Meal Prep
Honey Sriracha Meatballs
Honey Sriracha Meatballs are sweet, spicy, sticky, and honestly one of the hardest-hitting meal preps on the entire blog. You get juicy beef meatballs glazed in a thick honey sriracha sauce, roasted brussels sprouts with crispy edges, and jasmine rice to soak up every last bit of flavor. This thing hits with 66.2 grams of protein per serving and enough sweet heat to make you forget plain chicken and rice ever existed.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Makes
- 4 servings
- Prep Time
- 15 mins
- Cook Time
- 30 mins
- Total Time
- 45 mins
Equipment
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Ingredients
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For the Meatballs:
For the Sauce:
For the Sprouts:
For the Rice:
Instructions
Begin cooking rice according to your preferred method. I love my rice cooker!
1 cup dry jasmine rice
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Cut sprouts into halves or quarters for particularly large ones. Combine with garlic powder, pepper, soy sauce, sriracha, & sesame oil in a mixing bowl, stirring until evenly coated. Spread evenly onto a large baking sheet.
1 ½ lb brussels sprouts, 1 tbsp garlic powder, ½ tbsp black pepper, 2 tbsp sriracha, 2 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce, ½ tbsp sesame oil
In a large bowl, mix together beef, breadcrumbs, eggs, green onions, garlic powder, salt, & pepper until well combined. Shape mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls (you’ll make roughly 32 balls for the original four-serving batch) and place spaced apart on a large baking sheet lightly sprayed with cooking spray.
2 lb 93% lean ground beef, 1 cup breadcrumbs, 2 large eggs, ¼ cup green onions, ½ tbsp black pepper, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp garlic powder
Bake meatballs & brussels sprouts for 20-25 minutes, or until browned & cooked through at an internal temperature of 165°F. If desired, you can broil for a couple minutes at the end to crisp up the meatballs & brussels sprouts.
While the sprouts & meatballs are baking, combine the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking continuously. Reduce heat and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes to thicken the sauce, then toss with the meatballs.
¼ cup Sriracha, 2 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce, ¼ cup honey, ½ tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger, 3 cloves garlic
Serve the meatballs & sprouts over a bed of rice, topped with any remaining sauce. Separate into the selected number of servings & enjoy!
Nutrition
Per servingEstimates for one serving.
- Calories
- 887 kcal
- Protein
- 66.2 g
- Fat
- 24.5 g
- Carbs
- 101.7 g
Full nutrition and how it’s calculated
All values are per serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.
- Saturated Fat
- 8.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 3.61 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 9.22 g
- Trans Fat
- 0.81 g
- Cholesterol
- 246 mg
- Sodium
- 2,144 mg
- Potassium
- 1,831 mg
- Fiber
- 10.2 g
- Sugar
- 27.7 g
- Added Sugar
- 23.4 g
- Vitamin A
- 160 mcg RAE
- Vitamin C
- 154.09 mg
- Vitamin D
- 0.84 mcg
- Calcium
- 200 mg
- Iron
- 12.73 mg
Estimated ingredient cost
$6.71 per serving · $26.84 for this batch
Ingredient costs and assumptions
Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.
Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.
- 93% lean ground beef: $17.15
907.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. BLS lean/extra-lean category average; not an exact 93% lean product quote.
BLS: Ground beef, lean and extra lean · Price checked 2026-09-21
- breadcrumbs: $0.32
108 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 108 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Plain Bread Crumbs, 15 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- eggs: $0.28
114 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 57 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
1 egg (large) = 50 g; Large shell-free egg: 50 g, from King Arthur's ingredient weight chart. Large shell eggs; estimated 57 g purchased weight per egg includes shell.
Walmart: Great Value Large White Eggs, 12 Count · Price checked 2026-09-21
- green onions: $0.28
25 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup (chopped) = 100 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Whole Green Onion 1 Bunch, Fresh Produce · Price checked 2026-09-21
- black pepper: $0.15
3.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp (ground) = 6.9 g; texture=ground Ground black pepper reference; cracked pepper may cost differently.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Black Pepper · Price checked 2026-09-21
- salt: $0.01
6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6 g Iodized table salt reference; not a kosher salt price.
Walmart: Great Value Iodized Salt · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic powder: $0.11
9.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 9.7 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Sriracha: $0.73
78 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, Medium, 17 Oz - Low Sodium, No Artificial Preservatives · Price checked 2026-09-21
- reduced-sodium soy sauce: $0.10
28.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 14.2 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Less Sodium Soy Sauce, 15 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- honey: $1.12
84.8 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 339 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Raw Honey, 16 oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- sesame oil: $0.17
6.8 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 13.6 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Imperial Dragon 100% Pure Sesame Seed Oil, 5 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- grated fresh ginger: $0.05
6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 2 g Variable-weight produce: uses the listed price per pound, not the estimated price per piece.
Walmart: Fresh Ginger Root, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic: $0.16
9 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
3 clove = 9 g; USDA SR Legacy household weights used as an approximate physical conversion for the current ingredient profile; nutrition remains from its own mapped record. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Spice World Fresh Peeled Garlic, 6 oz, Pouch · Price checked 2026-09-21
- brussels sprouts: $4.75
680.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Whole Brussels Sprouts 1lb Bag, Fresh Produce · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic powder: $0.11
9.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 9.7 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
- black pepper: $0.15
3.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp (ground) = 6.9 g; texture=ground Ground black pepper reference; cracked pepper may cost differently.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Black Pepper · Price checked 2026-09-21
- sriracha: $0.37
39 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, Medium, 17 Oz - Low Sodium, No Artificial Preservatives · Price checked 2026-09-21
- reduced-sodium soy sauce: $0.10
28.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 14.2 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Less Sodium Soy Sauce, 15 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- sesame oil: $0.17
6.8 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 13.6 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Imperial Dragon 100% Pure Sesame Seed Oil, 5 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- dry jasmine rice: $0.59
185 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 185 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Jasmine Rice · Price checked 2026-09-21
Make it yoursRecipe notes & meal-prep tips
Macro breakdown
- Protein66.2g30%
- Carbs101.7g45%
- Fat24.5g25%
Per serving · Share of calories from macros
Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.Triple B's Meal Prep Notes
The meatballs and Brussels sprouts both use the oven, leaving the stovetop free for the honey-sriracha sauce. Start the rice first, shape the meatballs to similar sizes, and spread the sprouts across their own tray. You can then pull either tray when it is ready instead of forcing the vegetables and meatballs to share an exact finish time. Use the listed oil to coat the sprouts evenly and give them enough oven time to brown, watching the loose leaves near the end. They have more texture to offer this bowl when they start with crisp edges.
Sriracha appears in the sauce and on the sprouts, so adjust both if you want a milder batch. Toss the cooked meatballs through the glaze before dividing them, then spoon any remaining sauce over the rice across all four containers. Count the meatballs into equal groups rather than scooping at random. That simple portioning step is one reason the meatball recipe collection works well for planned lunches. There is plenty of salt coming from the sauce and seasonings, so taste a finished meatball with rice before adding any more. More sriracha or soy sauce changes salt as well as flavor.
For a refrigerated serving, microwave on high for 90 seconds, stir, then heat for another 45 seconds. Use that as a starting point and continue in short intervals as needed until the food reaches 165°F throughout. Turn the meatballs and stir the rice through the sauce at the pause. If the glaze has thickened a lot in the fridge, a small splash of water can help it coat the meal again. Keep the sprouts to the side if you prefer them less sweet. They are worth portioning as carefully as the meatballs, especially when you are choosing meals from the high-fiber archive. For other meals with ginger, sesame, and a sweet-spicy finish, explore the Asian-inspired recipes.
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From the community
This recipe exists because honey sriracha is one of those combinations I never get tired of, and meatballs felt like the perfect excuse to lean all the way in. Sweet, spicy, sticky- exactly what I was chasing. If you’re a honey sriracha person, you already know what to do.