Caldo de albondigas is a traditional Mexican soup that is known for its flavorful broth, tender meatballs, and a variety of vegetables. This hearty and comforting soup is often served as a main course or a side dish, and it is a popular choice for special occasions such as holidays and family gatherings. The broth is made with a combination of beef, pork, or chicken stock, and it is typically seasoned with garlic, onion, cilantro, and cumin. The meatballs are made with a mixture of ground beef, pork, or chicken, and they are often seasoned with herbs and spices such as oregano, thyme, and paprika. The vegetables in caldo de albondigas can vary, but they often include potatoes, carrots, celery, and zucchini.
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ALBONDIGAS
This is a quick and easy recipe that tastes delicious. Carrots and potatoes, with salsa and meatballs, makes for a hearty, delicious soup that can be prepared in no time at all.
Provided by Belen
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beef Soup Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large stock pot, bring water, carrots, potatoes, onion, salsa, and bouillon cubes to a boil. Reduce to a medium simmer, stirring occasionally, approximately 10 minutes.
- Mix the beef, breadcrumbs, and milk together in a bowl. Form into 1-inch meatballs, and drop into boiling broth. Once soup returns to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low.
- Cover and cook 20 minutes, or until meatballs are no longer pink in center and vegetables are tender. Serve with sprinkled cilantro for garnish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 325.5 calories, Carbohydrate 20.4 g, Cholesterol 71.5 mg, Fat 17.1 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 22.6 g, SaturatedFat 6.7 g, Sodium 899.8 mg, Sugar 6.1 g
SOPA DE ALBONDIGAS
This recipe, which I found in an old Sunset cookbook, is the only one I've found that's as good as our favorite little family-owned Mexican restaurant. . .
Provided by CCLady
Categories Meat
Time 50m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large saucepan cook onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is tender but not brown.
- Stir in water, broth and tomato paste.
- Bring to a boil; add potatoes and carrots.
- Simmer 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile combine egg, cilantro or parsley, salt, oregano and pepper.
- Add ground beef and rice and mix well.
- Form into 1-inch meatballs.
- Add, a few at a time, to the simmering soup.
- When all meatballs are added, bring soup back to boiling.
- Reduce heat and simmer about 30 minutes, or until meatballs and vegetables are done.
SPICY ALBONDIGAS
I grew up eating this soup and after trying dozens of recipes I have combined them to come up with this dish. The flavors are rich, the meatballs are tender and the broth is good enough to drink by itself. Serve with warm flour tortillas.
Provided by Punky
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beef Soup Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Combine ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, rice, cumin, garlic powder, and salt in a large bowl. Mix well.
- Bring chicken broth to a boil over medium heat in a large kettle.
- Form the beef mixture into 1 inch meatballs, using about 1 1/2 tablespoons of meat for each. Turn the heat down under the chicken broth to a simmer and drop the meatballs into the broth. Simmer the meatballs in the broth for 20 minutes, until meatballs are cooked through.
- Stir in the carrots, onion, celery, canned diced tomatoes with green chiles, tomato sauce, canned chiles, cilantro, garlic powder, oregano, and cumin. Simmer the soup for 1 hour to cook the vegetables and blend the flavors.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 289.2 calories, Carbohydrate 17.9 g, Cholesterol 75.4 mg, Fat 13.4 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 23.2 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 1394.4 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
SOPA DE ALBóNDIGAS (MEXICAN MEATBALL SOUP)
Ask 10 people for a recipe for a particular dish, and you'll probably get 10 different recipes. Mexican sopa de albóndigas is no exception. Most variations are likely to involve vegetables, rice, a tomato-based broth and, inevitably, meatballs. Wesley Avila, the chef of Guerrilla Tacos in Los Angeles, learned this recipe from his mother, who learned it from her grandmother. His meatballs are hefty in size but light in density, and follow his family's tradition of adding uncooked white rice to the pork-beef mixture before shaping it into balls and cooking: "My mom always told me that when the rice is done, the soup is ready," Mr. Avila said. "She used it almost as a timer." The toppings - piled on as you would atop chili - skew cheffy, but they are entirely optional.
Provided by Alexa Weibel
Categories dinner, soups and stews, main course
Time 2h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- Prepare the meatballs: In a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, rice, mint, garlic, salt and pepper. Using your hands, gently mix until well combined. Pinch off 2-ounce portions and gently roll between your palms to form golf ball-size rounds, transferring rounds to a sheet pan. (You should have about 28 meatballs.)
- In large pot, combine the olive oil, onion, carrots, celery and potato; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste, garlic, bay leaves, oregano and cumin, and cook over medium, stirring frequently, until fragrant and tomato paste starts to caramelize, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and tomato sauce and bring to a simmer over high.
- Once the stock begins to bubble, reduce the heat to medium-low. Carefully add the meatballs, one by one, distributing them evenly in the pot until they're all submerged. If necessary, reduce the heat to reach a low simmer (this will keep the meatballs tender), and cook until the meatballs and rice are cooked through, about 40 minutes. (Resist the urge to stir for the first 20 minutes, otherwise you risk breaking the meatballs apart before they've firmed up.) Skim any impurities from the surface as the soup simmers.
- Season to taste with salt. Divide the soup among bowls, about four or five meatballs per portion, and set out bowls of whatever garnishes you like.
CALDO DE ALBONDIGAS OR MEXICAN MEATBALL SOUP
Steps:
- In a large pot or Dutch oven, warm the olive oil on medium heat.
- Add the finely chopped onion and sprinkle with kosher salt. Saute for about 10 minutes, or until the onions are translucent.
- Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute, while stirring
- Add the chicken broth, beef broth, tomato sauce and carrots.
- Turn the heat to high to bring to a boil.
- While the soup stock is coming to a boil, make the meatballs.
- In a large bowl, add all the meatball ingredients together and mix well.
- With wet hands, take form the albóndigas into small, bite-size meatballs, with about 1 tsp of the mixture for each.
- Place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Once the stock has come to a boil, drop the meatballs into the liquid.
- Give the stock a quick stir. Turn down the heat to low, and cover the pot.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
- When ready to serve, taste and add salt and pepper, as needed. To serve, add some cilantro leaves into the pot or the serving bowls for extra flavor.
Nutrition Facts :
CALDO DE ALBONDIGAS
A hearty sourthwestern soup that will really keep you warm during the winter months. A great combination of New Mexico green chile, tomatoes and beef. The recipe is from Sabrosa Fall 2006.
Provided by PaulaG
Categories Meat
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large pot, warm the oil and saute onions over medium low heat.
- Add tomatoes, green chile, 1 quart of beef stock, cumin and salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer the soup over medium low heat for 30 minutes, if soup seems to thick, add some of the additional stock to thin.
- Cut the tortillas into fine silvers and mince.
- In a large bowl, mix the cut tortillas with the ground beef; add the egg, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Shape into tiny meatballs and drop into the pot of soup.
- Continue to cook on medium low until meatballs float to the top.
- Serve in individual bowls garnished with fresh cilantro.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.2, Fat 11.6, SaturatedFat 3.9, Cholesterol 80.1, Sodium 670.1, Carbohydrate 15.9, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 5.5, Protein 20.5
ALBONDIGAS (MEATBALLS) EN CHIPOTLE
Tiny flavorful meatballs that your friends and family will rave about. Authentic Mexican recipe. Serve with warm tortillas and a salad.
Provided by MexicoKaren
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Blend tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 clove garlic, and adobo sauce in a blender or food processor until smooth.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir tomato mixture in hot oil until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Stir in chicken stock and continue to cook for 10 minutes more.
- Meanwhile, blend tomatillos, eggs, 1 small onion, chipotle peppers, 2 cloves garlic, chicken bouillon, and cilantro in a blender or food processor until smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and add beef, pork, and rice; stir to combine. Roll meat mixture into walnut-sized balls.
- Transfer meatballs to tomato mixture; simmer until meatballs are no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 344.4 calories, Carbohydrate 12.6 g, Cholesterol 119.1 mg, Fat 22.1 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 23.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 506.8 mg, Sugar 3.9 g
Tips:
- Use fresh, high-quality ingredients: The better the ingredients, the better the soup will be. Look for fresh, ripe tomatoes, flavorful ground beef, and a variety of herbs and spices.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: When adding the meatballs to the soup, be sure not to overcrowd the pot. This will prevent the meatballs from cooking evenly.
- Simmer the soup for at least 30 minutes: This will allow the flavors to meld and the soup to thicken.
- Serve the soup with your favorite toppings: Some popular toppings for caldo de albondigas include chopped cilantro, diced avocado, sour cream, and crumbled queso fresco.
Conclusion:
Caldo de albondigas is a delicious and hearty soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is also a relatively easy soup to make, and it is a great way to use up leftover ground beef. If you are looking for a new soup to try, I highly recommend caldo de albondigas.
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