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Spicy chicken meatballs & cucumber salad

Put a flavourful twist on dinner tonight with these Korean chicken meatballs! The combo of cooling cucumber salad and a spicy gochujang sauce makes for a truly delicious meal.

Two white bowls are placed on a light green table, and they are filled with a salad made of meatballs, rice and vegetables.
Two white bowls are placed on a light green table, and they are filled with a salad made of meatballs, rice and vegetables.

Serves: 4 | Time:  25 minutes

Ingredients:

Korean chicken meatballs
360 g (ca 24) HUVUDROLL chicken meatballs
4 servings of boiled rice (optional)
Crispy veggies like carrots, spring onions and radishes
40 g leaf spinach
Toasted sesame seeds
Coriander

Cucumber salad
1/2 cucumber
4 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 red chilli, finely chopped or 1 gram of chilli flakes

Gochujang sauce
1 dl miso paste
1 dl gouchujang paste
4 tbsp water
2 tbsp liquid honey
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp rice vinegar

Step by step:

  1. Use a cheese grater or mandolin to slice the cucumber thinly, then combine it with the rest of the ingredients for the cucumber salad.
  2. Stir together all of the ingredients for the gochujang sauce. For a thinner sauce, mix a bit of extra water into the sauce.
  3. Slice the vegetables or cut them into thin sticks.
  4. Prepare the HUVUDROLL chicken balls according to the package instructions.
  5. Place the rice, chicken balls, cucumber salad, vegetables, and gochujang sauce in a bowl and top with toasted sesame seeds and coriander.

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