grilled meatballs

These are the best Moroccan meatballs you will make at home Easy, bite-size skillet meatballs, grilled with just a little bit of extra virgin olive oil. But the draw is in big flavors from aromatics and warm Moroccan spices. Serve these meatballs in pita pockets with minty carrot salad, olives, and other fresh items. Or, use them as a little party appetizer.

BEST Moroccan Meatballs 

lb beef lamb

red onion, grated

garlic cloves,

cilantro,

tsp ground ginger (about .87 g)

cayenne,

Salt and pepper

tbsp (about 42 ml) extra virgin olive oil

tbsp (about 48 ml) orange juice

virgin olive oil

mint leaves, torn (about 5 or 6 large leaves)

Cherry tomatoes, halved

shallots or onions, thinly sliced

parsley

Marinated olives

Tztaziki Sauce or plain Greek yogurt

Pita pockets

Make the shaved carrot salad first. Using a peeler, go ahead and peel the carrots into ribbons (or you can slice the carrots very thin sticks.) Place carrots and the remaining carrot salad ingredients into a bowl. Toss by hand to combine. Set aside or in the fridge for now.

If making other fresh sides to serve along, prepare those as well and save in the fridge. Toss the cherry tomatoes and onions with a little olive oil and lemon juice, if you like, and season with salt and pepper. Save in the fridge.

If using, prepare Tzatziki sauce per this recipe; plain Greek yogurt is fine too. Save in fridge for later.

Prepare meatball mixture. Squeeze any liquid out of the bread and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the meat, onions, garlic, cilantro, Ras El Hanout, ground ginger, and cayenne. Sprinkle a generous pinch of kosher salt and black pepper. Using clean hands, mix/knead until meat mixture is well combined.

Divide the meat mixture into small meatballs (mine were about 1 tbsp each). The size here is relative, but they're meant to be small bite-sized meatballs. Arrange the meatballs on a tray and cover. Refrigerate for 30 minutes (if you really don't have the time, you can skip this part. See notes.)

When you're ready, heat a cast iron skillet (or a frying skillet) over medium heat. Drizzle the meatballs with some extra virgin olive oil and cook in your hot skillet over medium heat for about 7 minutes or so, turning occasionally, until cooked through and charred. Do this in batches if needed.

Serve meatballs hot in pita pockets. Add the carrot salad and other prepared toppings in. Or, leave meatballs in skillet with the shaved carrot salad and other items on the side, let everyone decide how they'd like to enjoy them!

The meatballs were awesome. Big hit with both kids and adults at a party. Love this site... haven't had one bad recipes yet.

Suzy, I have said before how much I love meatballs.  I have made all of your recipes for them.   I'm a widow and find that 3 or 4 meatballs is just right for me.   I make a full recipe and freeze the meatballs.  Can't decide which recipe is my favorite, but this one was exceptional.

These meatballs were outstanding. We made enough so there were some leftovers. However, they did not last long. The next morning I reheated them in a skillet in a spicy tomato sauce, poached some eggs on top and produced a simple shakshuka breakfast. I usually like merguez in my shakshuka, but with these delicious meatballs, I didn't miss the merguez at all.

This has become one of my go-to recipes. The smell brings me back to the summertime, when I first discovered it, and all of the nice memories that come along with that. It's like aroma therapy, honestly. Thank you for sharing. I love your blog very much :)

Much love from Canada!

This was a total hit at my house! I used ground venison for these meatballs, and they were fantastic! I also love how simple these are to make. Thank you for another wonderful recipe.

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We had these tonight with homemade pita and your tzatziki. Our fave kind of dinner. Very tasty meatballs.  Thank you.

If you haven't had a Vietnamese noodle bowl, it is time. This savory and fresh grilled pork meatball noodle bowl is my favorite anytime food!

Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Bowl 

basil

garlic cloves

green onions, finely chopped

T fish sauce

T sriracha

T sugar

cornstarch

t black pepper

t salt

Carrot Daikon Salad from here

c cucumber

green leaf or romaine lettuce

c mint sprigs

c Thai basil sprigs

c cilantro

jalapeno

bean sprouts

Nuoc Cham (Dressing for the salad)

Rice Stick Noodles (Maifun) (1 package)

peanuts

Meatballs from above

c lime juice

garlic clove

water

t red chili flakes

T sweet chili sauce (Mae Ploy)

Mix all ingredients together in bowl. Form each into about 2 inch meatballs. Chill.

Preheat grill, then place these on an oiled  grill tray and slowly grill at medium high heat while turning them as they brown.  Or you could skewer them like shish kebab and grill them slowly also or fry them in a tablespoon of oil in a nonstick skillet on the stove.

Meatballs:

Soak rice noodles in very hot or boiling water according to package directions.  Let soften for about 10 minutes. You may have to keep changing your water to get these soft enough. Texture and consistency  is important here. Not too soft, not too hard. And it is not an exact science! Drain well when they are ready.

Prepare all ingredients for the noodle bowl and set aside.

Noodle Bowl:

Put a handful of noodles in a bowl. Top with lettuce. Top with mint, basil, cilantro, jalapenos, slices of cucumbers and bean sprouts.  Add some carrot daikon salad. Place meatballs on last. Garnish with peanuts. Serve with Nuoc Cham on the side so diners can add as needed.

To prepare individual bowl:

When you have the word garlicky in the description, you have our attention! When the weather is a scorcher like it is today, having these meatballs made ahead and then placed in a delicious herb salad is the perfect treat. Stay cool and take care

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