Beef Meatballs with Lime

Name: Beef Meatballs with Lime
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; Couple of pinches of soft brown sugar; 2 teaspoons dry sherry; 2 teaspoons cornflour; Couple of dashes of ginger wine; 2 large cloves garlic, very lightly crushed; 3 cloves garlic, very finely chopped; 10 canned water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped; Zest and juice of ½ lime; 4 tablespoons water; 450 g (1lb) rump or fillet steak - very well minced; 100 ml (3½fl oz) vegetable oil; 1–2 teaspoons sesame oil; 450 g (1lb) rump or fillet steak - very well minced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Far Flung Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1994

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 teaspoons dry sherry
Couple of pinches of soft brown sugar

Side dish

Method

Mix together the soy sauce, sherry, sugar, ginger wine, cornflour, lime zest and juice. Stir in the water and mix well. Pop in the garlic, water chestnuts and sesame oil. Mix well together. Stir in the minced beef.

Take a small amount of mixture at a time and, using your hands, roll into walnut-sized balls.

Heat the oil with the garlic in a wok or frying pan. When the oil is hot