Ingredients
For the Meatballs:
- 1 pound ground pork (I used Pederson’s no sugar added ground pork)
- 3/4 cup diced white or yellow onion (about 1/2 onion)
- 1/2 sweet chili pepper, diced, or a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons coconut aminos (or soy sauce if not strictly Paleo)
- 2 tablespoons almond meal
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
For the sweet potato noodles and cabbage:
- 2–3 sweet potatoes, peeled and spiralized
- 1 cup thickly shredded purple cabbage
- 1 cup thickly shredded green cabbage
For the Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons spicy sesame oil or toasted sesame oil
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons coconut aminos or soy sauce if not strictly Paleo
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar (could use coconut vinegar as a substitution)
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
To Garnish:
- *Optional-
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup fresh mint
- 2 green onions, diced
- The other 1/2 of the sweet chili pepper, sliced
- A handful of sesame seeds
- Chopped nuts (cashews or almonds work great)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Lightly oil baking sheet
- Combine all meatball ingredients into a large bowl
- Mix well and roll into medium sized meatballs, roughly yielding 12 balls
- Evenly space them on baking sheet and place into oven
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until no longer pink
- While meatballs are in the oven, mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside
- Place sweet potato noodles in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook for 2 minutes
- Add sauce and mix in with the noodles
- Cook for 5 minutes or until softened, stirring occasionally
- Remove noodles from pan, keeping the extra sauce left in the pan
- Add cabbage and stir to coat with remaining sauce
- Sauté cabbage until softened, about 5 minutes
- By this time, your meatballs should be finished
- Add everything to a bowl, along with the fresh herbs and toppings
- If you have extra sauce remaining in the pan after noodles and cabbage is cooked, just pour that over your bowl!
- (or bowls, if meal prepping!)