Teriyaki porcupine meatballs for dinner
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14741)
San Jose, California
February 19, 2018 7:37pm CST
Tonight's dinner was born out of creative desperation -- "what on earth do I make with this ground beef that's not the same four or five things I make all the time?"
I thought of meatballs, then thought of porcupines, but I'm out of both tomato soup and tomato sauce (and didn't want to make tomato sauce from scratch out of tomato paste, as I already did that two nights ago when I made sloppy joes). I remembered that I had an unopened bottle of teriyaki sauce in the pantry, and decided to use that as my seasoning liquid instead of tomato sauce/tomato soup.
I have no idea how this will turn out, but they're currently simmering on the stove. We'll have those with some pineapple (from the freezer and currently thawing in a bowl) and green beans.
Photo is not mine, but from a cooking blog
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
20 Feb 18
@spiderdust Maybe I should start browsing Pinterest a little more often huh.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
@cintol It's a good place for ideas when I'm stuck.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
I browse Pinterest a lot. Maybe that's where it comes from. 
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Feb 18
interesting combination - teriyaki and pineapple. meatballs and porcupines - but no spikes!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Feb 18
@spiderdust ah, so that's why. i didn't know there was rice in it.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
They actually do have spikes! The meatballs are called porcupines because they are made with a mixture of rice and meat, and the rice gives them a spiky appearance.
Here's a different picture of some.
The meatballs are called porcupines because they are made with a mixture of rice and meat, and the rice gives them a spiky appearance.
Here's a different picture of some.2 people like this
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
They were really good. The kids say to make them again!
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
25 Feb 18
It's not mine, but from the recipe site where I got inspiration.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
22 Feb 18
Truthfully, I've never eaten porcupine meat either. I wonder if it's gamey like groundhog?1 person likes this
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
20 Feb 18
The only terriyaki meal that I have come close to eat was the chicken.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
These could be easily made with ground chicken instead of beef.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
23 Oct 18
@spiderdust I don't think so. We make so many meals it can be hard to remember them all.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
22 Oct 18
Is it funny how I forgot I made this before?
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
23 Oct 18
@HazySue I guess it's a good thing that I post about food, since it gives me these references later.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
My kids gave them the thumbs up! 
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
We're eating soon, so we'll find out!
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Oct 18
What a delicious meal this will be, for your family:) I know you will all enjoy it, very much!
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Oct 18
@spiderdust I get tired of making the same meals all month long. Now, I'm looking for different recipes, to try out:)
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Oct 18
@spiderdust We have been eating a lot of cheese and ground beef. Jay's getting tired of the same ole meals, every month.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
22 Oct 18
They were pretty satisfied!
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
I think I like them best with the tomato sauce, but this was a successful experiment that we'll do again.
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7110)
• Cuddalore, India
20 Feb 18
I don't know how they catch porcupine.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
It's not porcupine, it's beef. They're called porcupine meatballs because the rice makes it look spiky.
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7110)
• Cuddalore, India
20 Feb 18
@spiderdust OK thanks for sharing .Have a great day
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
20 Feb 18
Sounds pretty good to me, I like teriyaki.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
23 Feb 18
It worked out really well. Having a good teriyaki sauce helped out too.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Feb 18
That sounds good. I love porcupine meatballs.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
20 Feb 18
Did they turn out good? Because they sound really good.
We had fried porkchops. But the other half crushed up Funyuns as the crust. So good. We also had cheese sticks and fully loaded potato logs. After work yesterday I just wanted fried foods. Tonight is Chinese food night.
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