{"id":1552,"date":"2026-02-03T06:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:26:40","slug":"honey-garlic-meatball-rice-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/honey-garlic-meatball-rice-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Honey Garlic Meatball Rice Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Honey Garlic Meatball Rice Bake<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><br \/>\nJuicy honey-garlic meatballs baked with fluffy rice and tender peas in a sweet-savory sauce. An easy, comforting one-pan dinner the whole family will love.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For the Meatballs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>450 g (1 lb) ground beef or ground chicken<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the Rice Bake:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd cups chicken broth or water<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup frozen peas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the Honey Garlic Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2153 cup honey<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup soy sauce (low sodium preferred)<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons ketchup<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional Garnish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green onions, sliced<\/li>\n<li>Sesame seeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions:<\/h3>\n<h4>1. Preheat Oven<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to <strong>375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Lightly grease a 9\u00d713-inch (23\u00d733 cm) baking dish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2. Make the Meatballs<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>In a bowl, mix ground meat, breadcrumbs, egg, garlic, salt, and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Form into small meatballs (about 1 inch \/ 2.5 cm).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>3. Prepare the Rice Base<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Spread uncooked rice evenly in the baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Pour in chicken broth (or water).<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle frozen peas evenly over the rice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>4. Add Meatballs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Place the meatballs evenly on top of the rice mixture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>5. Make the Honey Garlic Sauce<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>In a bowl, whisk honey, soy sauce, ketchup, vinegar, cornstarch, and water until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the sauce evenly over the meatballs and rice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>6. Bake<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Cover tightly with foil.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>40 minutes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Remove foil and bake an additional <strong>10\u201315 minutes<\/strong>, until meatballs are cooked through and rice is tender.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>7. Serve<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Let rest 5 minutes before serving.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tips:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For extra flavor, add a little grated ginger to the sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Swap peas for broccoli or green beans if you like.<\/li>\n<li>Works great with ground turkey too!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Honey Garlic Meatball Rice Bake Description: Juicy honey-garlic meatballs baked with fluffy rice and tender peas in a sweet-savory sauce.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}