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Spicy Sesame crusted sweet potato meatballs

These vegan Spicy Sesame Crusted Sweet Potato Meatballs are incredibly easy to make and packed with flavors. Featuring sweet potatoes, chickpeas, garlicky flavors, cheesy nutritional yeast, and herbs. Stockpile these heavenly mouthfuls in your freezer for later or eat them right away. Yum.
These vegan Spicy Sesame Crusted Sweet Potato Meatballs are incredibly easy to make and packed with flavors. Featuring sweet potatoes, chickpeas, garlicky flavors, cheesy nutritional yeast, and herbs. Stockpile these heavenly mouthfuls in your freezer for later or eat them right away. Yum.
Simone - Munchyesta.com
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Serving Size 15 Meatballs

Ingredients

  • 2 medium Sweet Potatoes 1½ cup mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 15oz can Chickpeas rinsed and drained
  • 1 Flax Egg
  • 5 Oil packed Sundried Tomato halves chopped
  • 1 tbsp Medium Curry Powder
  • 3 tbsp Nutritional Yeast optional
  • 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced or finely chopped
  • 2 Spring Onions chopped
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 3½ tbsp Chickpea Flour more if needed
  • 1 handful Fresh Basil Chopped

Instructions

Making the Spicy Sweet Potato Meatballs

  • Place the sweet potatoes on a microwave-safe plate and pierce them with a fork or knife.
    Cook them for 8-10 minutes on high. Be careful not to burn yourself when you remove them from the microwave.
  • Carefully, cut the sweet potatoes open and scrape out the tender flesh.
    Next, place the sweet potato meat in a food processor along with the drained chickpeas, sun-dried tomatoes, curry powder, smoked paprika, nutritional yeast, salt, garlic, and chopped spring onions.
  • Blitz until everything is combined before adding the flax egg, chickpea flour, and chopped basil. Blitz again a few short blitzes until it forms a dough.
  • Take a tablespoon of the sweet potato mixture and roll it into a ball. Repeat until all the mixture is shaped into meatballs.
    Fill a plate with sesame seeds and a pinch of salt. Gently roll the meatballs in sesame seeds until they are covered well.

Cooking on the stove

  • Heat olive in a non-stick pan and carefully place the meatballs in the pan. Fry each side until golden brown, turning over after 2-4 minutes.
    Serve with a sprinkle of fresh basil and enjoy.

Baking in the oven

  • Heat the oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with baking paper. Place the meatballs on the lined baking sheet and bake them for 15-20 minutes, turning them over halfway through.
    Serve with a sprinkle of fresh basil and enjoy.

Notes

1 flax egg = 1 tablespoon flax seeds + 2 1/2 tablespoons water
Leave to thicken for 15-minutes