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Instant Pot Chili Garlic Meatballs - Dump and Go Dinner

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Instant Pot Chili Garlic Meatballs - Dump and Go Dinner

Tricia
The Cook
4 Servings
14 Ingredients
2 Comments

These Chili Garlic Meatballs boast all the flavor of potstickers but with only half the work. Plus with the Instant Pot, these tasty bites come together in less than 30 minutes!

4 Servings
14 Ingredients
2 Comments

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Ground Turkey
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger, Ground
  • ½ cups shred Cabbage
  • ½ cups grate Carrot
  • ¼ cups dice Green Onion (Scallion)
  • 3 teaspoons Teriyaki Sauce
  • ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Chili Garlic Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Water #1
Serving Day Ingredients
  • 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
  • ½ cups Water #2

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Supplies

  • Baking Sheets
  • Labels
  • Parchment Papers

Cooking Instructions

Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions

Easy Assembly/Dump and Go

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. In a large bowl, combine turkey, ginger, cabbage, carrots, onions, teriyaki sauce, pepper, and salt.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

Prog. Pressure Cooker

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Prep from frozen
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Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. **Due to the nature of pressure cooking there is always room for inconsistency. The times given here are based on 4 servings fresh. If you are using more servings you may need to increase your cooking time.**
  2. In a large bowl, combine turkey, ginger, cabbage, carrots, onions, teriyaki sauce, pepper, and salt.
  3. Using your hands, combine until mixed well.
  4. Using a large spoon, roll into meatballs.
  5. Using the Instant Pot, saute meatballs and oil in batches for a few minutes until browned.
  6. Add water #2, lock lid into place and seal steam nozzle.
  7. Cook on high pressure for 6 minutes.
  8. Quick release pressure.
  9. In another bowl, mix together soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, brown sugar, and water #1.
  10. Add sauce to the meatballs and change to saute for a few minutes to thicken.

2 Comments

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    1. Hi Debra, You use water twice in this recipe, so there is a water #1 and water #2. Water #1 is used to make the sauce for the meatballs. You use water #2 to put in the Instant Pot with your meatballs to steam them. Hope this helps!