Description
Caldo De Albondigas is a traditional Mexican meatball soup filled with hearty vegetables and flavorful meatballs. This nutritious and comforting dish is perfect for a cozy family dinner.
Ingredients
Units
Scale
For the Albondigas:
- 2 pounds 96% ground beef
- 1 egg
- 3 Tablespoons uncooked white rice
- 3/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
For the Soup:
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1/3 cup white rice
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 small onion chopped (about 1 cup)
- 4 large carrots peeled & chopped
- 1 garlic clove peeled
- 12 cups hot water
- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 2 beef bullion cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
- 3 cups fresh green beans cut in halves
- 2 small white potatoes peeled and sliced
- 2 medium zucchinis sliced
Instructions
- To make the albondigas: Add all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well with your hands. Form into 1-inch meatballs and roll between your palms. Set aside.
- The soup: In a large stock pot add 1 tablespoon olive oil and heat over medium-high heat.
- Add the rice and sauté until light brown, making sure to keep stirring so that it doesn’t burn. Remove from the pot and set aside.
- Add the other 1 tablespoon olive oil, celery, onion, carrots & garlic. Sauté until the onions become soft, about 3 minutes.
- Add the water, albondigas, beef bullion, tomato sauce, salt, pepper, oregano & cilantro. Stir & cover the pot with a lid.
- Cook over low-medium heat. After 40 minutes of cooking, add the rice, potatoes and green beans. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes.
- At this point taste the broth and add more salt & pepper if needed. Add the zucchini and cook for 10 more minutes.
- The albondigas are all done when it’s soft to cut in half with a fork or spoon.
Notes
- Sautéing the rice & adding it later prevents it from becoming too mushy!
- The albondigas are all done when it’s soft to cut in half.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4 albondigas
- Calories: 398 kcal
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 1116mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 45g
- Cholesterol: 93mg
