Japanese Meatball Sliders

Bear Mountain ambassador @EatWithMe:XYZ packs in the flavor with these delicious pork and beef meatball sliders.

Prep Time: 3 hours

Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

¼ cup Bachan’s Hot and Spicy Japanese Barbecue Sauce

2 tsp fish sauce

3 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp fine chopped garlic

3 tbsp chop shallots

¾ tsp black pepper

2 tbsp sesame oil

¼ cup grated pear

1 egg beaten

1/3 cup panko

1 lb ground chuck beef

1 lb ground pork mild

8 toasted slider buns

Teriyaki sauce

Green onions

Sesame seeds

Pickled mini sweet peppers (recipe below)

Rice Vinegar -Sweet Black Ginger Syrup (I use KUROKAZE, Hebesu Citrus Black Ginger Syrup)

Bear Mountain Gourmet BBQ pellets

Pickled Mini Sweet Peppers Instructions

1. Slice peppers thin

2. Marinate in a bowl with rice vinegar and sweet black ginger syrup for at least an hour

Instructions:

1. Mix Bachan’s sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, garlic, shallots, black pepper, sesame oil and pear in a bowl. Then add egg, panko, beef, and pork.

2. Cover and chill for two hours in the refrigerator

3. Take out of the refrigerator and roll into 1-inch meatballs

4. Turn on your grill or smoker to 250 °F and add Bear Mountain Gourmet BBQ pellets

5. Place the meatballs on the grill and cook until the internal meat temperature reaches 165 °F. Baste 10 minutes before taking them off the grill with teriyaki and Bachan’s sauce

6. Take off the grill

7. Serve meatballs on a toasted slider bun with pickled sweet peppers, sauce, sesame seeds, and green onions