a soup. Yakitori restaurants grill them on a stick. They are really yummy. I made pork tsukune this time.

Yield: 2 servings
Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb ground pork
• 1/4 medium onion (chopped)
  
• 1 clove of garlic (grated)
• 1/4 tsp ginger (grated)
• 1/4 beaten egg
  

Spices (for mixing with pork)

• dash of salt and pepper
• 1/4 sesame oil
• 2 tsp sake
• 1 tsp sugar

Spices (for sauce)

• 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp mirin
• 1 tsp sake

Preparation

1. Knead the pork till it develops a sticky consistency
2. Add onion, garlic, ginger, egg, pork spices, and knead
3. Roll the meat into small balls on a dish covered with plastic wrap
   
4. Heat oil in frying pan then grill meat balls for 1 minute with high heat
   
5. Turn over for 2 minutes, turn over again, add 1/4 cup of water, and simmer for 2 minutes with medium heat
   
6. Add sauces spices grill for 1 min over low heat