General Tso’s Meatballs
Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 1 lb ground turkey or chicken
- 1- inch knob fresh ginger, grated
- 3 fresh garlic cloves, grated or minced
- 4 green onions, very finely chopped
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 Tbsps avocado oil or olive oil
General Tso’s Sauce:
- 2 tsps toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos, Bragg's liquid aminos, tamari, or low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup beef bone broth
- 2 Tbsps raw honey
- 1 Tbsp GF flour or Arrowroot powder
- 2 tsp chili flakes, or to taste
GARNISH:
- 4 green onions, finely sliced
- sesame seeds
TO SERVE:
- cooked brown rice, quinoa, or riced cauliflower
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine really well all the ingredients for meatballs. Use your palms or a cookie scoop to form small meatballs, you'll have around 16 meatballs.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the meatballs while slowly turning them until golden brown on all sides.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk all of your ingredients for the sauce until very well combined.
- Once the meatballs are golden-brown, drizzle over all the sauce the sauce and reduce the heat to LOW.
- Simmer your meatballs into the sauce for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens, and the meatballs are no longer pink on the inside.
- Garnish with chopped green onions and serve over cooked brown rice, quinoa, or cauliflower rice.
- Enjoy!
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