Thai turkey bites

Yield: 25 Servings -

Ingredients:

1/4 c Boiling water
3 tb Brown sugar
3 tb Lime or lemon juice
1 md Cucumber cut in half -lenghtwise and cut into -1/4 inch thick slices.
1/2 sm Onion thinly sliced -halved and separated into -rings
1 Red or green chili pepper -chopped fine
1 lb Ground turkey
4 ts Fish or soy sauce
1 tb Red curry paste or 1 ts

Instructions:

-chili powder and 1/2 t -sesame oil For sauce: In a mixing bowl combined water brown sugar and lime juice. Stir till brown sugar dissolves. Add cucumber slices onion and chili pepper. Mix well. Cover and chill up to 3 days. In a mixing bowl combine ground turkey fish or soy sauce and red curry paste. mix well. Shape turkey mixture into 1-inch meatballs; flatten slightly. Arrange meatballs in a microwave safe 8x8x2 inch baking dish. Cover dish loosely with waxed paper. Micro-cook on 100% power for 5 to 7 minutes or till done turning meatballs over and rotating dish a half-turn once. To serve place meatballs in a chafing dish over burner. Transfer sauce to serving bowl. With a toothpick spear a cucumber slice then a meatball. Dip in sauce. Makes 25 to 30 meatballs. Meatballs maybe frozen.