Submitted by Katie Parks

About the cook: I am a home cook, that is branching out in the culinary world. I have competed with many food competitions over the years. My mom taught me to cook, and from there we started our own business, which we ran together serving high end "boat snacks" and catered five course meals in clients homes. After her passing, I took a few years off in the kitchen, to wait for my love of cooking to come back. Now that's happened, I am restarting our business, and dipping my toes back into the competitive cooking field

About the dish: A family, and client favorite! This was a recipe my mom and I perfected over the years. It's a savory, delectable bite.

National Origin: American

Serves: 4

Estimated Time: 30 to 60 Minutes

Ingredients:

Sauce:
1 Tb sesame oil
1 Tb Ginger
4 Scallions finely chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
2 Tb Siracha Sauce
Sesame Seeds
1/2 cup Sweet and Sour Sauce
1/4 cup Hoisin Sauce
1/2 cup Duck Sauce

Meatballs:
1 1/2 lb ground beef
1 lb ground pork
1/2 small onion finely chopped
1/2 red pepper finely chopped
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
3 Tb Soy Sauce
2 Tb Sesame oil
2 Eggs
1 Tb finely chopped ginger
Salt and Pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Combine all meatball ingredients in a bowl. Make sure not to “over combine”.
2. Roll meatball mixture into golf ball sized balls, bake on cookie sheet in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until browned and cooked to correct internal temperature.
3. While meatballs are cooking, in a large bowl combine all sauce ingredients, except scallions, together stirring well.
4. Place the cooked meatballs in slow cooker, and pour sauce over top. Stir gently.
5. Cook for 4 hours on low, serve with chopped scallions.

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