Kimchi Pork Sesame Meatballs

Kimchi pork sesame meatballs, aka your path to your dream brunch. And lots of other things.

More Korean flavours, I can’t get enough. Here I introduce kimchi, which is Korean chilli pickled cabbage (trust me, you need to try it if you haven’t already) to minced pork, and tweak it with spring onion and sweet hot gojucharu (gorgeous Korean red pepper flakes, which of course it knows intimately already), and ease it all with a crisp sesame seed coating. Before I fry it all and use it as the ultimate egg soldier by dipping it in a glorious perfectly fried gooey egg.

I have been playing around with meatballs and dumplings and homemade sausages and all sorts of things requiring a little minced meat, a lot of imagination and not too much time. It always amazes me how much you can make, and how frugal cooking with minced meats can be, even when using the best quality.

Kimchi Pork Sesame Meatballs

I want more colour and texture with these meatballs, and a little more nutrition too, I also want to use up the leftover sesame seeds from the bowl where I rolled the meatballs. So I fry broccoli and carrot lightly with them, and serve these on the side. So far, this is my favourite brunch of 2016 and given how much I devote myself to the topic, and how dedicated I am to its daily exploration, this says a lot.

These are simple, speedy and pack a flavour punch. The sesame seeds give a lovely texture and flavour, as well as being a coating that people who can’t have gluten and dairy can enjoy. I have had these for lunch with eggs, in meatball sandwiches, with rice noodles with some shredded veg for accompaniment. I even had small ones rolled tight and cosied up to a perfect egg in a coconut egg cocotte. That worked so well, and I will share that soon too.

Coconut & Kimchi Pork Meatball Egg en Cocotte

The beauty of these is not just the flavour and the deep satisfaction that you will get when you eat them. One batch goes very far, you can prepare it and leave it in your fridge, you can freeze what you don’t use and use it within the month. Or you can play as I did, and if you do, please come and share your ideas, as I too want to try!