Sesame Soy Meatballs

from Cooking Light

(Serve with snap peas and two cups rice tossed with 1 T chile paste)

1/3 C minced green onions
2 T brown sugar
3 T low-sodium soy sauce
2 T dark sesame oil
1 T chile paste (such as sambal oelek)
1/4 tsp salt
6 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 lb ground sirloin
Cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 400.

2. Combine first 7 ingredients in a bowl. Add beef; mix gently to combine. With moist hands, shape beef mixture into 20 meatballs.

3. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over med-high heat. Add half of the meatballs to pan; cook 4 minutes, turning to brown meatballs on all sides. Arrange browned meatballs in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Repeat with remaining meatballs. Bake meatballs at 400 for 7 minutes or until done.

Yield: 4 servings.