The Best Teriyaki Beef Meatballs Recipe

So versatile, these Teriyaki Beef Meatballs can be served as a meal with steamed rice and veggies OR as an appetiser! The BEST part? Get your oven to do the work for you! No need to wait around a hot pan watching your perfectly rounded meatballs flatten while they cook, or worry you’re going to burn them if you turn around for 2 minutes.

How To Make Teriyaki Beef Meatballs?

Just like these Mongolian Meatballs, these Teriyaki Beef Meatballs Recipe couldn’t get any easier. Your’e just THREE easy steps away form the most perfect meatballs you could serve ANYWHERE:

And if that’s not enough, your sauce is JUST as easy AND good! Just to note here, I add a few extra things to my homemade Teriyaki sauce for added flavour.

The Best Teriyaki Sauce!

What are Cooking Sake and Mirin

Cooking Sake and Mirin add incredible flavour to a good Teriyaki sauce and are pretty much essential. They are both two types of rice wines that you will find at regular grocery stores or supermarket chains (usually found in the Asian section or isles). If you can’t find them at your store, Asian stores have a larger (and cheaper) selection. Having said this, sake can be substituted with a Chinese cooking wine OR dry sherry. Mirin can’t really be substituted, but if you’re desperate, most people comment that apple cider vinegar does the trick. I can’t guarantee because when it comes to Teriyaki, I only make mine with those two wines. If you’re worried about the alcohol, it does evaporate when cooked! I added extra water and a cornstarch slurry to this sauce to make enough to coat these meatballs without making the sauce too overpowering. Once your sauce its done, pour them over your meatballs and toss them to fully coat!

Then, garnish them with green onion slices and sesame seeds, add some toothpicks to the side of your plate with any remaining sauce, and your appetiser is DONE!