Mamas Old-Fashioned Albondigas (Meatball Soup)

This is my number-one soup recipe, perfect for a cold rainy day, handed down to me by my mother. I hope you all enjoy it as much as my family has.

Step: 1

Pour water into a large stockpot over high heat. Stir in 3 cups tomato sauce, yellow onion, chicken bouillon, garlic, and 1 tablespoon dried oregano. Bring broth to a slow boil.

Step: 2

Combine ground beef, eggs, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, white rice, 1/4 cup cilantro, seasoned salt, 1 tablespoon dried oregano, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, and cumin in a large bowl. Squeeze mixture with your hands until thoroughly mixed.

Step: 3

Scoop 1/4 cup of beef mixture and form in a ball. Lower gently into boiling broth. Repeat with remaining beef mixture.

Step: 4

Stir potatoes, carrots, and celery into the broth. Cover and simmer until meatballs and potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in zucchini and cabbage. Cover and simmer until cabbage is tender, about 10 minutes.

Step: 5

Serve with a squeeze of lemon juice and garnish with avocado and 1/4 cup cilantro.

Per Serving: 369 calories; protein 29.2g; carbohydrates 29.5g; fat 15.3g; cholesterol 127.8mg; sodium 1125.3mg.

The name of “stew” can refer to 2 time a dish and a cooking method. Stewing makes not fast cooking piece of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull liquid . It’s similar to braising, instead it makes have a few piece of differences. The meat is chopped into smaller pieces but of being cooked whole , and the water based material all of it covers the contents in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway full . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a reputation for being a rib-sticking meal that comfortable you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew does have warming featured food , but stew’s cozy factor goes way beyond preserving you from the cold . It’s all about those soft and chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together creates the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.