Sweet, sticky and delicious. These tray baked sticky sesame chicken meatballs are packed with flavour and bake easily in the oven for a perfect week night meal. Or serve them with cocktails sticks as finger food.
It's meatball Monday!!! Woooo Hoooo, I love meatballs!!! You probably know that!! I have a whole section on my blog set aside for meatballs.
Usually I talk for several paragraphs about bite sized food!!! But as I am pushed for time today I am just going to leave you with plenty of photos of these fabulous meatballs.
Well not quite, as I do have a couple of things to add - you knew I would 😉
- I made these with chicken mince but they are also delicious with pork mince.
- The sesame seeds at the end are essential 😉 they add such a great flavour boost.
- I served these with some sticky japanese rice and some grilled bok choy, for a really easy meal!
Seriously these are delicious, so delicious that you just have to try them. End of story. Go try them!!!!!
And as promised here's a plethora of photos to convince you that you need this dish in your life. Go on!!! Your family will love you.
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Tray Bake Sticky Sesame Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
For the meatballs
- 1 tablespoon oil - canola/veg/sunflower
- 14 oz chicken mince (ground chicken)
- ½ cup panko
- 2 teaspoon sesame seeds - I used a mixture of white and black
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- pinch red chilli flakes
- 3 garlic cloves
For the sticky sauce
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup mirin
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- handful fresh coriander
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F.
- Pour the oil into a large roasting dish and put it into the oven, to get hot.
- Place the chicken mince, breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, sesame oil, salt, pepper and chilli flakes into a bowl, then crush in the garlic.
- Mix well to combine everything.
- Roll tablespoonfuls of the chicken mixture into balls.
- Remove the dish from the oven and carefully add the chicken balls. Once you have added them all, start back at the beginning and flip them all over.
- Put the dish back in the oven and cook for 5 minutes,
- Mix the soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil, vinegar and honey in a small bowl.
- Remove the dish from the oven, add the sou mixture and shake the tray to coat the meatballs.
- Return to the oven and cook for 12-15 minutes until the sauce is sticky and the meatballs are cooked through.
- Sprinkle the meatballs with sesame seeds and chopped coriander to serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition is per serving
Inger says
Hi Claire,
I made the meatballs tonight as a test run for next week. The taste was delicious and they went in a jiffy. However I had a problem!? My sauce didn’t go sticky and I had to take it out of the oven before I overcooked the chicken. I followed the recipe and the measurements and yet I didn’t get the sticky saucy. Any ideas? Add more honey? Less soy/merin/vinegar?
Thank you.
Claire McEwen says
Hi Inger,
I suspect it might have been the size of the roasting tin. It needs to be large so the sauce is just a thin layer, this helps to encourage it to evaporate and leave you with a stickier sauce.
Glad everyone loved the flavours 🙂
Cx
Barbara says
Absolutely Divine. Thanks for a great recipe
Claire McEwen says
Oh I am so pleased you enjoyed them Barbara 🙂
Cx
Kristina @ Love & Zest says
This looks great! and in under 30 minutes to make, you can bet this is going to be an easy weeknight dinner! Love it.
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Kristina, we are meatball mad in our house 😀
Christine says
I love using chicken to make meatballs - This recipe looks delicious!
Claire McEwen says
Me too Christine, and my kids always demolish these!
Michele says
These would be lovely for a football watching party! Pinned this for fall!
Claire McEwen says
They really would be!!!! I love meatballs as finger food. Although I find they go so quickly it is always worth making double!
Molly Kumar says
This look so delicious Claire. I'm all about mixing in flavors and this sounds so good and the fact that they are baked, makes them a must try for me.
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Molly. I love baking chicken meatballs, it keeps them nice and juicy!
Renz says
I thought another meatball then I saw that it was chicken; then I saw the sauce. This looks amazing. The combination of the sauce sounds delicious.
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Renz, they are a favourite in our house 🙂
Christine McMichael says
1.) Your photography is GORGEOUS, and 2.) WOW! These look incredibly delicious and I need them in my life. I think my husband would especially love these!
Claire McEwen says
Awww thank you 😀
Hehe, I feel the same way about meatballs 😉
Hope your hubby loves them 😀
Gillian says
This sounds lovely, have pinned it to try later. Think my kids would love this and me too 😉
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Gillian.
My boys definitely demolish these! They even eat their veg when it is dipped in the sticky sauce.
Kathryn @ FoodieGirlChicago says
These look amazing and the sticky sauce sounds divine! I'm adding them to my list for my next cocktail party!
Claire McEwen says
These would be great for a cocktail party! Although they are very moreish so people may fight over them 😉
Priya says
sounds delicious! love that sauce! Baking definitely makes any dish healthy and saves that standing in the kitchen time!!! 🙂
Claire McEwen says
I agree, healthier and less mess on the stove top 😀
Amy says
These meatballs sound fantastic! My husband would go crazy for them. Have you posted how you grill your bok choy? I've never cooked it on the grill and I'm intrigued!
Claire McEwen says
I don't have the recipe up on the blog, but it is on our menu next week with some Thai skirt steak, so I will take a few pics and post it ASAP for you 😀
p.s hope your hubby loves the meatballs!