Albondigas Soup aka Mexican Meatball Soup
From shepherdrescue 17 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 7
Flavorful, zesty soup. If you've never tried to make Albondigas before, try this recipe, it's wonderful!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef or ground turkey shopping list
- 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs shopping list
- 2 large whole eggs shopping list
- 2 medium onions, chopped pretty small or fine shopping list
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano, about half that if dry (Try to use Mexican oregano) shopping list
- 6 carrots thinly sliced in rounds shopping list
- 10 cups low sodium chicken broth shopping list
- 1 large dry whole ancho or pasilla chile seeded and crumbled or 1 small, dry whole hot red chile seeded shopping list
- 1/4 cup rice or 1 large russet potato peeled and diced shopping list
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro shopping list
- 2 or 3 medium zucchini sliced medium to large (Optional) shopping list
- 3/4 pound fresh spinach, trimmed of stems, washed, and cut into thin shreds aka chiffonade shopping list
- 3 limes cut into wedges shopping list
How to make it
- In a large ( 8 quarts or more) stockpot, combine the broth, oregano, onions and chile and bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer.
- Add carrots, rice or potatoes, cilantro and zucchini if using. Simmer, uncovered 10 to 15 minutes until tender.
- While that is simmering, combine the beef, breadcrumbs and eggs and shape mixture into small balls no larger than 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Drop meatballs into soup. Simmer uncovered about 5 minutes.
- Spoon off any fat and/or foam from surface of soup.
- Add the chiffonaded spinach to the soup and cook 5 another five minutes.
- Ladle the soup into bowls and pass with the lime wedges to squeeze over soup or float on top.
- Enjoy!
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
OH YUM .....WONDERFUL SOUP PRINTED AND READY TO GO THANK YOU .............
minitindel
in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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love this soup high five delicous
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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I love this stuff.... :)
turtle66
in Sacramento loved it
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