Albondigas Soup
Cumin-mint meatballs, chipotle-tomato broth and carrot and zucchini.
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Mint in the meatball is the secret - don't skip it thinking it's optional. It's what makes albondigas not just a generic meatball soup.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 6 servings.
- 1 lbground beef (80/20)
- ½ lbground pork
- ⅓ cupwhite rice (uncooked)
- 1egg
- 2 tbspfresh mintfinely chopped
- 8 cupschicken broth
- 1 cuptomato sauce
- 2chipotle pepper in adobominced
- 3 mediumcarrotsdiced 1/2-inch
- 2 mediumzucchinidiced 1/2-inch
- 1 mediumyellow onionfinely diced
- 4garlic clovesminced
- 1½ tspground cumin
- 1 tspdried oregano (Mexican preferred)
- 2 tbspolive oil
- ¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 2limecut into wedges
- 2 tspkosher salt
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 420calories
- 28gprotein
- 28gcarbs
- 20gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Dice carrots and zucchini into 1/2-inch pieces. Finely dice 1/2 onion (other half reserved for meatballs). Mince 4 garlic cloves (2 for meatballs, 2 for soup).
- Mince chipotle peppers. Finely chop mint and cilantro.
- Wedge limes.
Form meatballs
In mixing bowl, combine beef, pork, uncooked rice, egg, mint, 2 cloves minced garlic, 1/2 of the diced onion, cumin, oregano, salt. Mix gently with hands. Form 18-20 balls (about 1.5 inches).
6 min · hands onBuild broth
Heat olive oil in large pot over medium. Add remaining diced onion, cook 4 min. Add remaining garlic and chipotle and cumin and oregano, 30 sec. Stir in tomato sauce and chicken broth and salt. Bring to simmer.
8 min · hands onDrop meatballs
Gently lower meatballs into simmering broth. Cover, simmer 15 min (don't stir - they're fragile).
15 min · hands offAdd veg
Add diced carrots, simmer 5 min. Add zucchini, simmer 5 min more until carrots are tender and zucchini is just cooked through. Taste salt.
10 min · hands offServe
Ladle into bowls. Top with cilantro and lime wedge.
2 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Use 1 lb ground turkey and 1 tbsp olive oil for moisture.
What keeps
Tastes better day 2 - meatballs absorb broth and soften, broth deepens. Keeps 4 days, freezes 2 months.
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