Venison Teriyaki Meatballs
Grilled Venison Teriyaki Meatballs are flavorful and delicious. The perfect appetizer or serve over rice for a main dish that everyone will love.
If your freezer is stocked with ground venison, try our Venison Snack Sticks, Venison Summer Sausage and our Venison Pepperoni for delicious additions to your menus for entertaining. We also love these Venison Sliders for a game day appetizer.
Homemade teriyaki sauce is so simple to make and is more delicious that the bottled variety from the grocery store. It adds amazing flavor to these grilled venison meatballs and you will also love it on Grilled Chicken Teriyaki Skewers.
🔥 Ingredients Needed
- Ground Venison
- Soy Sauce
- Toasted Sesame Oil
- Rice Vinegar
- Honey
- Brown Sugar
- Granulated Garlic
- Ground Ginger
- Cornstarch
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🔥 Step By Step Directions
- Prepare a grill fire with pecan or hickory for smoke flavor. We used our Big Green Egg ceramic grill with lump charcoal for this cook.
- Make venison into meatballs, we used a medium- size cookie scoop. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Refrigerate until ready to grill.
- Add the ingredients for teriyaki sauce into a pan and cook over medium heat, whisking often. Cook until sauce is thickened, about 5- 8 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place meatballs on a grill over indirect fire.
- Cook with the grill closed about 8 minutes.
- Pour teriyaki sauce into a bowl. Remove meatballs to the bowl of sauce.
- Use tongs and toss to coat.
- Place meatballs back onto the grill and continue to cook until meatballs reach 165° using a digital meat thermometer.
- Remove to a platter and serve immediately.
🔥 Recipe Notes
Serving Suggestions: Serve Venison Teriyaki Meatballs as an appetizer or main dish. They are great to serve over rice with broccoli or on hoagie buns for a delicious meatball sub.
Storage: Store leftover meatballs in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
Reheat: Place meatballs in a pan with 1- 2 tablespoons water and cook over medium heat, covered until heated through.
🔥More Meatball Recipes to Try
- For an easy appetizer or delicious main dish these Peach BBQ Meatballs are made with ground beef and onions and our favorite homemade peach bbq sauce.
- For holiday parties and get together with friends, Cocktail Meatballs are super easy and crazy delicious. Made with Italian sausage and mustard bbq sauce.
- One of our most requested recipes is for these Cheddar Stuffed Meatballs. Tender and juicy ground beef meatballs stuffed with cheddar cheese. Irresistible for any occasion.
- Ground beef Orange Ginger Meatballs and these Buffalo Meatballs are something out of the ordinary and so good served in a rice bowl or as an easy appetizer.
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Enjoy your fall deer harvest with these grilled Venison Teriyaki Meatballs. They cook up quickly on the grill and the homemade teriyaki sauce adds amazing flavor for an easy appetizer or family favorite weeknight dinner.
Venison Teriyaki Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground venison
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Build a grill fire with hickory or pecan chunks for smoke flavor.
- Form ground venison into meatballs using a medium cookie scoop. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Refrigerate until grill is ready.
- In a saucepan, add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, honey, brown sugar, garlic, ginger and cornstarch.
- Whisk together and cook over medium heat until sauce is thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Place meatballs on the grill over indirect fire and cook with the grill closed about 8 minutes.
- Place teriyaki sauce in a bowl. Remove meatballs from the grill into the sauce and toss to coat with tongs.
- Return meatballs to the grill and continue to cook until meatballs reach 165° using a digital meat thermometer.
- Place on a serving platter and serve immediately.
