These aren’t just your daily baked meatballs. The sweet chili garlic meatballs in these sheet pans are packed with vibrant Asian flavours, and the meatballs are cooked in the oven, making them beautiful and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Pair with roasted vegetables and rice for a complete meal.
When many of us think of meatballs, we instantly imagine an Italian version – served with pasta and marinara sauce. But we love to be creative with our meatball recipes here! Buffalo chicken meatballs, tikka masala meatballs, rosemary thyme meatballs. And we also love classic meatballs (my Nonna Italian meatballs are very good), and we don’t get enough of the sweet chili garlic flavor. Therefore, these amazing meatballs were born.
To make these small bowls into delicious bowls, prepare and bake meatballs and vegetables. Bake them in the oven and make a delicious, sweet and spicy sauce sideways. Bring it all together and enjoy the magic!
Why make meatballs in the oven?
We love a good sheet bread meal! Not only does it make dinner much easier (especially busy nights with kids, amirite, amilite?!), but these baked meatballs are crispy and tasty on the outside, and very soft on the inside + you can stovetop I’m not cooking at all.
You can easily roast vegetables while the oven is on. Cooking rice and you’re eating a complete meal.
You can use any combination of good night vegetables! We love the flavor and texture of Baby Bok Choy and Broccoli, but everything on hand works fine.
We recommend peppers, zucchini, snap peas, or sweet potatoes. Make sure to cut them into pieces of similar sizes, so that they are cooked evenly with meatballs.
Pro tips for sheet pan meatballs
It is recommended to use a dark metal baking sheet with meatballs as it will help to brown the meatballs. However, bread works. It helps to wet your hands as you form meatballs, preventing the meat from sticking to your hands. We used a scoop of 3 table soup to make larger meatballs, but feel free to contact us to make the meatballs smaller. Note that meatballs take time to bake. And you’ll have more of them.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF and grease the baking sheet with avocado oil. *
Add all the ingredients from the meatballs to a large bowl and mix the ingredients together.
Using a tablespoon of 1 tablespoon, scoop three tablespoons in your hands and roll the meat into a bowl. Place on a greased baking sheet. Repeat until all meat mixture is in a bowl. * Helps wet your hands so that the meat doesn’t stick to them.
Transfer to the oven, bake for 20 minutes, then turn it over halfway through.
While the meatballs are roasting, add broccoli, bokuchoy and red onion to the second baking sheet. Coat the vegetables with soy sauce, sesame oil and rice vinegar. Throw to coat the vegetables. Add the vegetables to the oven and bake for 10 minutes or until you reach the desired donness.
While the meatballs and vegetables are roasting, add all the sauce ingredients to the bowl and mix.
Remove the meatballs from the oven when the internal temperature of the meatballs reaches 165ºF for 20-20 minutes.
Serve meatballs and vegetables over jasmine rice, with honey garlic and white sesame seeds. enjoy.
It is recommended to use a dark metal baking sheet with meatballs as it will help to brown the meatballs. However, bread works. I used 3 tablespoons of scoop to make larger meatballs. We’re not sure you’ll want to make your meatballs smaller, but keep in mind that the meatballs will take less time and take more time. You can use the vegetable combination you want.
calorie: 616 kcal, carbohydrates: 31 g, protein: 35 g, fat: 40 g, fiber: 7 g, sugar: 19 g
Nutrition information is calculated automatically and should only be used as an approximation.
Remaining meatballs and vegetables can be stored in a fridge airtight container for up to 3 days. Simply reheat in the oven or microwave before serving.
You can also freeze cooked meatballs and vegetables for up to three months. Thaw in the fridge overnight and reheat before serving.
Rice served with these meatballs
Our number one suggestion for these sheet pan meatballs is to serve them on jasmine rice. Or, check out how to make the best sticky rice sticky rice tutorial! Looking for a low-carb option? Try cauliflower rice or this cauliflower fried rice!
Photo: The photos taken in this post are from Erin from a wooden frying pan.
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