This Ginger Scallion Meatball Stir Fry is a super flavorful and easy high protein weeknight dinner. Prep the meatballs and combine with frozen stir fry vegetables for an easy and delicious meal.
30 Minutes
easy clean up
You’ll Learn: How to make a flavorful stir fry for a busy weeknight dinner
Worth It: It is a protein-forward meal with a serving of veggies that will keep you full
Bonus: Only requires one pan
Why you’ll love this Recipe
- Delicious homemade meatballs – Mix together ground turkey, breadcrumbs, and spices for healthy and tasty homemade meatballs.
- Great for meal prep – These ginger scallion meatballs are great to make ahead of time. Then you can easily throw together this stir fry throughout the week.
- Customizable – You can make this recipe your own depending on what you have on hand and what your family enjoys.
Serving suggestions
This ginger scallion meatball stir fry is great on its own, but I love serving it over rice or noodles. You could also serve it over something like cauliflower rice or quinoa. If you would like, you can serve it alongside a simple greens salad with some apple cider vinaigrette.
To complete your meal with a sweet treat, you could make small batch chocolate chip cookies or strawberry cheesecake dip.
Ingredients and Ingredient Substitutions
- Ground turkey – I love using ground turkey for this recipe, but you could also use ground chicken, ground pork, or lean ground beef
- Panko bread crumbs – I love the texture of panko in these meatballs, but you can also use regular
- Egg – the egg will bind the meatball together
- Scallion – the green onions pair perfectly with the ginger for an amazing flavor
- Grated ginger – you can use fresh grated ginger or pre grated ginger to save time
- Grated garlic – similar to the ginger, you can grate your own or use pre grated
- Sesame oil – the sesame oil adds the perfect umami flavor to your meatballs and sauce
- Kosher salt and black pepper – the salt and pepper are the only spices you need to complement the flavors of ginger, garlic and scallion
- Olive oil – you can use olive oil or another neutral oil like avocado oil
- Frozen stir fry vegetables – I love keeping this recipe easy by using frozen vegetables, but you can also make your own medley with fresh vegetables
- Low sodium soy sauce – make sure to use low sodium soy sauce to avoid making the sauce too salty for your meatball stir fry
- Rice vinegar – the rice vinegar brightens up the sauce
- Water – the water thins out the sauce to the perfect consistency and helps dissolve the corn starch
- Honey – use the honey for a little sweetness to balance out your sauce
- Cornstarch – thicken the sauce with cornstarch so that it coats the meatballs and vegetables
How to make
Step 1: Prepare the meatballs
Add ground turkey, panko bread crumbs, egg, sliced scaled, fresh grated ginger, grated garlic, sesame oil, salt and black pepper to a large mixing bowl. Mix with clean hands until just combined – do not over mix for tender meatballs.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Scoop out 2 tbsp of meatball mixture per meatball, roll into a tight ball and place in the skillet. Cook meatballs over medium heat until cooked through – about 6 minutes each side.
Step 2: Saute Stir Fry Vegetables and Make Sauce
Add frozen stir fry vegetables to the skillet. Toss and cover the skillet for the vegetables to warm through – about 6 minutes.
While the veggies cook, mix the sauce together. Whisk together low sodium soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, honey, cornstarch, fresh grated ginger, grated garlic and toasted sesame oil.
Step 3: Combine and serve
When the veggies are tender, pour the sauce into the pan and increase the heat slightly. Allow the sauce to bubble, thicken, and coat the meatballs and veggies.
Serve immediately over rice. Garnish with sliced scallion and sesame seeds
Storage and Reheating
Once prepared, store this meatball stir fry in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. To reheat, place in the microwave or on the stovetop until gently warmed through.
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You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Ginger Scallion Meatball Stir Fry
Ingredients
Stir Fry Ingredients
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp thinly sliced scallion + more for garnishing
- 2 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tsp grated garlic
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil
- 1 20oz bag frozen stir fry vegetables
Sauce Ingredients
- 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tsp grated garlic
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
Instructions
- Add 1 lb ground turkey, 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, 1 egg, 2 tbsp sliced scaled, 2 tsp fresh grated ginger, 1 tsp grated garlic, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper to a large mixing bowl. Mix with clean hands until just combined – do not over mix for tender meatballs.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Scoop out 2 tbsp of meatball mixture per meatball, roll into a tight ball and place in the skillet.
- Cook meatballs over medium heat until cooked through – about 6 minutes each side.
- Add 20oz frozen stir fry vegetables to the skillet. Toss and cover the skillet for the vegetables to warm through – about 6 minutes.
- While the veggies cook, mix the sauce together. Whisk together 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce, 3 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 tbsp water, 2 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tsp fresh grated ginger, 1 tsp grated garlic and 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- When the veggies are tender, pour the sauce into the pan and increase the heat slightly. Allow the sauce to bubble, thicken, and coat the meatballs and veggies.
- Serve immediately over rice. Garnish with sliced scallion and sesame seeds
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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