These Vegan Teriyaki Meatballs have the perfect texture and taste divine! They are incredibly easy to make, coated in a homemade sweet and sticky teriyaki sauce and so meal preppable!
2Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacers OR flax eggsif flax eggs, less one tablespoon of liquid per flax egg
½cupred onion, finely diced(114g)
1/2teaspoonground black pepper
¾teaspoonsea salt
3clovesgarlicminced
1cupbreadcrumbsgluten free if needed
1 ½tablespoonscoconut oil
Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients
1/4cuplight soy sauce or liquid aminos
¼cupraw unrefined brown sugar or coconut sugar
1teaspooncornstarch + 1 teaspoon waterstirred together
½teaspoonground ginger
2teaspoonssesame seeds
1tablespoonrice wine vinegar
¼cupwater
chopped scallionto garnish
Instructions
Teriyaki Sauce
Mix all the ingredients together, bring to a boil, then to a medium low heat in a sauce pan until completely incorporated, about 5 minutes. Stir occasionally. Set aside until ready to use.
Vegan Meatballs Base
Preheat oven to 450°F/230°C. Cut the cauliflower's stem off, and cut into even-sized florets. Drizzle the cauliflower with maybe a teaspoon of oil. Roast the cauliflower for 15-20 minutes in the oven. Remove and allow to cool for a few minutes.
In a food processor, add the cauliflower and pulse it until it's completely riced. Remove from the food processor. You only need 1 cup of this for this recipe and 8 ounces should make about 1 cup.
Add the 1 cup of riced cauliflower and all the other meatball ingredients EXCEPT the coconut oil. You can pulse them or mix them together until they form into a tight ball, combining everything. You want to ensure they are so mixed together that you're not seeing individual cauliflower or quinoa florets, it's all one big mixture. That's how you'll ensure the meatballs will hold together!
Heat the coconut oil in a pan over medium high heat. While it's heating, use a tablespoon measurer to form one raw meatball and shape into a ball with your fingers. You can place them on a plate while the oil heats.
Add one meatball to test the oil. Cook on one side for about 1-2 minutes, turning on all sides onto fully cooked inside and out, about 4 minutes. You can add as many meatballs as can fit in the pan without overcrowding it, cooking them all for about 4-5 minutes turning on each side, to cook them through.
Lower/turn the heat off. When the heat has cooled down, add in the sauce. You want to do this because if the pan is too hot, the sauce will spew and the heat can be dangerous while so hot.
Coat the meatballs in the sauce and then remove the pan from the stove. Serve the meatballs and enjoy!! You can enjoy these vegan meatballs alone, in a nice hoagie or with cauliflower rice or quinoa on the side, you know, for a double down. You could even have them on toothpicks as an appetiser at your Super Bowl party!
Notes
I strongly recommend using the Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer! It acts just like regular eggs and is really great for binding these vegan meatballs.
For freezing, freeze these meatballs without the sauce on. Them allow them to thaw, crisp them up again in the pan, and then coat in the sauce. These meatballs will last in your fridge for up to a week (assuming your cauliflower/base ingredients are fresh, of course!).