Thai meatball quinoa bowl

Original Blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2021/06/thai-meatball-quinoa-bowl.html

serves 4-6

Ingredients

Ingredients

For the Quinoa

· 2 cup quinoa

· 4 cup coconut milk

· 6 kaffir lime leaves

· 1 tablespoon coconut oil

· ½ teaspoon salt

· 1 teaspoon brown sugar

· ¼ cup chopped cilantro

For the meatballs

· 10 oz ground beef

· 1 tablespoon masala spice mix or all-purpose seasoning

· 2 garlic cloves shredded

· ¼ cup shredded onion

· 1 egg

For the sauce

· 2 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar

· 1 tablespoon sesame oil

· 1 tablespoon onion flavored soy or light soy sauce

· ½ lime juice

· 1 ½ teaspoon fish sauce

· ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

For the other ingredients

· 1 cup red onion sliced

· 1 head bok choy

· 2 tablespoon oil

Directions

For the quinoa

Wash the quinoa thoroughly and strain away all the excess water
In a deep pot add the coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves, salt coconut oil, and sugar
add the quinoa over high heat and bring to a boil
once it's boiling reduce the heat to very low cover and allow it to cook for 20 minutes
after 20 minutes turn off the heat and leave it to steam for 10 minutes
remove the kaffir lime leaves and stir in fresh chopped cilantro and set aside

For the meatballs

Combine all the ingredients for the meatballs and form into balls
spray with cooking spray and place in an oven or air fryer at 350 for 25 minutes turning halfway through.

For the sauce and veggies

In a bowl shred the palm sugar
Combine with sesame oil, lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes and set aside.
Cut off the bottom of the bok choy and wash thoroughly and dry the leaves
Slice the red onion into thick slices.
toss the bok Choy leaves and red onion slices in oil
Place on a hot grill and grill for a few seconds per side. Do not allow the leaves to char too much.
After you get some grill marks on them flip to the other side and then remove from the heat and place in a bowl
Chop into bite-sized pieces (I find it easier to use a kitchen sheer)
Pour half the sauce over the grilled veggies and the other half over the meatballs.
Serve quinoa topped with meatballs grilled veggies and sauce