Spicy turkey meatballs and some ways to use them

Cutlets and meatballs

One of my favorite recipes in the Lucky Peach Asian cookbook is for what they call Lion's Head Meatballs. The meatballs freeze well, so it's on constant rotation. In the original recipe, you use ground pork belly and soy sauce, sugar, garlic and ginger to season the meatballs; you then simmer them with vegetables in chicken stock and serve them with rice or noodles. It's a delicious, easy dinner. <br />I changed the recipe so that the meatballs could be used in different ways. First I used ground turkey, then I changed the seasoning of the meatballs and the sauce so the sauce would be the distinctive flavoring agent. And you can change sauces and vehicles so that the meatballs can be used in a variety of ways--now, and later. <br /> <br /> <br />