# Vietnamese Meatballs with Vermicelli Noodle Bowls

This dinner featuring Vietnamese meatballs and vermicelli noodle bowls has been on repeat because it's so good.

- Cuisine: Vietnamese
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 pounds ground pork, ground turkey or a combination
- 0.25 cup chopped fresh basil
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 4 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon sweet Thai chili sauce
- 1.5 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1 tablespoon cassava flour
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon tallow or coconut oil, for browning
- vermicelli noodles
- carrots
- cucumber
- shredded lettuce
- cilantro
- mint leaves
- 0.25 cup fish sauce
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 0.5 cup water
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons lime juice

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, combine the ground pork, basil, garlic, green onions, fish sauce, hot sauce, coconut sugar, cassava flour, salt and pepper.
3. Scoop the mixture into 1- to 2-inch meatballs.
4. Heat the tallow or coconut oil in a large 12-inch skillet over medium heat until hot and rippling.
5. Add the meatballs in a single layer and brown on all sides.
6. Transfer the browned meatballs to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining meatballs.
7. Bake the meatballs for 15 minutes.
8. Remove meatballs from the oven.
9. Add cooked vermicelli noodles to a bowl.
10. Add shredded carrots to the bowl.
11. Add sliced cucumbers to the bowl.
12. Add shredded lettuce to the bowl.
13. Add cilantro to the bowl.
14. Add mint leaves to the bowl.
15. Add the meatballs to the bowl.
16. Prepare the Nuoc Cham sauce by mixing fish sauce, rice vinegar, coconut sugar, water, chopped garlic cloves, and lime juice in a jar.
17. Drizzle the Nuoc Cham sauce generously over the assembled noodle bowl.

## Equipment

- baking sheet
- large bowl
- large 12-inch skillet
- chopsticks
- jar
- tongs

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DekUeM/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a4f8ede3-cea4-41c8-a98a-2a23e81c3ae5
- Extracted: 2025-10-26

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