Name: Albondigas Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef (extra lean); 2 cloves garlic (minced); ½ onion (chopped); ½ cup rice (long grain, uncooked (I used Basmati)); 1 egg (beaten); ¼ cup mint (fresh, chopped); ¼ cup parsley (fresh, chopped); ¼ cup oregano (fresh, chopped or about 1 tbsp dry oregano); 1 teaspoon cumin (ground); ½ teaspoon chili powder; ½ teaspoon salt (or to taste); ½ teaspoon pepper (or to taste); 2 tablespoons olive oil; ½ large onion (chopped); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 1 large carrot (chopped to your liking); 2 medium potatoes (peeled and chopped into 1 inch cubes); 14.5 ounce diced tomatoes (1 can); 3 cups beef broth (low sodium); 3 cups water; salt and pepper to taste; 1 tablespoon lemon juice (freshly squeezed); ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons cilantro (fresh, chopped); 2 tablespoons parsley (fresh, chopped)

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Albondigas Soup

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 6 · 50m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

291KCAL

Protein

23g45% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat8g

11%

Saturated2g

11%

Unsaturated6g

—

Total Carbs31g

11%

Fiber4g

14%

Total Sugars5g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch23g

—

Sodium670mg

29%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A comforting Mexican broth loaded with seasoned beef meatballs studded with rice and fresh herbs, plus potatoes and carrots. Ready in under an hour, this is authentic comfort food without the stuffing effort.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

1 lbground beef (extra lean)
2garlic — minced
½onion — chopped
½ cuprice (long grain, uncooked; I used Basmati)
1egg — beaten
¼ cupmint (fresh, chopped)
¼ cupparsley — fresh, chopped
¼ cupfresh oregano, chopped — or dry oregano
1 tspcumin (ground)
½ tspchili powder
½ tspsalt
½ tsppepper
2 tbspolive oil
½large onion — chopped
3garlic — minced
1large carrot
2medium potatoes — peeled, chopped into 1-inch cubes
14½ ozdiced tomatoes — 1 can
3 cupsbeef broth (low sodium)
3 cupswater
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsplemon juice — freshly squeezed
⅛ tspcayenne pepper
2 tbspcilantro — fresh, chopped
2 tbspparsley — fresh, chopped

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Method

50m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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