Michi's Turkey Meatballs

My grandma Michiko makes these meatballs a couple of times a year and will bring a few plates of frozen ones down to San Diego when she visits. They're so yummy that my mom hides them from us in the freezer. Since she won't share, I've figured out how to make them myself! Here's the recipe:

Michi's Turkey (or Chicken) Meatballs

1 lb ground turkey or chicken
½ cup cooked white rice
¾ cup finely chopped onion
¼ cup catsup
½ t. Worcestershire sauce
¾ t. garlic salt
1 T sugar
2 eggs

Sauce:
1 cup catsup
¼ cup water
2 t. soy sauce
6 T. sugar

Sauté chopped onion in oil until brown and soft. Add to ground meat. Mix in rice, catsup, Worcestershire, garlic salt, and sugar. Add eggs, and mix very well.

Heat a large skillet, with about ¼ inch of oil. Form mixture into flat patties, about the size of the palm of your hand. The mixture will be very soft, so you will need to place each patty in the hot oil as your form it. They will firm up when cooked. Cook patties (you’ll need to do a few batches) in oil until golden brown; don’t worry if they are not cooked through at this point, since you will be cooking them again with the sauce. Remove browned patties and place them on a paper towel-lined plate.

Sauce: In a sauce pan, combine catsup, water, soy sauce and sugar. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.

Add browned patties back to the large skillet (they should all fit in together this time). Spread a spoonful of sauce on each patty; turn patties over, and spoon sauce over the other side. Turn patties again, cover with remaining sauce, and cook until patties are cooked through.

Serve on their own, over a piece of toast, or in a sandwich.