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    Home Β» Our Favorite Things Β» Events Β» Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce for an Asian-Inspired Dinner Party

    Feb 1, 2010 Β· Modified: Oct 19, 2021 by Chels Β· This post may contain affiliate links, uses cookies, and generates income via ads Β· View privacy policy + disclosure statement linked in footer Β· 15 Comments

    Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce for an Asian-Inspired Dinner Party

    This past Friday, our friends Steven and Dustin had an Asian-inspired potluck dinner party. It had been on the calendar for about a month so I'd been on the look-out for a good recipe for a while. When I found one for Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce I thought it sounded perfect... it could be a nice appetizer or it could be served as an entree with heaps of rice. Not to mention it hardly took much time at all to make. I headed down the street to Whole Foods on Friday afternoon to stock up on all the ingredients and thankfully found everything all in one place.

    Here's what you need:

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    • • ΒΌ cup fine dry bread crumbs
    • • ΒΎ pound ground pork
    • • ΒΎ pound ground veal
    • • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
    • • Β½ cup canned sliced water chestnuts, rinsed, drained, and finely chopped
    • • Β½ teaspoon salt
    • • Β½ cup chopped fresh cilantro plus ΒΌ cup sprigs
    • • 5 tablespoons soy sauce
    • • 4 teaspoons Asian sesame oil
    • • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    • • 2 tablespoons water
    • • 2 teaspoons sugar

    Here's what you do:

    • Preheat oven to 500 degrees and position oven rack in the middle position.

    • In a large bowl, pour milk over bread crumbs and stir until the liquid is absorbed.

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    • Add the ground meat, egg, water chestnuts, salt, chopped cilantro, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 2 teaspoons of the sesame oil and mix until well combined.

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    • Take roughly 3 tablespoons of the mixture to form shape. Transfer the meatballs to a glass baking dish and arrange about Β½ inch apart. Bake for about 15 minutes.

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    Now for the lime sauce:

    • Stir together lime juice, water, sugar, the remaining 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, and remaining 2 teaspoons of sesame oil in a bowl until the sugar has dissolved.

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    Since I had to transport the sauce, I used my dressing bottle with stirrer from Crate and Barrel. This thing is great. There are measurements and ingredients along the side of the bottle so you can create other dressings, too. It travels very well and is leak-proof. Woo woo!

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    Once the meatballs were done in the oven I packed them up to head to Steven and Dustin's. Their apartment is stunning. Most everything they own is completely functional and everything makes perfect sense in it's given place. That kind of stuff just makes me happy. I think everyone has a friend (of friends) who always know how to host a great party and everything seems to run smoothly... that is how these two are!

    Talk about attention to detail! Dustin purchased lanterns in Chinatown and strung them across the dining room ceiling, the table was set beautifully and the spread of food filled my belly in the most satisfying of ways πŸ™‚


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    The menu was written in the kitchen on the chalkboard wall that I haven't stopped dreaming about.

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    Ryan made Mai Tais that were delicious...

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    ...and then Dustin found some drink decorations in the pantry. Because a good host is always prepared πŸ˜‰

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    The menu was filled with some of my favorites! Here are a few:

    • Scallion Pancakes
    • Egg-drop Soup
    • Spicy Beef with Peppers
    • Moo Shoo Pork
    • Tofu Pineapple Rice
    • Sesame Chicken

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    The Asian Meatballs with Sesame Lime Dipping Sauce... yum yum yum! Next time, I plan on making them a little smaller... more of a cocktail size! They were way too big, I think, but they tasted great especially with the lime dipping sauce and lots of rice.

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    My plate:

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    Friends enjoying good food and great conversation... there's really nothing better.

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    And then we somehow got on the topic of the first concert we attended, which just so happens to be one of my favorite conversations. Steven's was Cyndi Lauper and he even had the t-shirt to prove it... look how tiny it is! I was impressed at how fast he found it, too! My first concert was TLC, Montel Jordan, and Boyz II Men... all in one show and I went with my sister and dad! "This is how we do it!" What was your first concert??

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    Dining with other food bloggers is fun because we all "get" each other πŸ˜‰

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    For dessert we had ginger ice cream and fortuneless cookies. I could have eaten this entire plate! Ginger is delightful.

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    Ryan and Dustin:

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    Me and Alison in front of the menu:

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    I highly recommend the Asian-Inspired dinner party! There are so many options for food to make that we don't get to eat homemade too often. It's usually a quick phone call away for take-out or delivery but it was a ton of fun to know all of us pitched in to create them on our own. Also, If I had to guess, I'd say it was about negative 12.2 million degrees in Boston on Friday night. And warming up with friends, food, and Mai Tais was probably the only thing that would have gotten me out of the house to step into that weather πŸ˜‰

    Thanks to Steven and Dustin for hosting a great party!

    [Chels]

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    Comments

    1. Sassy Molassy says

      February 01, 2010 at 4:00 pm

      Wow, everything looks amazing. Love the presentation and decorations too. Cooking/preparing asian food can be a little intimidating, I must admit, but the food looks great.

    2. Dustin says

      February 01, 2010 at 4:37 pm

      Hey pretties,

      Thanks for the rad compliments! I'm so happy you had fun, Chels and poor Sues, I know you had your own fun, but wish it could have been with us (selfishly on my part hehe).

      The meatballs were the perfect size for an entree, definitely, but if you wanted them to go by way of an app, half the size would be okay, too. I think we ate them too fast to notice! I've been eating all the leftovers since Friday. Eep!

      xo,
      Dustin

    3. Shannon says

      February 01, 2010 at 5:27 pm

      love that chalkboard, what fun! looks like a great party πŸ™‚ and fabulou meatballs, too... makes me want a snack πŸ˜‰

    4. Fun and Fearless in Beantown says

      February 01, 2010 at 6:13 pm

      I love the chalkboard and the table setting looked so beautiful! You've really inspired me to step it up for my next dinner party!

    5. The Duo Dishes says

      February 01, 2010 at 6:15 pm

      Fortune less cookies...so funny! Love your dishes for this dinner.

    6. Julie Q says

      February 01, 2010 at 8:27 pm

      What a cute dinner party! I love the decor πŸ™‚

    7. Travel Eat Love says

      February 01, 2010 at 8:35 pm

      Oooh I may steal that dinner party idea! I love doing themes, I usually do Spanish tapas so its time to change it up!

    8. Susan says

      February 01, 2010 at 8:36 pm

      What an awesome idea!

    9. joan says

      February 01, 2010 at 11:27 pm

      The table setting looks so pretty.
      Day on the Green - Oakland Coliseum. Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, and Gary Wright. Fun!!!

    10. Carolyn says

      February 01, 2010 at 11:40 pm

      My first concert was New Kids on the Block!

    11. Sophie @ yumventures says

      February 02, 2010 at 10:46 am

      Dinner parties are one of my favorite things to attend/host in the world, and THEMED dinner parties make the world a better place! This one looks fabulous, awesome dish, and everything else looked great. Jealous =)

    12. Amy says

      February 03, 2010 at 3:51 pm

      Oh my goodness, everything looks wonderful!!!

      My nagging question, though, is where did they get those divided bowls???

    13. two coast table says

      February 03, 2010 at 10:56 pm

      This is great Chelsee, as usual! I had a lot of fun and was so glad you could be there. The meatballs were delicious and I will be making them soon.

    14. two coast table says

      February 03, 2010 at 10:57 pm

      Oh and the bowls and plates are all from Vessel: http://www.vessel.com/prod_table_fwalc.html

    15. Kathleen says

      February 26, 2010 at 10:47 pm

      I love your website; it's very appealing! I'm going to try the asian meatball recipe. I need to get back the essence of enjoying cooking. You make it look doable and fabulous, so thanks! I used to live in Boston and taught there, so the on site pictures are wonderful. Go, girls!

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