Albondigas
From oldgringo 16 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 8
The wonderful spicy Meatball Soup form Senoran Mexican Cuisine.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef shopping list
- 1/2 pound ground pork shopping list
- 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal or soft corn tortilla crumbs shopping list
- 1/2 cup onion; minced shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic clove; minced shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon fine ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed basil leaves shopping list
- 1 each egg; beaten shopping list
- 12 cups stock, beef shopping list
- 4 cups diced tomatoes with juice; or diced canned tomatoes shopping list
- 1/4 cup jalapeños en escabèche; seeded and diced* shopping list
- 3/4 cup onion; finely chopped shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried crushed basil leaves shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried crushed Mexican oregano leaves shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon Tapatío salsa Picante; or Tabasco hot sauce shopping list
- 2 teaspoons salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 cup long-grain white rice shopping list
- 1/2 cup cilantro; chopped shopping list
- 4 cups water shopping list
How to make it
- Mix together using you hands, the ground beef and pork. Mix in the cornmeal or tortilla crumbs, onions, garlic, basil, salt and black pepper. Lastly, mix in the beaten egg.
- Divide the meat mixture into four parts and the each part into four smaller parts. Roll 16 meatballs; 2 meatballs for each of 8 servings. Set finished meatball aside.
- Put the stock into the soup pot. Add the diced tomatoes with juice, the diced Jalapeno chiles*, chopped onion, basil, oregano, Tapatío Hot Sauce, salt and black pepper.
- Bring broth to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Add the meatballs, rice and cover simmering for about 20 minutes until the meatballs are cooked and no longer pink in the center. Add the chopped cilantro about three minutes before the soup has finished cooking.
- *Note: This much chile makes a spicy soup, use an amount comparable to your taste. The "hotness" of chiles also varies.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
I like this. Thank you Nice & spicy
cherihannah
in Shickshinny loved it
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good job my friend
mystic_river1
in Bradenton loved it
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Another great recipe....I will love making this!
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