Vegan Hoisin Meatballs

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Delicious meat-free vegetable balls are given a delicious asian twist with these Vegan Hoisin Meatballs – great as a main dish or as an appetizer! 200 calories per serving and under 17 grams of fat make these a deliciously healthy choice. 

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Meaty Vegan Hoisin Meatballs

I know what you are thinking.

Seriously, I do.

VEGAN? MEAT FREE? WHYYYYYYY?

I mean, if I could eat nothing but bacon and cheese around the clock, I probably would. I’d be 900 pounds and gloriously happy, thank you very much.

But there are times I do actually enjoy eating vegan (I am Orthodox Christian, and participate in fasting periods where we do vegan, most notably for advent and Lent), and there are times when we’ve been eating like crap for weeks and something lighter just sounds good.

But let’s face it- eating vegan food should also taste good.

Because who wants to eat cardboard? And really, couldn’t broccoli taste just a little bit more like bacon?

Luckily, these vegan hoisin meatballs have all the flavor of delicious, meaty asian meatballs- with none of the actual meat.

They also are soy and grain free- making them extremely low calorie and a great way to pack in lots of vegetables in one serving.

meatballs in a pile with rich Asian sauce on top and green onions

The funny thing about these “meat”balls is they look meaty.

Some meat-replacement foods look weird and alien-like (which, let’s face it, they kind of are)- but these have a nice brown color and lots of real texture to them- because they are made simply with browned vegetables and some nuts.

No weird ingredients! Just delicious real food. Because really, isn’t that what it’s all about?

meatballs in a pile with rich Asian sauce on top and green onions

Be sure to also check out these insanely easy and delicious BBQ Vegan Meatballs (which as an added bonus, are totally whole 30 and paleo diet compliant!) :

I’ve seen some paleo hoisin sauce recipes around (they use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce), but I haven’t tried any of them, so I’m not really comfortable linking to one yet. But when I do, I will update this recipe!

You can also make these with a teriyaki sauce or really with any other sauce you love to top over meatballs for a delicious, rich flavor! If you are sticking to a certain diet, just be sure to double check your sauce to be sure it doesn’t break the rules! Most diets will work into the actual meatball recipe, however.

If you have a nut allergy- you can entirely omit the walnuts (I like them for extra protein), add in some grains as a binding agent, or add in some beans or chickpeas.

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Vegan Hoisin Meatballs

Delicious meat-free vegetable balls are given a delicious asian twist with these Vegan Hoisin Meatballs – great as a main dish or as an appetizer! 200 calories per serving and under 17 grams of fat make these a deliciously healthy choice.
Course Vegan
Cuisine Asian
Keyword appetizer, asian meatballs, entree, vegan
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 30 meatballs
Calories 105kcal
Author Courtney ODell

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
  • 1 bell pepper any color, diced
  • 1 eggplant skin on, diced
  • 1 zucchini diced
  • ½ cup walnuts diced very fine

Instructions

  • Set a baking sheet out with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large pan, heat grapeseed oil until shimmery.
  • Add in diced bell pepper, eggplant, walnuts, and zucchini.
  • Sautee until browned, about 15 minutes – stirring regularly to prevent burning.
  • Remove from heat and let cool about 5 minutes.
  • Add to vitamix blender with tamper and grind until soft- making sure to use tamper to stir mixture. It should be a small, soft texture but not liquified.
  • Remove mixture from blender and put into a large bowl.
  • Take ¼ cup mixture and roll into a tightly packed ball.
  • Place on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
  • Continue rolling balls until you’ve made them all.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until a deep brown. This step helps the meatballs “set”, so don’t skip it!
  • At this point, you can remove your meatballs and freeze them for another use.
  • If eating immediately, place meatballs in a pan with a drizzle of grapeseed oil over medium heat.
  • Brown on all sides, about 8 minutes.
  • Add hoisin sauce, stir well.
  • Let sauce heat up- about 2 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and serve immediately!

Nutrition

Serving: 2167g | Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 2mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g

About Courtney

Courtney loves to share great wine, good food, and loves to explore far flung places- all while masting an everyday elegant and easy style at lifestyle blog Sweet C’s Designs. Sweet C's devoted to finding the best food and drinks you'll want to make or find, around the world!

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3 Comments

  1. I love hoisin sauce. These are perfect for Lent! Thanks for sharing on the Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesdays Linky Party. I hope you will join us again next week.

  2. Wow these meatballs look sooo amazing, and i bet they taste even better! Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe, pinning it!

  3. Thank you for linking up your recipe with us this week for Snickerdoodle Sunday! Pinned and tweeted to share 🙂