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Paleo Asian Meatballs with jumbo juicy ground beef Paleo Asian flavored meatballs, half baked and half roasted in the oven until fork tender. These ground beef Asian meatballs are Paleo, Whole30, and Keto low carb!
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Paleo Asian Meatballs Made In Muffin Tin
To make these Paleo Asian Meatballs juicy and flavorful, I added more vegetables and used little starch.
The texture of the meatballs is meant to be soft and fork tender so I found that a muffin tin holds the meatball shape super well.
Because the muffin tin preserves the meatball juice, you can use the juice as dressing over low carb butternut squash/ zucchini/ sweet potato noodles.
It’s rich and savory. Perfectly delicious !
A Few Tips From My Kitchen
When forming the meatballs, use your hands to make sure that the meat and the veggies cohere well.
A few people have told me that using an ice cream scoop is faster and easier to make meatballs but in this case, because we’re using very little flour/starch (lower carbs) and more vegetables, you need to use your hands to apply some pressure to form the meatballs or otherwise they might fall apart in the oven.
Carefully flip them halfway through the baking time and you’ll have the most tender and juicy Paleo Asian Meatballs.
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Paleo Asian Meatballs recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 1 cup carrots, finely chopped
- Half 1 whole small yellow onion, diced
- 1 cup Italian flat parsley, finely chopped
- 3 bulbs scallions, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tbsp fresh grated ginger
- Coconut oil (to grease the muffin tin)
Meatball seasonings:
- 1 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp sweet potato flour or arrowroot flour (optional item)
Optional pairing:
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- Butternut squash, sweet potato, or turnip spiralized noodles
- Cooking fat of your choice to saute the noodles
Instructions
- Finely chop carrots, yellow onion, flat parsley, scallions, and prepare grated ginger. If use a food processor, toss the ingredients a few times but do not over process them. It will be too watery.
- Preheat oven to 410 F/210 C. Combine ground beef, ingredients under “Meatball seasonings”, and ingredients from Step 1. Combine and mix well.
- Lightly grease a muffin tin with coconut oil. Use your hands to gently apply some pressure to form the meatballs. Make sure the chopped veggies and the ground meat are coherent well. Form about 18 individual meatballs.*
- Bake the meatballs in the muffin tin. First side about 15 minutes. Use a small spoon to carefully flip them and bake the flip side for an additional 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, heat ½ tbsp cooking oil in a large skillet over high heat. When hot, lower the heat to medium, add minced garlic and squash noodles. Give them a quick stir-fry until the noodles are softened yet still crisp. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
- To serve: scoop out the meatball juice inside the muffin tin and use that as dressing over meatballs and noodles.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made these last week to take for my breakfast. I paired w/Instant Pot braised kale.
These meatballs are DELICIOUS!!! And they were nicely browned & juicy from the muffin pan.
Making again for this week. Honestly, the thought of those meatballs got me out of bed in the morning!!! Thank you!
This looks great – can you cook them in a slow cooker?
I wonder about the amount of ground beef. My packages of Butcher Box ground meat comes in a 1 pound brick, which is what I see in your video, but I think the recipe calls for 1/2 lb of ground beef. Is that correct? Or is is 1 and 1/2 lb of ground beef? Thanks!!! These look fabulous, and I can’t wait to make them.
Hi Nan, the recipe calls for 1 and 1/2 lbs (1 1/2 lbs) of ground beef. See the serving in the recipe. It’s interactive. You can adjust it to 1 lb ground beef and the rest of measurements will be adjusted automatically. Hope that helps ! 🙂
Thanks! They just look soooooooo good and I’m eager to do some cooking tomorrow.
You are so very welcome, Nan ! 🙂
Those look incredible! Just pinned and can’t wait to try!
Thanks so much, Amy !
Meatballs are the best, and I can’t wait to try making them in a muffin tin!
These sound so flavourful!
These look like they are absolute balls of flavor.
What a perfect snack or appetizer!
I love all the added veggies! These look so flavorful and tender and I’ll definitely be trying them!
These sound so flavorful with the scallion, ginger, and sesame oil! I’ve never met a meatball I didn’t like, and these are next on my list.